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Express Politics13 May 2026

Reform UK vows to deliver 'brutal lesson' by crushing Andy Burnham leadership plot

Reform UK has vowed to fight "very hard indeed" to block Andy Burnham from returning to Parliament, warning: "voters will teach them a brutal lesson"

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto Ministers should bring forward a new clean air act that would ban wood burning, clear diesel vehicles from the roads and force councils to cut pollution, a group of more than 60 charities have urged before the king’s speech on Wednesday. Labour held out the prospect of a clean air act while in opposition in 2023, but this was dropped from the final election manifesto, and the government has made n

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BBC Politics12 May 2026

Watch: Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street

Keir Starmer will meet Wes Streeting for talks tomorrow, after a day that saw his leadership come under significant pressure.

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BBC Politics12 May 2026

Watch: Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Wes Streeting for talks after a day that saw his leadership come under significant pressure.

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BBC Politics12 May 2026

Watch: Resignations, drama and defiance at Downing Street

Sir Keir Starmer will meet Wes Streeting for talks after a day that saw his leadership come under significant pressure.

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Sky News Politics12 May 2026

PM to meet with Streeting ahead of King's Speech

Sir Keir Starmer is due to meet with mooted leadership rival Wes Streeting in Downing Street this morning – just hours before the government's agenda for the coming year is laid out in the King's Speech.

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BBC Politics12 May 2026

At a glance: Starmer grapples with leadership crisis

The prime minister is fighting to stay on in No 10 as heavy election losses trigger a Labour revolt.

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BBC Politics12 May 2026

Starmer prepares for King's Speech as he faces leadership crisis

King Charles III will attend Parliament to deliver the speech outlining the government's agenda.

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

Planned legislation includes housing, immigration and energy measures, and comes amid awkwardness with the palace over Charles’s role Keir Starmer will attempt to regain the political initiative on Wednesday as his government announces a package of 35 bills for the next parliamentary session, covering everything from housing to immigration. The embattled prime minister will release details of dozens of bills that he intends to pass over the next 12 months, even as his own MPs line up to demand h

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Despite calls to step down, Keir Starmer is still the UK’s prime minister – for now

How Labour party leader lost authority over two days of confusion and drama before state opening of parliament As the afternoon faded in Westminster, final preparations were being made for Wednesday’s state opening of parliament, where King Charles will set out a year-long legislative programme for a government that even its most ardent allies fear might not last the week. Once again, here we are. Keir Starmer is still the UK’s prime minister. It is even possible he might be in a few months from

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Starmer given a lifeline after Streeting challenge fails to materialise

Downing Street insiders suggest health secretary does not yet have the support for a leadership push UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had seen off the immediate threat to his job on Tuesday after a challenge from Wes Streeting failed to materialise despite several of the prime minister’s allies quitting the government. Downing Street insiders suggested that the health secretary did not yet have the required support from the 81 MPs he needed to f

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s premiership: he may survive, but his manoeuvres themselves signal decline | Editorial

Each ploy required to shore up the prime minister’s position exposes how fragile his authority has become It was said of John Major, the Tory prime minister fatally damaged by party infighting, that he was “in office but not in power”. Sir Keir Starmer finds himself in a similar spot. His government is planning a king’s speech that contains ambitious proposals. But after Wednesday’s pomp and circumstance will come the real test: six days of Commons debate, then a vote that governments almost nev

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