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Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs Embattled Sir Keir

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

Keir to agree a timetable for his departure, but we want it to be dignified. He should have his last conference this autumn and then oversee a leadership contest straight after. He can’t take

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

Keir Starmer faces a fight for his political life in the next 24 hours as potential [Labour leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner position themselves for a contest. 2. ***Iran

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

warned of the danger of unintended consequences. “Those of us who are sane don’t really want a leadership contest or a timetable for Keir’s departure that undermines the party’s position

Starmer to meet Streeting on Wednesday as leadership crisis divides Labour

warning against a leadership contest. But the prime minister's authority has been weakened by the Labour revolt, which came after a dire set of election results last week. The resignations and turmoil in Downing

Who could challenge Keir Starmer for the UK PM’s job? Meet the candidates

Keir Starmer has pledged to prove his doubters wrong ‌as he fights for his political future in the wake of last week’s disastrous local election results and growing speculation that a leadership contest

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Starmer but that she would consider doing so herself if they did not act. Speaking to the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg, West said she would listen to Sir Keir's planned relaunch speech on Monday

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

Keir Starmer faced a threat to his leadership, his core team [assembled in the cabinet room](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/how-the-downing-street-machine-ensured-starmer-survived-to-fight-another-day) and persuaded ministers to fire off a succession of supportive tweets in an attempt to keep

Starmer hopes to save his job with promise of change - and warnings of chaos

warnings of chaos The State Opening of Parliament is the most British of occasions - and today it had the most British of ingredients: royals, regalia and rain. But it had more than a splash

Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount

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

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

warning that the British people would never forgive [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) if it descended into the leadership merry-go-round that characterised the last few years of the Conservative government, which made

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

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

Keir is on the international stage focusing on ensuring that Trump doesn't wipe out the hard-fought progress the government has made on the cost of living crisis," they told

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

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 he can turn it round? Millions of voters