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Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers? As the May elections creep closer, the leadership speculation at Westminster grows more intense. Is [Keir
potential peace talks between Iran and the U.S. [remain on hold](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/nx-s1-5800054/iran-talks-on-hold-shooting-talks-pakistan). **King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit** commemorating the 250th anniversary
Keir Starmer a good prime minister, I ask Welsh First Minister Morgan? There's a tiny, but telling pause, before her more diplomatic than enthusiastic answer. "He's helped us in Wales." She then talks
Keir Starmer than for Charles, particularly after the [Peter Mandelson and Olly Robbins controversy](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/21/olly-robbins-peter-mandelson-vetting-keir-starmer). “It’s another aspect of this desperate desire to court Trump and to take really significant risks
Keir Starmer to complete Mandelson’s security vetting before his appointment as ambassador – but was ignored. Robbins overturned the United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKVS) decision to fail Mandelson just 24 hours later, giving little time
Keir Starmer](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer) is looking for a saviour to keep him in No 10 after the May elections and the scandal of the Mandelson saga, there is an unlikely figure in the north
challenge. One long-standing Labour MP has his take: "Keir Starmer is basically dead, isn't he? And because people think it is inevitable that he won't lead us into the next election, there
potential tragedy," the Secret Service's chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, told the BBC. Several BBC reporters were in attendance at the dinner, and described scenes of widespread confusion following the sound of gunshots. Gary
potential legal action that could result from that, would be to the detriment of the survivors themselves in their pursuit of justice." Queen Camilla has been a longstanding campaigner on domestic abuse, and a recent
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 at a much slower
Keir Starmer’s No 10 have often urged the prime minister to be more forceful in his arguments, to prosecute his values, to find an enemy to define himself against. The prime minister has found
Keir Starmer. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian Starmer’s problems stem from his decision in late 2024 [to appoint Peter Mandelson](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/20/appointment-peter-mandelson-new-uk-ambassador-to-us-divides-labour-mps), a Labour peer and veteran of successive governments, as ambassador in Washington
Keir Starmer, for Olly Robbins, and for the wider intelligence and security establishment – all of which is just starting to pan out. --- **What actually happened?** After Labour’s July 2024 election victory, Mandelson quickly
Keir Starmer, and dismissed UK aircraft carriers as "toys" compared with US equivalents. The King is, of course, the head of the British Armed Forces. And the political relations between