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Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next

Andy Burnham to return as an MP to challenge him. The Greater Manchester mayor - who has made little secret of his leadership ambitions - was blocked from doing just that earlier this year by Labour

Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign

party’s right, will not immediately launch a challenge and said he wanted to see a leadership contest with a broad range of candidates – a suggestion that the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, could fight

Business secretary attacks ‘entitlement’ of Starmer leadership rivals

Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party in opposition – we went to extreme positions and ideological positions with [the former leader Jeremy Corbyn]. “And I don’t think we’ve learned the lessons of the Tory party

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Labour party considers how to react to their disastrous local election results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/labour-mps-sign-statement-against-starmer-leadership-challenge). Some of the [economic ideas](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/tax-cuts-and-cost-of-living-help-proposed-by-labour-linked-groups-allied-to-streeting-and-burnham) connected to candidates such as Andy Burnham

Energy bills, business rates and HS2: What are Burnham's potential policies?

Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election means there is now a real prospect he will challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party

Thames Water nationalisation moves closer as government ‘objects to rescue deal’

Andy Burnham said Thames Water should be nationalised](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/05/thames-water-should-be-nationalised-andy-burnham), revealing public ownership of water companies would “absolutely be an option” under his potential leadership of the Labour party

Labour must put policy first, politics second, Tony Blair says

Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting, he urged Labour MPs to “force people to say where they stand” before getting behind a change in leader. In his [5,700-word essay](https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/the-labour-party-is-playing-with-fire-over-its-future-and-the-future-of-the-country), published

‘He’s a natural’: Andy Burnham’s allies give his social media style a thumbs up

Andy Burnham’s fingers must be aching. Between pitching to become the MP for Makerfield, continuing in his day job as the mayor of [Greater Manchester](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/greater-manchester) and going for his regular runs

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

party’s worst set of election results in history, he may take solace in the fact that every one of his likely challengers is facing heavy losses in their own patch. Labour lost control

Wes Streeting prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer

party, has been organising an attempt to oust the prime minister for days since Labour’s disastrous election results, despite his friends insisting he did not want to make the first move. Andy Burnham

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

Labour leadership. Then there is Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, currently marooned outside Parliament and so unable to take part in any immediate leadership race unless he can demonstrate

Starmer loyalist warns against ‘copying Tories’ but admits PM is unpopular

party should come together behind the prime minister. Starmer’s leadership is under intense pressure after the Labour MP [Josh Simons announced he would stand aside](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/labour-mp-to-stand-down-to-allow-burnham-run-for-byelection-amid-leadership-row) to allow the Greater Manchester mayor

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

Andy Burnham’s supporters had told MPs to “hold the line”, that he had a seat in parliament in his sights and that he would be a contender in any leadership contest. That was never

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

Andy Burnham’s potential return,” he said. “And if there’s one thing that we need to do coming out of a change in leadership, it is to bring the tribes of the Labour party

I have a duty to stay on, says Starmer, as he justifies defence spending decisions

party's poor results at elections in May and now the resignation of Healey, previously one of Labour's most consistently loyal ministers. A leadership contest has not yet been triggered, however Greater Manchester Mayor

Poll: Voter cynicism remains a potent threat to incumbents across the globe

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeds in being elected back to Parliament next week, it will almost certainly trigger a series of events that could end in the removal of the deeply unpopular

Streeting warns against 'expensive' Labour leadership pledges

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

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

party. “They don’t hate Labour, they hate Keir, as unfair as that is, and I do think it is massively unfair,” one said. There are nonetheless few expectations of a challenge soon after

Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

Burnham was confirmed as Labour’s candidate for the [Makerfield byelection](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/makerfield-byelection) earlier this week, and is widely expected to seek to run for the party leadership if he wins the seat, either

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

Andy Burnham. Calls have also come from the right of the party, including those close to Streeting, for a swifter departure, which would exclude the chance of Burnham standing for the leadership. Pressure has been