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Keir Starmer as leadership questions grow over Mandelson saga – UK politics live **Liz Kendall** has repeated
question that matters after Sir Keir Starmer's speech. Was it enough to avert a challenge to the prime minister's leadership
Keir Starmer faces another day of questions over his future as Wes Streeting prepare to launch a challenge for the leadership
leadership polling Photograph: YouGov Here is the agenda for the day. *9.30am:* [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) chairs cabinet. *10am:* James Graham, the playwright, and Marina Hyde, the Guardian columnist and entertainment podcaster
leadership hopeful, gives a speech on “progressive capitalism”. *Morning:* [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) speaks to broadcasters in Evian, where he is attending the G7 summit. He will also do a “huddle” (off-camera briefing
leadership contest should he win the Makerfield by-election on 18 June. The Greater Manchester Mayor also told BBC Question Time that he would "take the fight to change politics and change this county
Keir Starmer. His decision to appoint Mandelson in December 2024 has cast a shadow over his premiership and led to repeated calls for his resignation. One of his potential rivals for the Labour leadership
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) delivers his speech. *12.30pm:* Angela Rayner, the former deputy PM, is due to speak at the CWU conference in Bournemouth. *Around lunchtime:* Catherine West, the former minister, is expected
leadership contest that has been bubbling away at least since Sunday may finally turn into a real one. Westminster is braced for **Wes Streeting**, the health secretary, [to announce that he is standing](https://www.theguardian.com
Keir 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
Keir Starmer** declared in his speech yesterday. But yesterday was a day when the spreadsheets had the upper hand. Most news organisations were using them to keep a track of Labour MPs who were coming
question being asked around Westminster is not 'should there be a Labour leadership contest?' – but 'why is such a contest not expected on 8 May', the day after the expected electoral drubbing? One Labour
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) chairs cabinet. *9.30am:* Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive and estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, is back at the high court in Edinburgh where, following his guilty plea
Keir Starmer to complete Mandelson’s security vetting before his appointment as ambassador – but was ignored. Robbins overturned the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKVS) decision to fail Mandelson just 24 hours later, giving little time
leadership would be were he to be a candidate in a contest later this year. Here is the agenda for the day. *9.30am:* Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister chairing the government review
Starmer** insists he will not give up without a fight. He has given [an interview to the Observer](https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/keir-starmer-i-want-10-years-in-no-10-and-will-fight-my-challengers) and he told the paper that he was engaged in a “10-year project
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) is defending his legacy with renewed vigour. The last thing anyone expected was for **Tony Blair** to join in. But he has, sort of, with a 5,700-word essay
Starmer as leader of the Labour party and of the country. And on Tuesday, the prime minister told the cabinet he would "get on with governing" and that a leadership contest had not been triggered
questions very interesting too. I can’t promise to reply to them all, but I will try to reply to as many as I can, either BTL or sometimes in the blog. Explore more
leadership, they may take it.” Last week Starmer sacked Olly Robbins, the Foreign Office permanent secretary, for not telling him that Mandelson did in effect fail the security vetting. (But technically he “passed”, because