Keir Starmer to meet leadership rival Wes Streeting as leadership rift deepens Labour descended into open division over the Prime Minister’s future on Tuesday. Evening Standard · May 12
Over 100 Labour MPs rally behind Starmer as they declare ‘this is no time for a leadership contest’ More than 100 Labour MPs have given their public support to Keir Starmer The Independent UK · May 12
Cabinet ministers turn on Starmer and urge him to quit, with Streeting ‘poised to launch leadership bid’ Home secretary Shabana Mahmood among cabinet ministers urging Starmer to set out a timetable for his resignation – just hours after PM pledges to fight for the soul of Britain The Independent UK · May 12
Starmer latest: Wes Streeting to visit PM for No 10 showdown over Labour division ahead of King’s Speech More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a statement urging Sir Keir Starmer not to stand down The Independent UK · May 12
Melanie Ward statement in full after resigning as David Lammy aide amid call for Starmer to stand down Ms Ward was the fourth government aide to resign on Monday The Independent UK · May 11
London politics LIVE: Labour clears path for Burnham's Westminster comeback as Farage vows to 'throw everything' at Makerfield by-election Reform UK leader says party will ‘throw absolutely everything at’ the Makerfield by-election Evening Standard · May 11
Farage hails ‘historic shift in British politics’ as Reform makes sweeping local election gains The Reform leader compared the substantial gains to clearing Becher’s Brook, a famously difficult jump in the Grand National The Independent UK · May 8
Farage says Reform on course for general election win after early local gains Labour was haemorrhaging council seats in local elections across England in bleak results for Sir Keir Starmer. Evening Standard · May 8
Labour appears to haemorrhage seats as first local election results roll in Initial results painted a bleak picture for the Prime Minister, with Labour losing councillors in its traditional northern heartlands. Evening Standard · May 8
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 · May 7
David Lammy refuses to say whether Starmer will stay as Prime Minister after local elections IN FULL The Independent UK · May 7
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 · May 7
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 · May 7
Human rights barrister condemns Labour plans to cut jury trials as 'betrayal' of party's own values Geoffrey Robertson KC, founder of Doughty Street Chambers, referred to the plans as a ‘betrayal’ of Labour’s own party values Evening Standard · Apr 29
The Independent UK · Apr 24 Ed Miliband emerging as top contender to replace Starmer As Keir Starmer fights to survive, Labour MPs believe that the energy secretary and former party leader is positioning himself to take over
International Business Times UK · Apr 22 Keir Starmer Is Facing Calls to Resign From His Own Party Two Weeks Before Local Elections That Labour Is Expected to Lose Badly Calls for United Kingdom Prime Minister Kier Starmer to resign have begun to rise following revelations about former Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson's appointment, with Labour also facing falling support ahead of local elections.
The Independent UK · Apr 22 Starmer admits his former spin doctor was considered for top ambassador job Calls for an inquiry as Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accuses PM of delivering ‘cronyism and an old boy’ club’
Evening Standard · Apr 22 Keir Starmer does not deny No 10 considered giving Lord Doyle diplomatic job The Prime Minister said there were ‘often conversations about other roles’ when staff leave roles ‘in any organisation’.
Evening Standard · Apr 22 'Don't ditch Keir,' Cabinet ally Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs but won't say Starmer right to sack Olly Robbins Sir Keir Starmer was facing a grilling at Prime Minister’s Questions over the Mandelson vetting storm
The Independent UK · Apr 22 Starmer-Mandelson latest: PM could face Privileges Committee after claims he misled MPs The Tories, SNP and Lib Dems are asking Sir Lindsay Hoyle to refer Sir Keir over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson - the PM has denied misleading MPs
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Keir Starmer Sacked civil servant tells select committee of ‘pressure’ to give clearance and ‘dismissive’ attitude to vetting
The Independent UK · Apr 21 The buck stops on Keir Starmer’s desk for the mistake of appointing Mandelson THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Olly Robbins is justifiably aggrieved at being removed for doing what the prime minister put pressure on him to do – but in the end, this may well harm the sacker more than the sackee
The Independent UK · Apr 21 No 10 put ‘constant pressure’ on Foreign Office to get Mandelson in post Downing Street also accused of trying to find diplomatic job for former Starmer aide Matthew Doyle, later suspended by the party for his links to a convicted paedophile
The Independent UK · Apr 21 Every revelation from Olly Robbins’ evidence over Mandelson’s appointment The former top official at the Foreign Office was sacked last week over failings around Peter Mandelson’s vetting
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21 Ed Miliband says he and Lammy feared Mandelson appointment could ‘blow up’ Energy secretary says he and the then foreign secretary were worried making Mandelson US envoy was risky