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Pressure grows on Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live

Starmer as more Labour MPs call for resignation – UK politics live Keir Starmer is under

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

calls from MPs for Starmer to resign. So far, he has refused to consider that

Starmer should face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey

MPs in calling for Starmer to resign immediately. Siân Berry, the Green party MP, said

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

resignation mount British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to face his cabinet as more than 80 Labour MPs have called

Starmer faces perilous 24 hours as Streeting preparing for leadership bid

calling for Starmer to set out an “orderly” timetable to resign were would-be Burnham supporters, even though an imminent contest would benefit existing MPs

Keir Starmer to face crucial cabinet meeting as ministers and MPs urge him to resign – UK politics live

MPs who were coming out and calling for Starmer’s resignation and, after his speech

Monday briefing: How is it possible the prime minister didn’t know about Mandelson’s vetting failure?

MPs **–** calling for his resignation. The story has ramifications beyond the immediate fallout for Starmer

Keir Starmer makes late pitch to voters turning to Greens and Reform

call for resignation was unlikely. But Starmer’s position may be safeguarded by leftwing MPs

Which Labour MPs have come out against Starmer?

MPs are coming out against Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with some calling for him to resign

Starmer could have been told about Mandelson’s vetting failure, claims No 10 with release of briefing paper – UK politics live

Starmer repeatedly everyone that he was cleared, Labour MPs have not been calling his resignation

How safe is Starmer’s premiership after his Mandelson vetting statement to MPs?

called for Starmer to resign. Instead, those speaking from the government benches on Monday were mostly MPs

More than 60 Labour MPs call on Starmer to set timetable to quit

called on [Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) to set a timetable to depart as prime minister, including backers of his leadership rivals Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting. MPs from across the party’s ranks said

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

MPs then called a parliamentary vote of no confidence in Corbyn. The [rebels won the vote 172-40](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/28/jeremy-corbyn-loses-labour-mps-confidence-vote) but still he fought on, refusing to resign. ![Jeremy Corbyn leaves his house with

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

Starmer convened the cabinet as at least 10 more MPs called on the prime minister to set a timetable to depart, taking the total to more than 80. The communities minister [Miatta Fahnbulleh became

Starmer accused of 'skulking' and shunning Sarwar in Scotland

MPs to join Sarwar in his calls for Sir Keir to resign. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "I'm not surprised Anas Sarwar doesn't want to be seen with Keir Starmer

Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

MPs to have called for the prime minister to resign in the last 48 hours. Curtis is close to Streeting, who has told allies he is [ready to launch a bid](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/12/wes-streeting-faces-narrow-road-to-labour-members-favour)

Starmer needs sharper survival strategy if he is to stay on

MPs calling for the prime minister to resign has grown over the last 48 hours, much of the cabinet has remained quiet. And though the prime minister remained in office by Tuesday night, some

Starmer vows to fight on as PM despite heavy local election losses for Labour

Starmer struck a defiant note on Friday morning in the face of calls from some of his MPs to quit, insisting he remained as determined as ever to deliver the promises on which

Five unanswered questions on Keir Starmer’s Mandelson debacle

MPs in the Commons on Monday afternoon, and there will be no shortage of questions, not least from the various opposition party leaders who have already called on him to resign

McSweeney denies bullying civil servants into appointing Mandelson

MPs next week. Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff resigned in February over his role in the hiring of Mandelson, but the move failed to end the crisis over the peer’s appointment