8 d. ago It's me or Farage! Struggling Starmer will bid to 'squeeze' mutinous Labour troops into getting behind him in crunch conference speech TODAY

Keir Starmer will use his keynote speech to party conference in Liverpool to talk up the threat posed by Reform - which is streets ahead in the polls.

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1 week ago Consolation for Starmer as his MPs secure a late equaliser against Westminster’s journalists

The Labour MPs bagged a last-minute equaliser to deny the Lobby XI a win at Goodison Park at the party’s conference

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1 week ago Labour conference 2025 live: Starmer rallies MPs to join fight against Reform UK as Liverpool event begins

Starmer under pressure as Labour trail behind Reform UK in polls as conference begins

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1 week ago Struggling Keir Starmer's Labour gifts olive branch to two rebel MPs

John McDonnell and Apsana Begum had the whip suspended in July last year after they voted against the Government on the King's speech, along with five of their colleagues.

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1 week ago Andy Burnham has ‘legitimate concerns’ about Labour leadership – Sadiq Khan

Sir Sadiq said Andy Burnham was entitled to raise any concerns he has about Sir Keir Starmer.

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1 week ago Starmer faces revolt by Labour MPs as he takes huge gamble on compulsory digital ID cards saying people cannot be 'squeamish' about tough rules

Keir Starmer confirmed the plans at a 'global progress' summit in London insisting it is an 'enormous opportunity' to get on top of illegal immigration.

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1 week ago ‘History will remember who showed up’: Keir Starmer faces call to attend Cop30 summit

Response from leaders and key climate figures comes after PM’s aides advised non-attendance over concerns Reform may attack himLeading climate figures and Labour MPs have urged Keir Starmer to attend the crucial Cop30 climate summit this November, after aides advised him not to attend for fear of attracting the ire of the Reform party.Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, said: “Cop30 is where leaders are expected to come and roll up their sleeves, make deals to help their nation’s economy transition faster, creating more jobs, and guide the world on what next steps we take together.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Labour at war as Andy Burnham openly challenges Keir Starmer

The elected Manchester mayor was told in no uncertain terms to stay up north and do his job after he used eve-of-conference interviews to lash out at the Prime Minister.

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1 week ago UK politics live: Burnham denies asking MPs if he should try to oust Starmer as Labour leader

Manchester mayor has accused Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’

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1 week ago UK politics live: Burnham told to ‘pipe down’ by Labour peer after revealing MPs asked him to oust Starmer

Manchester mayor has accused Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’

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1 week ago Andy Burnham openly challenges Keir Starmer and says MPs WANT him to oust PM as he sets out massive tax

The Manchester mayor used an interview ahead of Labour's annual conference to set out a massive tax-and-spend manifesto he claimed could 'turn the country around'.

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1 week ago Andy Burnham reveals Labour MPs privately urging him to challenge Starmer as he accuses PM of creating 'climate of fear'

The Manchester mayor’s vision to ‘turn the country around’ includes higher council tax on London homes and a 50p top rate of income tax

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2 w. ago Burnham: Labour MPs are privately urging me to challenge Starmer

The Manchester Mayor accused Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’ in remarks likely to be seen as a pitch for a future leadership bid.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump’s sharia law attack on Sadiq Khan outrages Labour MPs

Keir Starmer urged to take action over US president’s inflammatory speech to the UNKeir Starmer is facing demands from Labour MPs to reprimand Donald Trump’s administration after the US president falsely claimed London wanted to “go to sharia law” under its “terrible mayor”, Sadiq Khan.In an address to the UN general assembly, Trump said: “I look at London, where you have a terrible mayor, terrible, terrible mayor, and it’s been changed, it’s been so changed. Now they want to go to sharia law. But you are in a different country, you can’t do that.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer leadership: Who could replace the Labour leader and Prime Minister? Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham

There is no clear and obvious successor to Sir Keir Starmer if Labour MPs choose to oust him before the next election.

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3 w. ago Starmer reaches another new low: Record numbers disapprove of PM as rivals attack 'unforced errors' and MPs tell him to go

Lucy Powell, sacked by the PM in a panicky reshuffle less than a fortnight ago, warned in an interview that the public does not feel government is 'on their side'.

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3 w. ago Starmer pummelled by his own party: Labour deputy leader frontrunner Lucy Powell launches brutal attack on PM's 'unforced errors' as MPs tell him to go

Lucy Powell, sacked by the PM in a panicky reshuffle less than a fortnight ago, warned in an interview that the public does not feel government is 'on their side'.

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3 w. ago Keir Starmer urged to kick Peter Mandelson out of Labour and apologise to Epstein victims

Labour grandee Dame Emily Thornberry questioned why 'red flags' had been missed as calls grow for Peter Mandelson to have the party whip withdrawn

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3 w. ago Miserable Labour MPs duck Commons debate on Starmer's decision to appoint Mandelson... as Foreign Office says it DIDN'T do 'due diligence' on the US ambassador

The government benches were far sparser than those reserved for the Opposition as a three-hour 'emergency' debate kicked off.

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3 w. ago Could Keir Starmer be ousted BEFORE the next general election? How a Labour challenger to the PM would need the backing of 80 MPs to force a leadership contest

The Prime Minister has endured a nightmare fortnight in which he has suffered two major departures while trying to launch 'phase two' of his Labour Government.

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