BBC Politics10 May 2026
Starmer to promise bolder action as leadership threats mount
The embattled PM will seek to persuade his MPs not to ditch him as Labour leader in a speech on Monday.
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The Advance UK Merger Collapse: Ego, Entitlement, and the Fight for Britain's Future
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BBC Politics10 May 2026
Rayner issues 'last chance' warning to Starmer and backs Burnham to return
In her first comments since Labour's election defeats, the ex-deputy PM calls for bolder action from the prime minister.
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BBC Politics10 May 2026
Councillor under investigation over racism allegations
Reform UK investigate Glenn Gibbins after his Sunderland election win on Thursday.
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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026
The Tories are still on life support – so why is Badenoch in celebratory mood?
Party leader has been vocal about its gains in London and there is a feeling that its losses could have been worse By any sane person’s reckoning, the Conservative party had a night to forget in Thursday’s local, mayoral and devolved elections. It lost about 500 councillors in England and ceded control of three local authorities to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK – losing to the rightwing upstarts in England, Wales and Scotland. Why then is Kemi Badenoch hailing these results as proof that “the Conserv
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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026
Full nationalisation of British Steel expected in King’s speech
Officials reportedly drafting legislation likely to safeguard Britain’s last blast furnaces and save thousands of jobs The full nationalisation of British Steel is expected to be announced in the King’s speech this week, a year after the government took over the daily running of the loss-making business from its Chinese owner. The steelmaker, which employs 3,500 people at its plant in Scunthorpe, came under government control last April amid fears that its owner Jingye was planning to shut down
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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026
Plaid Cymru leader plans minority Welsh government built on cooperation
Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to work with other parties and press the UK government for extra powers UK politics live – latest updates The leader of Plaid Cymru, Rhun ap Iorwerth, has vowed to form a stable minority government in the Senedd and said he would seek out mature cooperation from all opposition parties. Ap Iorwerth said his administration would press the UK government for extra powers over policy areas such as policing and justice and focus on results rather than engaging in polit
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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026
The Guardian view on the Welsh and Scottish elections: Plaid’s triumph heralds a new era in devolved politics | Editorial
Progressive nationalist parties now hold power in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. That will be a challenge for the United Kingdom’s overcentralised state When the Scottish and Welsh assemblies were created on the eve of the millennium, the then Labour government in Westminster believed that it had engineered a win-win situation. Devolution, it was hoped, would see off any nationalist threat in Scotland and Wales. Meanwhile, the Labour party’s longstanding political dominance in both nations woul
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Express Politics10 May 2026
Angela Rayner calls for Andy Burnham's return in major challenge to Keir Starmer
Labour's civil war erupted as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to quit
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BBC Politics10 May 2026
Rayner delivers 'last chance' warning to Starmer
The prime minister's former deputy warns that Labour faces its "last chance" after heavy election losses.
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Guido Fawkes10 May 2026
Rayner Calls for Burnham’s Return as Leadership Hype Explodes
The state of play currently: Rayner’s first public remarks since Labour’s local election defeat: She calls on Starmer to end a “toxic culture of cronyism.” Says Labour must tack left: “What we are doing isn’t working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance.” Warns Labour is “in danger of becoming a…
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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026
Nicola Jennings on Keir Starmer’s reaction to the election results – cartoon
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Sky News Politics10 May 2026
In full: Angela Rayner's statement after devastating Labour election results
Our party has suffered a historic defeat. Many good Labour colleagues have lost their seats despite working hard for those they represented. We have lost good Labour administrations and lost the chance for more.
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