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How the Downing Street machine ensured Starmer survived to fight another day

There was a very real chance the PM would be out after losing two senior staffers but some well-organised support bought him some time

The Guardian - UK

Top civil servant could become third key No 10 departure in days

Exclusive: Cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is expected to follow Morgan McSweeney and Tim Allan out the door

The Guardian - UK

Sir Keir is the loneliest PM – but he must stay in office

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: It would be detrimental to the country if the prime minister were to be bowled out of office so soon after winning a historic election. For all the setbacks, he must come out fighting

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The Guardian view on Morgan McSweeney’s resignation: Sir Keir’s premiership is on the road to nowhere

Editorial: The departure of the prime minister’s chief of staff signals the demise of the political project which put him in No 10. All bets are off now.

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer, you have two choices now – sort your warring party out or call an election

The country just can’t afford another three and half years of this dysfunctional soap opera, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

The Guardian - UK

Is Britain about to lose another prime minister?

While the herd is yet to move against Keir Starmer, many believe his tenure may be coming to an end

The Guardian - UK

Futile resignations and blatant revisionism to the fore as Starmer staggers on

The same cabinet ministers who failed to speak up for the PM in the morning were soon offering their undying support

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Reform on ‘general election war footing’, Farage says and calls for PM to resign

Nigel Farage said the party will be ready for a general election and said the local elections in May will be ‘crucial’.

Evening Standard

Streeting wrote off his re-election chances in WhatsApp exchanges with Mandelson

Health secretary publishes messages as he seeks to draw line under his relationship with former peer

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar tells of pain as he calls for ‘friend’ Keir Starmer to quit as PM

The Scottish Labour leader has become the most senior Labour figure to publicly call on Sir Keir to step aside.

Evening Standard

Sarwar has shown his ruthless streak. But will his swipe at Starmer mean anything to voters?

Scottish Labour leader is gambling that by declaring his loyalty to Scotland, the electorate will rally behind him

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet rallies around embattled Starmer as Sarwar calls for him to quit

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said Sir Keir Starmer should go to prevent the ‘distraction’ in Westminster hitting his party’s election chances.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer has worst small boat Channel crossings record as almost 66,000 migrants make journey

A total of 65,922 people have made dangerous journey since Labour came to power in July 2024

Evening Standard

Fact check: Image of house in Gorton and Denton constituency appears edited

A social media poster accused Reform UK’s candidate of misrepresenting himself.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Planning ahead: the political leadership campaigns that launched too soon

As ‘Rayner for leader’ site goes live, here are previous instances of politicians jumping the gun

Evening Standard

Welsh FM criticised for ‘silence’ on Starmer’s future

Baroness Eluned Morgan has previously refused to say whether she thinks Sir Keir is a ‘good’ Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer: U-turns, judgment fears and public scepticism combine

The Prime Minister is facing a week of uncertainty as critics call for new leadership.

The Guardian - UK

The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout

Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Evening Standard

Starmer should resign if he ‘can’t do the job’, says Badenoch

Ms Badenoch made the comments on a visit to Godalming, Surrey, on Monday.

Evening Standard

SNP Westminster leader Flynn calls for Starmer to ‘do right thing and resign’

The Prime Minister has faced increased pressure in recent days.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer latest LIVE: PM tells Labour MPs 'I won't walk away' as he fights to stay in No10

Anas Sarwar calling on Starmer to resign came as a fresh bresh blow to the embattled Prime Minister after a second key ally quit

Evening Standard

Morgan McSweeney out, what next for Sir Keir Starmer?

The exit of the Prime Minister’s closest aide leaves Sir Keir’s position in increased jeopardy.

Evening Standard

Starmer ‘taking responsibility’, minister insists as PM set to face mutinous MPs

Morgan McSweeney quit as the PM’s chief of staff on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer tells Labour MPs he is ‘not prepared to walk away’ after call for him to resign – as it happened

Prime minister addresses parliamentary Labour party amid Mandelson scandal fallout

The Times of India

Keir Starmer out, Shabana Mahmood in? How Epstein revelations could lead to the UK's first Muslim prime minister

Starmer is not accused of misconduct, and Mandelson has consistently denied any impropriety. Yet British politics does not operate solely on legal thresholds. It operates on perception, timing and instinct. The renewed attention on Epstein has revived a broader unease about elite networks, proximity to power and the sense that…

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