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Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) party has seemed to inhabit three parallel worlds over the past fortnight. There is a prime minister celebrating good news on the economy and lower migration figures and breezily insisting
party,” he said. “This was an appalling attack on public interest investigative journalism.” Labour said it supported press freedom: Labour Together recently changed its name to ThinkLabour. Alison Phillips, its chief executive, said the organisation
Starmer should “reflect on” stepping aside. With Labour on the brink of civil war, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is [preparing to launch a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/wes-streeting-prepares-to-launch-leadership-challenge-against-keir-starmer) on Thursday
Labour Sir Keir 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
Starmer insists 'majority' of Labour MPs back his leadership Sir Keir Stamer has insisted the "vast majority" of Labour MPs support him and want him to continue doing his job as prime minister
Labour should not be “doomscrolling” through leaders like the Conservatives, the communities secretary, Steve Reed, has said, urging MPs not to move against [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) after the May elections. MPs who fear
Labour do get a multi-coloured shellacking, at the hands of rivals to both its left and right, it will intensify conversations within the party and beyond about the Westminster government's direction
Starmer is facing calls to set a timetable for his departure from Downing Street after Andy Burnham won a resounding victory in the Makerfield by-election. A growing number of Labour MPs are urging
Labour will lose the Welsh Senedd to Plaid Cymru, and even potentially come third behind the Scottish National party and Reform [in Scotland](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/local-elections-2026-may-full-results-england-scotland-wales), has already been priced in. Starmer will
Starmer from Downing Street. The Reform leader claimed frustration with the embattled prime minister had driven Andy Burnham's "emphatic" Labour victory over his party's candidate, Rob Kenyon, who finished more than
party. There has been frequent speculation about a leadership contest after what are expected to be brutal local and devolved elections for Labour next month. However, in recent weeks, Labour MPs appeared to have stepped
Starmer for the Labour leadership if he is successful in the Makerfield by-election, Austin said he was "frustrated" and added that both Labour and Reform UK were taking "voters for a ride
Starmer for the Labour leadership - has also criticised Sir Tony for not mentioning the importance of inequality. [Speaking to the Observer](https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/andy-burnham-slams-tony-blair-for-ignoring-inequality-in-his-defence-of-radical-centre), Burnham said: "People don't think the centre has delivered
party system of Labour and the Conservatives has been smashed, with Reform taking the most votes, and the Greens, Conservatives, Labour and the centrist Liberal Democrats bunched up behind. While Starmer does not have
Starmer, Labour have trod warily around the issue of Brexit, sticking to "red lines" that, while seeking a closer relationship with the EU, the UK would not be rejoining either the EU's single market
party into the next election. “When your personal brand is so poor, it is seldom retrievable,” one added. Labour faces losing more than 1,500 council seats across England, a struggle for second place
leadership contest, arguing it is disrespectful to voters to wage a factional war in public. The comments by Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and [Jonathan Reynolds](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/jonathan-reynolds), the chief whip, came as Labour
leadership contest followed, Starmer might opt to fight and could win. The party uses the single transferable vote system, where members rank candidates by preference. It would not be inconceivable for Starmer
party leaders except Nigel Farage who, he said, “didn’t feel he wanted to speak with me”. Labour was left with just nine seats in the Senedd, ending 100 years of dominance in Wales
leadership contest. Allies of Burnham, who hopes to seek to replace Starmer as prime minister, had said Rimmer’s seat was one possibly in contention for him to fight a byelection. But Rimmer