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leadership contest, arguing it is disrespectful to voters to wage a factional war in public. The comments by Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and [Jonathan Reynolds](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/jonathan-reynolds), the chief whip, came as Labour
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
Yvette Cooper, the foreign secretary, and Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary – told the prime minister he should oversee an orderly transition of power after crushing election defeats risked ringing the death knell on his premiership
commentators say similar fears are in play in the current turbulence within Labour. Labour’s [appalling election results](/news/2026/5/8/leader-of-the-pack-what-next-as-reform-makes-huge-election-gains) on May 7, which saw the party losing 1,498 local council seats in England, mainly
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
comments that in effect dared the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, told ministers that he intended to get on with governing and noted that a threshold for a leadership challenge
Yvette Cooper when she was responding to questions about the appointment from the Commons Foreign Affairs committee last September. He said it was "absolutely unforgivable" Cooper was not informed. "A deliberate decision was taken