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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Replacing a leader is difficult, as Jeremy Corbyn proved – but MPs can apply pressure, publicly or privately Many Labour MPs believe Keir Starmer will not survive as Labour leader for long enough to fight the next election. What they cannot agree on, however – even after a disastrous set of results in this week’s elections – is how his departure might come about. The Labour rulebook makes it notoriously difficult to unseat a party leader: none has been formally ejected in the postwar period, tho

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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

From fringe issue to the heart of politics: the UK Living Wage campaign marks 25 years of success | Heather Stewart

The group’s latest triumph won over the Department for Business and Trade, now it is eyeing private care providers and supermarkets A paragon of the kind of people-powered progress that feels all the more necessary in divisive times, the Living Wage campaign, is celebrating its25th anniversary this year. Born out of Telco (The East London Citizens’ Organisation), which ultimately became the nationwide group Citizens UK, the campaign has always involved communities working together, to press for

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BBC Politics10 May 2026

'We need to move quickly', says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Catherine West says she is ready to challenge Keir Starmer but minister Bridget Phillipson backs the PM and warns against infighting.

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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Education secretary says voters feel let down but do not want Labour to ‘spend more time talking amongst ourselves’ UK politics live – latest updates Labour MPs would be wrong to remove Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a “real kicking” at the ballot box and people feel “bitterly let down”, the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said. Phillipson said Labour had been “too gloomy” and had made a mistake in trying to withdraw the winter fuel allowance, after the part

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Starmer has 'lost the country' as Labour mutiny piles pressure on PM to quit

The Labour Prime Minister is under intense pressure to quit after a disastrous elections performance.

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Guido Fawkes10 May 2026

Phillipson Admits Labour’s “Shortcomings” But Insists Starmer Will Still Be PM at Election

An exasperated Bridget Phillipson speaking to Laura Kuenssberg: “We’ve had a real kicking. Keir knows that, I know that… I’m not going to come on here and say that there aren’t big and serious national issues that we have to address. We can, and we will. But I just do not believe that the message…

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Keir Starmer 'loses the plot' as Labour civil war explodes - Monday deadline

The Prime Minister is facing mounting pressure to resign after a disastrous set of elections, with MPs urged to back a leadership challenge.

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Guido Fawkes10 May 2026

Catherine West: “We Have a Problem, We Have to Move Quickly”

Labour MP Catherine West on Sky News: “What I want the Cabinet to do is to close themselves into a room today and come up with somebody who they can all get behind, which would mean we wouldn’t have to have a leadership election.  “And if that can happen, then we can have a very…

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Angela Rayner was all set for No 10 - but she's just had the smile wiped off her face

The battle to replace Keir Starmer as Labour leader starts tomorrow. And Angela Rayner has a problem.

Sky News Politics10 May 2026

Keir Starmer’s defences: Has the dam broken?

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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the Greens UK politics – live As Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next. A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley had very little good to say about the prime minister, comparing him to a rat or a donkey. They said they felt he had let them down. Contin

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Keir Starmer on the brink as Labour civil war explodes

The Labour party is tearing itself apart as the battle to oust the Prime Minister intensifies with demands for a woman to be next leader

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