8 d. ago Beleaguered Starmer appeals for unity at first cabinet meeting of the year

It comes as Labour slip to third place in a Yougov poll, with ongoing questions over whether the prime minister may be ousted by MPs

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8 d. ago West Lothian Labour candidates and Livingston MP praise Anas Sarwar's New Year speech

With four months to go until polling day, Mr Sarwar described the election as a decisive moment for Scotland, arguing voters face a clear choice between a third decade of SNP government under John Swinney or new leadership with Scottish Labour.

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9 d. ago Voices: ‘If Andy Burnham is the answer, we need a new question’: Readers on Labour’s leadership dilemma

Our community were split as polling suggested Andy Burnham has greater appeal to the wider electorate over Keir Starmer, sparking debate over whether Labour needs stability or a change at the top

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1 week ago Keir Starmer vows to ‘stay the course’ in 2026 after Labour leadership speculation

In his New Year message, the Labour prime minister, under pressure over faltering economy and with his party trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls, pledges Britain will ‘turn a corner’ in the next 12 months

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2 w. ago Lucy Powell delivers message to Keir Starmer Labour leadership critics

In an interview with The Mirror, the party's deputy leader Lucy Powell said she believed the polls will tighten - but the party must be up for the fight in 2026

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2 w. ago ANAS SARWAR: 'Nigel Farage says Scotland is broken but has no interest in fixing it'

'Reform UK thrive on frustration and division, I reject that politics completely - Scotland does not need louder shouting, it needs leadership', Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar writes

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3 w. ago Labour is set to break Angela Rayner's infrastructure pledge due to 'dithering and delay' by ministers

More than half of planning decisions on 27 major projects expected in 2025 were delayed beyond the three-month decision period for ministers, according to the Centre for Policy Studies.

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3 w. ago Starmer faces leadership challenge if Labour hammered in May local elections, warns his own veteran MP

The PM would have failed to ‘put the show on the road’ if Labour gets a drubbing in the town hall polls, Graham Stringer MP is warning

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s difficult year: denial of hard choices is no longer an option | Editorial

All the incentives in Westminster politics militate against confronting difficult issues, but a failing government may as well try honestyThe formula for stable government, according to Britain’s constitution, is a big parliamentary majority and divided opposition. Sir Keir Starmer’s predicament proves that those conditions are not sufficient.The prime minister’s inability to convince voters that he has an agenda for national renewal, and the demoralising effect that has had on the Labour party, make a leadership challenge look plausible after local elections next May. Maybe sooner. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Steven Gerrard names condition for Rangers return and explains what he needs from Ibrox chiefs

Exclusive: Liverpool icon speaks about a potential return to Ibrox after three years at Rangers and talk of a potential return

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3 w. ago Wes Streeting laughs off talk of a deal with Angela Rayner to replace Keir Starmer

"This just bears no resemblance to reality"

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner should come clean on her house scandal in memoir, says Lord Ashcroft

The former deputy Prime Minister confirmed last week that she has signed a deal to write an 'authentic' book about her rise from working class roots to the Cabinet - and then her resignation

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner 'would get deputy PM job back in deal to be Andy Burnham's running mate'

Labour MPs backing Mr Burnham, the mayor of Manchester, say Ms Rayner has agreed to support his bid in return for her old job as Deputy Prime Minister, plus a senior Cabinet position.

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner WILL be writing a memoir playing up her Labour credentials as rumours swirl over Starmer's leadership

Angela Rayner has signed up to pen an 'authentic' book about her rise to the Cabinet from working-class roots.

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner ‘to publish memoir’ amid growing speculation over leadership challenge

There has been growing speculation that Angela Rayner is preparing to challenge the prime minister, amid devastating approval ratings and growing concern over the direction of the Labour government

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3 w. ago Angela Rayner to publish memoir amid talk of potential Labour leadership challenge

Exclusive: Book to detail life from child poverty and teenage pregnancy to unions and Labour deputy leadership before fall from graceAngela Rayner is writing a memoir about her rise to become deputy prime minister and her subsequent fall from grace, the Guardian can confirm, in a move that will be seen as an attempt to set the narrative ahead of any leadership contest.The book, which will detail the Labour politician’s life story from her impoverished childhood and leaving school at 16 while pregnant through the union movement and the Labour party to the second highest office in the land, is to be published in the second half of 2026. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago A warning for Keir Starmer: Brexit is falling apart, but if you are not bold on Europe, your Labour rivals will be | Tom Baldwin

Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership doSeven years ago, it took just eight words to electrify the Labour conference and to show the party was falling out of love with its then leader. Although not exactly the kind of soaring oratory that gets reproduced on T-shirts, the words were greeted with wild cheering as most of the hall rose in spontaneous acclamation.As the commotion died down, Keir Starmer, then Brexit spokesman, stood at the podium, blinking in surprise. He wasn’t really accustomed to his speeches having such an effect. All he had said was: “Nobody is ruling out remain as an option.” But context is everything.Tom Baldwin is the author of Keir Starmer, The Biography Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Labour FINALLY gets its workers' rights laws through Parliament as peers end their long battle over Bill

Peers on Tuesday dropped their extended opposition to the controversial Employment Rights Bill, which is now poised to become law.

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4 w. ago Angela Rayner stokes war with House of Lords over Labour workers' rights laws: Ex

The former deputy prime minister lashed out at hereditary peers in the House of Lords for 'blocking' the Government's flagship legislation.

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last month Keir Starmer admits Labour leadership speculation is 'rife' as he is battered by MPs over briefings against Cabinet and Budget leaks

Keir Starmer squirmed as he was pressed on the behaviour of his own No10 aides during an intense session at the powerful Commons Liaison Committee.

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