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Labour leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/21/keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-departure-as-prime-minister-on-monday), with Keir Starmer expected to announce his departure as prime minister on Monday. Meanwhile in [Aberdeen South](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/snp-concedes-aberdeen-south-with-scottish-conservatives-set-to-win), the Scottish Tories defeated the Scottish National party
Keir Starmer, is that many of Labour’s do not like him. Just before Labour’s heavy local election losses, [a Compass survey](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/09/labour-members-keir-starmer-party-fortunes-poll) of more than 1,000 members found that
leadership threats mount Sir Keir Starmer is to promise bolder action to tackle "big challenges" facing the country, as he battles to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader. The prime minister
party yet. Streeting is not officially a candidate. But, in his Today interview, he said that he definitely had the 81 Labour MPs names he needed to launch a leadership challenge and he said
Keir Starmer faced calls to stand down** after voters handed a damning verdict on the Labour party. Starmer took responsibility after [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) **lost hundreds of councillors in England and suffered humiliation
leadership challenge to Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/16/key-figures-andy-burnham-fit-government-makerfield-byelection) – though the MoJ would offer advice on the drafting. The bills follow a long campaign for better protection from [financially crippling lawsuits](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/campaigners-silenced-slapps-uk) for those
Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying it would have been “dishonourable” to remain in post and that there should now be a contest for the Labour leadership. But Streeting
Labour MPs despairing about how they take the fight to Nigel Farage's party, they now have a leadership contender who can argue he has a track record of doing exactly that. Dozens
Keir** **S****tarmer** Despite feverish leadership speculation, and Starmer’s rock-bottom public approval ratings, the most likely scenario remains that he stumbles on. The quiet, loyal majority of the parliamentary [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)
Labour MP who had surprised almost everyone by announcing a challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership on Saturday, has changed course. Instead of an immediate change, she wants the prime minister to set a September
Labour leadership contest must not become a race of who can offer "the most expensive and popular pledges to the party faithful at the expense of the British people", Wes Streeting has said. The former
Keir Starmer’s leadership for the party’s perilous position in the polls. “I think leadership is more than one person,” Kyle said. “If you’re running a country, leadership is a government-wide affair
Keir Starmer’s leadership on notice – and giving Reform something to think about. The – now to be former – mayor of Manchester described it as the “most consequential byelection of our lives”, that he promised would
Labour's tribes have reached a decision - [that it's about time a contest to replace Sir Keir Starmer got under way](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx21e79qqlgo). But there are plenty of choices that still face
Starmer’s leadership, saying he started to break his promises almost as soon as he became leader. “Keir was elected on a bunch of things he immediately reneged on,” she said. “He does not have
Starmer’s future hangs in balance after Burnham’s Makerfield election win **Ashton-in-Makerfield, United Kingdom –** Sue Hailwood has felt exhausted since [May,](/news/2026/5/28/the-kingmakers-of-makerfield-english-town-braces-for-crucial-by-election) when the date of a critical by-election
Keir Starmer has announced his [resignation](/news/liveblog/2026/6/22/live-uk-pm-keir-starmer-expected-to-announce-his-resignation) amid a mounting rebellion within the party, kick-starting the race for the seventh prime minister of the United Kingdom in 10 years. In an emotional address
Labour languishes in the polls, often coming second to the right-wing Reform party. According to Ipsos, Starmer is the [most unpopular](https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/lowest-satisfaction-rating-recorded-ipsos-any-prime-minister-going-back-1977) prime minister since it began polling began in the late
Keir Starmer** for the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) leadership if he becomes an MP, but the prime minister has said he will be out campaigning in support of Burnham ahead of the vote
Starmer as leader should he be selected as the party's candidate in the by-election and win - said the vote must be a moment to "reclaim the Labour party, to save it from where