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Is the UK headed for a new prime minister?

These are troubled times for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In July 2024, Starmer’s government swept to power on the back on a landslide win.

The Conversation

‘I thought the grownups were back in charge!’: John Crace on how Labour shattered his expectations

After 14 years of Tory rule, the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer thought he had seen it all. Westminster would surely tick along nicely once Keir Starmer’s party took over. How wrong he was ...

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner’s reappearance is a further damning of Starmer’s leadership

COMMENT: Editorial: With Labour in turmoil and the Budget still more than a week away, the resurgence of the prime minister’s former deputy adds further complication that Keir Starmer could do without

The Independent UK

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Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot

Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner declines to rule out running for Labour leader as she condemns infighting

Former deputy PM hits out at ‘arrogant tittle-tattle’ over the past week and says she has ‘not gone away’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer should not consider his position, Home Secretary says

Shabana Mahmood weighed in behind the PM after a bitter briefing war this week.

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner condemns ‘arrogant tittle tattle’ amid Labour infighting

When quizzed if a return to frontline politics may be on the cards, the former deputy Labour leader said she had not ‘gone away’.

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Rayner allies hit out at ‘false’ claims of plot to oust Starmer as Labour leadership row deepens

A source close to the MP said Ms Rayner is ‘focussed on representing her local community’

The Independent UK

Income tax U-turn will only hasten Starmer’s departure, MPs warn

Ministers and backbenchers reacted with despair to U-turn and claimed the prime minister was ‘weakened’

The Independent UK

‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Will Starmer resign as prime minister and who could replace him?

The prime minister has been at the centre of a political storm since admitting he was aware of Peter Mandelson’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein when he appointed him as US ambassador

The Independent UK

Labour leadership crisis erupts after Streeting denies plotting to bring down Starmer

Health secretary says Labour MPs who claim PM faces coup have been ‘watching too much “Celebrity Traitors”’

The Independent UK

Prime Minister could face leadership challenge after Budget, say Labour insiders

The Labour leader is increasingly concerned about his party’s dip in support which may result in serious losses at next year’s local elections

Evening Standard

Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge

No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections

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Councillors in England face suspensions for misconduct as part of government overhaul

Local authorities to be given powers to suspend rule-breaking officials and to withhold allowances

The Independent UK

Calls for Starmer to face investigation over appointment of football regulator chair

David Kogan was named in April as the government’s preferred candidate to chair the Independent Football Regulator

The Independent UK

Labour cannot afford many more weeks like this one

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Starmer’s government has been busy emulating the ‘chaos and confusion’ that characterised the final days of the last Conservative administration, ahead of a Budget that will be profoundly depressing. If Labour is hoping to revive its fortunes, it will need to get a grip

The Independent UK

Labour deputy leader’s views on party policy are ‘irritating’, says Labour peer

Thangam Debbonaire accused Lucy Powell of ‘giving a running commentary and undermining’ the government

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The Independent UK

Angela Rayner in talks to write book just weeks after resigning from government

The former housing secretary resigned as Labour deputy leader in September

The Independent UK

Headache for Starmer as splits erupt over tax hikes and minister breaks rules

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell said the Government ‘should be following through’ on its manifesto pledge on not raising key taxes.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer hit by bitter Cabinet infighting over Lammy’s handling of jail crisis and Labour revolt on tax

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says the Government ‘should be following through’ on its manifesto pledge on not raising key taxes

Evening Standard

Labour has duty to deliver reforms to workers’ rights, Rayner tells Commons

‘I say to my colleagues on the frontbench that I will be with you every step of the way as we do just that,’ the former deputy prime minister said.

The Guardian - UK

We can’t let the Tories sabotage this once-in-a-generation chance to reshape the world of work

The employment rights bill is in the Commons today. As Zohran Mamdani’s victory shows, people are desperate for policies that actually improve lives, says Labour MP Angela Rayner

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves is guilty of carelessness and hypocrisy

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer has said his chancellor will face no further action for ‘inadvertently’ failing to obtain a licence to rent out her home, and then misleading him about it. But she has fallen far below the standards that she set for her political opponents

The Guardian - UK

Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition

Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught out

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