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No 10 braced for ‘excruciating’ revelations as Mandelson files published – UK politics live

Keir Starmer before and after the 2024 election. Mandelson is urging Starmer to meet John Major

Starmer uses disappearing messages on his phone, No 10 confirms

Starmer's messages to Peter Mandelson have been disappeared or destroyed." On Monday, chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Lord Beamish called on senior officials and ministers to stop using WhatsApp to conduct government

From Blair to Burnham, jogging as political metaphor has just run and run

major news site in the UK – including the Guardian – as feverish discussion continued over whether he could eventually depose Keir Starmer as prime minister? “Burnham off to a running start,” said [the Times](https://www.thetimes.com

Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

Keir Starmer** delivers what you could see as a hustings speech this morning. Leaders can survive challenges. In 1995 John Major was widely seen as doomed, but Michael Portillo postponed a decision to stand against

Chris Mason: PM confronts his most difficult day as party revolts

meeting. Assembled around that famous table, Sir Keir's handpicked top team, who now disagree about how long their boss should last in his job. A final thought. It is four years ago this week

Relish and dread as Starmer 'shambles' hangs over Scotland and Wales elections

Keir Starmer's woes? "It's just so huge," says a senior Labour MP who's been knocking on voters' doors in recent days. But these elections aren't remotely all about the government

Labour claims Reform UK won’t protect women, as poll suggests Farage’s party heading for ‘seismic’ wins in May – UK politics live

major political earthquake across Britain. > > It could be the worst local election ever for Labour in England, a collapse for the Conservatives in their historic Blue Wall heartlands, and a brutal third place for Starmer

More than 100 Labour MPs sign statement against Starmer leadership challenge

Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) told his cabinet he would not stand down while a formal leadership contest had not been triggered. The letter, coordinated by backbenchers, has been signed by 103 MPs, including parliamentary

Timeline: The highs and lows of the US-UK ‘special relationship’

Keir Starmer over his stance on the US-Israeli war on Iran, accusing him of not assisting Washington in the fight against Iran or helping the US reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Days after

Winners, losers and a PM on the brink - what to expect in next week's elections

meet, or disappointment with Starmer, the mood is generally very glum. Labour is trying to hold on to about 2,500 council seats in England. They may lose more than half of them, with party

UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major

Major has warned in a broadside at those who treat politics as a "game show" while leaving big problems to the next generation. The former Conservative prime minister accused today's focus-group obsessed politicians

Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat

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

Is it harder than ever to be prime minister?

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

Britain faces weeks of leadership limbo in slow-motion coup against Starmer

John Major, launched a challenge against himself in 1995, resigning as party leader although not as prime minister, and challenging his critics to “put up or shut up”. He resoundingly won the ensuing leadership ballot

UK-China ‘ice age’ thaws: Why the West needs Beijing

Keir Starmer government is once again trying to reset relations with Beijing after a long period of what Starmer had in January described as an “ice age” in relations. Prime Minister Starmer [went to Beijing

How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins

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

European countries emerge as NATO leaders as U.S. role recedes

major success and criticized 'defeatist' Democrats who pushed back against his assessment of the war.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3776x3776+944+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F14%2F02%2F4b68d1554ffaae26da45d27d8132%2Fhegseth-4-29-26-ap26119587147953.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-119333/the-iran-war-now-has-a-price-tag-25-billion-but-still-no-end-date) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Starmer's job, Health Secretary Wes Streeting. The Secretary State for Housing, Steve Reed, completes the quartet of powerful London MPs in the Cabinet. A significant percentage of the party's activists, and the members