167 resultsfor “Keir Starmer government resignations”
Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on as prime minister despite [early results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales) in local elections that show his party suffering heavy losses, many at the hands of Nigel Farage’s Reform
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
Starmer has repeated his insistence that he will "not walk away" from the job of prime minister despite more than a week of turbulence in his party, which saw five of his ministers resign
resignation speech in the Commons yesterday. As [the BBC reports](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2pxz7de41o), Streeting proposed a “wealth tax that works” – by which he means not what most people think of as a wealth
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) said on Monday. The prime minister said tech companies must activate nudity-detection algorithms or other technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to prevent users taking photos or sharing images
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 will seek to reset
Starmer used his authority and control over Labour's ruling National Executive Committee to block Burnham from standing. This time, Number 10 has indicated it will not seek to block him again. After a week
resign after the [disastrous election results](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/keir-starmer-under-pressure-to-agree-exit-plan-after-election-mauling) for Labour. Brown, the former prime minister and long-serving chancellor under Tony Blair, has been made Starmer’s envoy on global finance, with a brief
government for extra powers over policy areas such as policing and justice and focus on results rather than engaging in political rows with Westminster. Asked if Plaid’s win meant the country had taken
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to set a timetable to depart as prime minister, including backers of his leadership rivals Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. MPs from across the party’s ranks said the prime
Keir 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 were as bad as they looked. But for the prime minister, as polling stations closed in Wales, [Scotland
resigned from the national executive committee. "There just seemed to be a remarkable lack of curiosity on the part of Nicola Sturgeon and other members of the national executive committee at that time - some
government’s plans to abolish life peers was “crude”. “I don’t think anybody enjoys being sacked,” he said. “Particularly if the reason for it, which curiously enough seems to be the identity
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
Keir Starmer, whom Burnham has pledged to challenge if elected, but also the viability of the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party as a whole. The prime minister spent the weekend at Chequers considering his political
Starmer? The former minister Catherine West's interview with Radio 4's PM programme immediately raised eyebrows around Westminster. Plenty of Labour MPs from across the party have told us they didn
Keir Starmer’s cabinet](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-quits-cabinet-and-calls-on-starmer-to-resign), it set off a bombshell ; outwardly, things did not look hopeful. Streeting had not launched a leadership bid, and Burnham still ostensibly had no seat in Westminster from
Keir’s Starmer’s decision to sack Olly Robbins as the Foreign Office’s top official over the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal as they warned him not to [alienate the civil service](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/anger-whitehall-civil-service-olly-robbins-sacked-keir-starmer),
Starmer. It is not a done deal. Sir Keir has said he will not seek to block Burnham from standing in Josh Simons' Makerfield constituency. But he will still need to be selected
Starmer as party leader by Monday, she will attempt to trigger a leadership contest herself. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, she said her preferred option would be for the cabinet to "reorganise themselves