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leadership contest or a timetable for Keir’s departure that undermines the party’s position, but we recognise that when the mood is febrile things can kick off,” one said. “We wouldn’t be thanked
Keir Starmer a good prime minister, I ask Welsh First Minister Morgan? There's a tiny, but telling pause, before her more diplomatic than enthusiastic answer. "He's helped us in Wales." She then talks
Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions this week by the independent MP for Dewsbury and Batley, Iqbal Mohamed. Starmer said the work would be undertaken by another team as part of a restructuring. However
Keir Starmer is replaced later this year, saying she is the only candidate who can safeguard the country’s finances. The backbench lobbying push comes amid a broader tussle among [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour)
Keir Starmer will not lead his party into the next general election, Labour-supporting unions have predicted, in an intervention that threatens to further destabilise the prime minister after a damaging few days
leadership contest, so if that is running, I would seek to join it. But I'd have to persuade members of the Parliamentary Labour Party to do the same." Clearly Burnham is desperate
Starmer's future and a leadership contest looked possible. But Rayner, who had developed a surprisingly warm rapport with the King, did not want to overshadow his speech or undermine the announcement of new legislation
Keir Starmer and the UK more generally have gone wrong](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/tony-blair-labour-abandon-net-zero-support-donald-trump) is here to remind you. Several times. “I led the [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party for 13 years and through three general
Starmer. The effective interest rate on borrowing over 10 years briefly hit 5.13%, near levels last seen during the 2008 global financial crisis. Financial markets have been on edge due to fears higher oil prices
Keir Starmer’s grip on power appeared to be fading, the Greater Manchester mayor suggested at the weekend that the renationalisation of water and energy would form part of his policy agenda should he become
Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a81d3959efd2be33393a45aa91ba4fd4288620f/646_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer, Rayner and Andy Burnham on a visit to a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne on 13 April. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters The idea has, however, been
Keir Starmer’s Labour government is on its knees. Starmer has had a miserable time [since winning a landslide](https://www.politico.eu/article/politics-boring-keir-starmer-joe-biden-united-kingdom-america-election/) general election two years ago. He is historically unpopular, and Labour has collapsed
Starmer, an incumbent premier with a bigger parliamentary majority than his transformative predecessor Clement Attlee won in 1945. What is driving this narrative? Why is the UK churning through its leaders almost as quickly
Keir Starmer’s authority as prime minister feels terminally undermined after calls from MPs and departing ministers to step down, he remains inside No 10 – for now. So how, and when, might he be removed
Keir Starmer’s two years in power, the government has struggled to show much progress on its top priority of growing the economy. However, the message also works for an internal audience. On another dramatic
leadership election.” They said Starmer had a “great legacy” and had brought the party back together after the fractious Jeremy Corbyn years: “He’s got the chance now to bring the party back together again
leadership race would move too fast for the mayor, with [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) expected to start an accelerated process this week. “It’s a big shit cocktail. We’re all doomed,” they said
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) would fight him if he did. He was on the brink of utter humiliation. He knows which way the wind is blowing and it is blowing towards Manchester. In order
Keir to have us in this situation again, three weeks out from an election." Another senior MP told me it's just a sinking feeling: "Oh no, here we go, again." With those elections
Keir Starmer’s position](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/18/keir-starmer-not-setting-out-timetable-departure-david-lammy-andy-burnham-labour) as prime minister. Starmer’s most likely successor, the Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, has talked about bringing utility companies under public control, with his supporters advocating