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Starmer has faced increasing pressure over his leadership of the Labour Party [File: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Starmer is facing a tough stress test. His Labour Party on Thursday will battle local and devolved elections under mounting political pressure
Labour is ‘complacent’ on defence funding Keir Starmer has said he does not agree with George Robertson’s comments about the government’s “corrosive complacency” on defence funding, as the prime minister faced sustained pressure
Starmer, the British prime minister, is facing increasing pressure to set a date for his departure after elections across much of the country resulted in massive losses for his ruling Labour
face renewed pressure to quit or set out a timetable for his departure. Starmer, a former lawyer, was elected in 2024 with one of the largest parliamentary majorities in modern British history, on the premise
facing a £35bn economic hit](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/29/uk-risk-of-recession-this-year-over-impact-of-iran-war-thinktank-warns) and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, the National Institute
pressure on Starmer’s leadership had eased, as Labour appeared on track for [smaller losses than election experts had predicted](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/labour-local-elections-keir-starmer-cling-on). The yield – effectively the interest rate – had [jumped earlier this week
Labour government and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, whose leadership has come under pressure in recent months. There has been speculation of a challenge to his leadership should the results prove to be disastrous
Starmer’s leadership heard on Thursday and now Labour members have too. Nearly half want him to stand down and over half don’t think he’s the man for the job. “In the face
faced mounting pressure over his role in Labour Together’s commissioning of the lobbying and public affairs agency APCO to investigate journalists reporting on the thinktank’s failure to disclose political donations. 3. --- ### Tulip Siddiq
Starmer that stretches beyond what unfurls in his own back yard. With 1,150 of the 2,500 council seats that Labour is defending in the capital, it will be a litmus test of whether
Labour grandee needed security vetting at all because he was a member of the House of Lords. Starmer has maintained that Robbins was wrong not to have told him the outcome of the so-called
faced renewed calls to resign from opponents since the latest development was reported, and the pressure is expected to continue with Reform UK’s finance spokesperson Robert Jenrick, and Conservative shadow minister Alex Burghart
pressure mounts over Mandelson vetting Keir Starmer says he is “absolutely furious” that he was not informed that Peter Mandelson failed his [security vetting](/news/2026/4/16/uks-starmer-under-fire-over-report-mandelson-failed-security-vetting) before being appointed UK envoy to Washington, as the United
pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, a leading thinktank has warned. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that even under a best-case scenario the UK economy would grow
Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year
face Commons inquiry over Mandelson vetting, says Ed Davey A powerful Commons committee should investigate whether Keir Starmer misled parliament over the appointment of [Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/peter-mandelson) as ambassador to Washington, Ed Davey
faced pressure from Reform across the former “red wall” in the north-east, Midlands and north-west of England, while in London – where four years ago Labour swept to its best performance since
face a clear choice,” he said. “Progress and a better future for the community you call home, with a [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) council working with a Labour government. Versus the anger and division offered
Labour leader could’ve won the [last] election, so they don’t give Keir credit for it, and think they can plot and say we should replace him. They’re wrong.” A second cabinet minister