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Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) will not survive as Labour leader for long enough to fight the next election. What they cannot agree on, however – even after a disastrous set of results in this week
Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, is facing increasing pressure to set a date for his departure after elections across much of the country resulted in massive losses for his ruling Labour party. With
Keir Starmer is likely to face a leadership challenge amid calls from parliamentarians for him to step down following the Labour Party’s stunning loss in local elections. Backbencher Labour MP Catherine West urged cabinet
Andy Burnham has announced an ambitious plan of his own – to win a parliamentary seat in the northern English town Ashton-in-Makerfield. According to his supporters, he is the best candidate to replace Starmer
Keir Starmer as prime minister. Some MPs and ministers arriving to campaign in the constituency over the past week are said to have sometimes been taken aback that there is little public-facing for them
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
Starmer's leadership. In a letter to the prime minister, he criticised Sir Keir's leadership as the reason for the party's dire election results a few days earlier, saying Labour needed a vision
Andy Burnham – despite not being eligible – seen as [likely successors](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/22/four-top-labour-figures-could-beat-starmer-in-a-leadership-race-poll-finds). Some have argued Starmer should set out a timetable for his departure – and have suggested that a group of cabinet ministers might
challenge. One long-standing Labour MP has his take: "Keir Starmer is basically dead, isn't he? And because people think it is inevitable that he won't lead us into the next election, there
Keir Starmer hates to lose. Unsurprisingly, he refused to walk away and end his premiership as Labour’s local election losses began to trickle in on Friday morning. Upon entering Downing Street in July
Keir Starmer shakes hands with Harriet Harman outside No 10](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7814deefd0f07178b8329dd1ca91e98ce4c172a3/0_0_1920_1080/master/1920.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Harriet Harman was Labour’s deputy leader under Gordon Brown. Photograph: International Pool/PA With the bulk of the votes now counted from
Starmer has insisted he will not quit as prime minister and "plunge the country into chaos", as Labour reels from significant election losses. The results in England, Scotland and Wales have piled pressure
Keir Starmer before – that without a political vision of his own he is too easily swayed by the demands of [Rachel Reeves](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rachel-reeves). But for allies of the prime minister, the irony
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer), or his replacement, to increase paternity leave. More than 50 MPs, including the former deputy leader Angela Rayner and the former health secretary Wes Streeting, have worn England and Scotland
Starmer, who can beat Nigel Farage and Reform. And so, the coming argument will go, he ought to be their party leader and your prime minister. Burnham's popularity and capacity to beat Reform
challenge to the leadership, but even Sir Keir Starmer's most loyal ministers are pushing him to change - and fast. The prime minister is nothing if not a determined man. But can he show
Starmer met shortly before the Labour government set out its legislative programme in the King's Speech, which marked the start of a new parliamentary session. The legislation announced by King Charles
Keir Starmer is leaving British troops underfunded and unable to carry out the operations he expects from them, according to scathing remarks delivered in parliament on Tuesday by three senior defence figures. The prime minister
Keir Starmer’s crucial speech failed to dispel investor “jitters” in the bond markets over political instability combined with fears of rising inflation. The yield, effectively the interest rate, on the benchmark 10-year
Keir Starmer’s “heavy-handed” leadership culture, which he claimed had stifled creative policy thinking in government. Streeting criticised the effectiveness of Labour’s first two years in power – all of which he has spent