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MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership Keir Starmer has told Labour
MPs said many questions still remained unanswered. The documents also revealed in embarrassing detail the internal Labour criticism of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer is on thin ice. The prime minister survived a bruising Tuesday in the Commons as MPs continued to scrutinise his account of the decision to appoint [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson)
Keir Starmer to quit as prime minister. It had been expected he would launch a formal leadership challenge, but he seemingly failed to get the necessary support from 80-plus Labour MPs. In his contribution
critical of Starmer’s leadership, saying he started to break his promises almost as soon as he became leader. “Keir was elected on a bunch of things he immediately reneged on,” she said. “He does
Labour “prince of darkness” failed UK security vetting – something Keir Starmer says he was not told about. On Friday, Starmer said he was “absolutely furious” and described the situation as “totally unacceptable”. But the episode
Keir Starmer has made much of his efforts to reset post-Brexit relations and forge closer economic ties with the EU without committing to rejoin the single market or customs union. The prime minister
Keir Starmer’s own constituency of Holborn and St Pancras. Labour activists knocking on doors across the borough report being regularly confronted with Starmer’s unpopularity – one activist confessed to being taken by surprise
Labour MPs have signed a statement saying this is “no time for a leadership contest” – as [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) told his cabinet he would not stand down while a formal leadership contest
critic of the whipping system [for many years](https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/andy-burnham-whipping-system-mps-b979082.html) – leading to claims from Westminster insiders that it is naive to think parliamentary politics can operate without a mechanism to ensure MPs elected under
Labour 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
MPs expressed surprise at the absence of any documents detailing security mitigations that would have been necessary to address concerns identified by vetting officials, whose recommendation was overruled by the Foreign Office. [Sources told
criticism from his own colleagues that was about to be begin. Many of those MPs cannot shake a sense Sir Keir is repellent to too many voters just as Labour wrestles with how to take
Starmer would be visible again. The prime minister had sought to seize this brief opportunity to project direction and delivery and saw the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, as a case study in both. Instead
MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday about his role in the security vetting of Lord Mandelson. McSweeney, who advised the prime minister to appoint Lord Mandelson as the UK's ambassador
Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8a81d3959efd2be33393a45aa91ba4fd4288620f/646_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Starmer, Rayner and Andy Burnham on a visit to a primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne on 13 April. Photograph: Paul Ellis/Reuters The idea has, however, been
critical mission", but who is he, and what issues will he face in his in tray? The new Health and Social Care Secretary was elected to the London seat of Ealing North in 2019, having
Keir Starmer has not even faced a formal challenge to his leadership yet. Instead, he is facing a slow-motion coup that could drag on for weeks, with no guarantee that the many Labour MPs
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 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