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

Steve Reed – were defiant, urging him to fight on. The cabinet is meeting this morning, at 9am or soon after. Starmer said yesterday he would fight any bid to force him out, and some

Greens ‘have welcomed’ people expelled by Labour for antisemitism, Steve Reed claims

Steve Reed also accused [Nigel Farage](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/nigel-farage) of being more interested in talking to Donald Trump then representing his Clacton constituency. Speaking to the Guardian on his way to Clacton to view projects

Green candidate seen canvassing in London after arrest over alleged antisemitism

Labour said the incident showed a lack of leadership by Polanski, the leader of the Greens in England and Wales. Green officials, however, say it is also a result of a highly decentralised structure, which

Starmer ally admits prime minister is ‘unpopular’ but warns of ‘chaos’ if leadership contest triggered – UK politics live

Steve Reed,** a close ally of **Keir Starmer,** has been on the media round this morning urging Labour colleagues to put the “country first, party second”, even as he admits the prime minister is **“unpopular

Keir Starmer set to announce under-16s social media ban – UK politics live

Steve Reed, the housing secretary, takes questions in the Commons. *After 3.30pm:* Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, makes a statement to MPs about the social media ban for under-16s. And we are also

Rich already being taxed properly, says minister, as Streeting calls for ‘wealth tax that works’– UK politics live

Steve Reed, the communities secretary, gives a speech on “neighbourhood standards”. He is expected to suggest profits made by private providers of social care could be capped. 11.30am: Downing Street holds a lobby briefing

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

leadership challenge has not been met. In comments that effectively dared the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, Starmer said he intended to get on with governing. “As I said yesterday

Senior UK ministers deride Rachel Reeves’s reported plan of year-long rent freeze

Steve Reed, the housing secretary, and Matthew Pennycook, the housing minister, became the latest government figures to criticise the idea, which has [since been ruled out](http://theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/28/no-10-dismisses-reeves-reported-plan-for-freeze-on-private-rents) by No 10. The government splits

‘Why are we even doing this?’ The week that left Britain’s PM looking like an interim leader

Steve Reed ran out of patience. “There is no contest,” he interrupted. “‘Moves’ mean nothing. People need 81 nominations to stand against the prime minister.” The housing secretary, a close ally of Starmer