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Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'

Starmer to set a timetable to quit his job following Labour's disastrous showing in the local elections last week and growing backbench discontentment with his leadership. On Thursday, Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned

Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens

Starmer over funding for the military. Al Carns resigned on Thursday evening, writing to Sir Keir

Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation, leading to splits at the top of government

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Starmer repeatedly everyone that he was cleared, Labour MPs have not been calling his resignation

Jarvis says Labour must 'meet the moment' on defence spending

resignation letter, Healey had accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of failing to provide the money

‘King of the North’: Who is Andy Burnham, a potential UK prime minister?

Starmer [under pressure](/news/2026/5/18/britain-faces-weeks-of-leadership-limbo-in-slow-motion-coup-against-starmer) from within his own party to announce his resignation, Manchester Mayor

'Crisis in Great Britain!' Global media reacts to Starmer's fight for survival

Starmer is on "thin ice". "While the Labour leader refuses to resign, rebellion is growing

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Starmer’s leadership – in October just 28% said the prime minister should resign if Labour

Foreign Office’s top civil servant Olly Robbins to leave post over Mandelson vetting row

resign, Downing Street released a statement late on Thursday stressing that Starmer and David Lammy

Pete Hegseth accuses Nato countries of ‘free riding’ in combative address

resigned as UK defence secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/11/john-healey-resigns-defence-secretary-military-spending) after Keir Starmer would only commit to increasing

Labour must be bolder or it will lose, says Wes Streeting

resigned last week](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign) and called on Keir Starmer to quit as prime

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

Starmer](https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/keir-starmer-resignation-ed-miliband-labour-tzvlmjxzc) he should set a timetable for his resignation if the results

How quickly could Andy Burnham become the UK’s prime minister?

Starmer reflects on the scale of Burnham’s win and decides he will step down immediately – perhaps after a mass of senior cabinet ministers tell him they will resign

Starmer accused of 'skulking' and shunning Sarwar in Scotland

resign. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "I'm not surprised Anas Sarwar doesn't want to be seen with Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting: PM-in-waiting or ‘this generation’s David Miliband’?

Starmer clung on, even after an [underwhelming “reset” speech](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/11/what-did-keir-starmer-say-in-labour-leadership-speech) on Monday morning, suffering no worse damage than the resignation

Four key excerpts from Streeting's resignation letter

resignation letter Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary after days of speculation that he is preparing to mount a leadership challenge to Sir Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer says it is unforgivable he was not told Mandelson failed vetting

Starmer [to be investigated](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/starmer-mandelson-commons-inquiry-privileges-committee-vetting-ed-davey) by the Commons privileges committee, the committee that prompted Boris Johnson to resign

Andy Burnham seeks advice from Sue Gray on forming future Labour government

resigned from Downing Street in October 2024, after hostile briefings and tensions within Starmer’s operation

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

Starmer is unlikely to go quietly despite his extreme unpopularity. Satisfaction with the prime minister is historically low, [polling shows](https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/reform-uk-still-holds-8-point-lead-gap-shrinks-amid-doubts-over-their-readiness-government-ipsos#:~:text=Satisfaction%20ratings,from%20%2D41%20in%20November).historical), with around half of the country thinking that he should resign

Starmer to meet Streeting on Wednesday as leadership crisis divides Labour

resign to "step back". "No one seems to have the names to stand up against Keir Starmer