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Desperate to please but pleasing no one, Starmer’s latest reset could be his last

Monday’s ‘make or break’ speech was one of the PM’s best but the signs are that most Labour MPs have already seen enough

The Guardian - UK

Catherine West backs down from Starmer challenge but urges him to go by September

Backbench MP calls prime minister’s speech ‘too little, too late’ but stops short of moving to stand against him herself

The Guardian - UK

UK PM on way out? Starmer faces major party revolt, do-or-die speech fails to crush doubters

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a fiery speech on Monday, framing his leadership as a "battle for Britain's soul" amid growing unrest within his own Labour Party and calls by senior leaders to step down.

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Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit

The Guardian - UK

Who are the main threats to Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership?

PM is determined to fight on in No 10 but various contenders to replace him have been organising for some time

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner calls blocking Andy Burnham’s return to parliament a mistake as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer – as it happened

Catherine West issues ultimatum for PM as ex-minister Josh Simons joins calls for prime minister to quit

The Guardian - UK

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the Greens

The Guardian - UK

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Friday briefing: What the local election results tell us so far

In today’s newsletter: gains for Reform and losses for Labour in early results, but experts say overall picture underlines ‘the fracturing of British politics’

The Guardian - UK

Votes being counted in crucial elections for Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Polling guru Lord Robert Hayward has suggested Labour could lose some 1,850 councillors in England.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham pulls out of speech amid speculation over Labour leadership challenge against Starmer

The Greater Manchester Mayor had been due to talk on Friday morning amid reports of a plan for him to return to Westminster

The Independent UK

Labour could lose up to 1,850 councillors in local elections, polling expert predicts

Polling guru Lord Robert Hayward suggested heavy losses for Labour as the party faces challenges from Reform UK and the Green Party

The Independent UK

Polls close in crucial elections for Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership

Polling guru Lord Robert Hayward has suggested Labour could lose some 1,850 councillors in England.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham drops out of keynote speech planned for morning after elections

Organisers of the Festival of Childhood said the Greater Manchester Mayor – and supposed No 10 hopeful – was being replaced as keynote speaker.

Evening Standard

Polling stations open at start of crucial day for Keir Starmer’s premiership

Labour MPs are reportedly moving to oust the Prime Minister in the wake of the results.

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Local elections 2026: What's at stake for Starmer, Labour and London?

The Prime Minister faces a battle for survival as the results of the May elections come in

The Guardian - UK

One of the last true believers, Pat McFadden is sent out to defend kryptonite Keir

Starmer is determined to see his five-year term through, even if it’s not what the country or the party wants

The Guardian - UK

Carry on vaping, Angela Rayner: voters might just like you for it

With her eye on No 10, the former deputy PM is apparently shedding bad habits. But isn’t a proudly imperfect leader just what we need, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with voters

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Evening Standard

Keir Starmer acknowledges ‘challenge’ Labour faces at elections

The majority of people care about the cost-of-living crisis when casting their ballot, the Prime Minister said.

The Independent UK

Don’t ‘doomscroll’ through leaders like the Tories did, minister warns Labour MPs amid plot to oust Starmer

Backbenchers seeking to oust Starmer after what is expected to be a disaster for the party in this week’s local elections

Evening Standard

Minister warns Labour MPs against ‘doomscrolling through leaders’

Labour backbenchers are reported to be drafting a letter blaming Sir Keir Starmer for the defeat and calling on him to set a date for his resignation.

The Guardian - UK

‘There is a good deal of fear’: what would a Labour leadership challenge mean for bond markets?

Rayner and Burnham are trying to gain markets’ confidence amid concerns they could loosen fiscal rules if they replace Starmer

The Independent UK

Local election protest votes are no time for defenestrating prime ministers

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: However disastrous the outcome of the local elections, Labour’s leadership crisis will not be solved by hopping from replacement to replacement – as the Conservatives previously found out to their cost

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs about trying to oust Keir Starmer

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs told

The Independent UK

Candidates vying to replace PM like ‘auditions for Labour Celebrity Traitors’

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn hit out at the ‘squabbling’ and ‘political infighting’ in Sir Keir Starmer’s party.

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