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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

Soft-left Tribune group issues thinly disguised attack on Keir Starmer, calling for bold policy renewal Business live – latest updates UK politics live – latest updates An influential group of MPs has said that Labour needs an urgent renewal of economic strategy to offer voters “more than better management of decline” before the next general election. With Keir Starmer fighting to ward off a leadership challenge, the leading backbenchers from the soft-left Tribune group published a series of

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Close Starmer ally declines to say if he will lead Labour into next election

Chief secretary, Darren Jones, says PM is ‘listening to colleagues’ but will make own decisions on way forward UK politics live – latest updates One of Keir Starmer’s closest aides has declined to say whether he would lead his party into the next election amid mounting calls for him to resign. The prime minister is “listening to colleagues” who are asking him to set out a timetable for departure but would make his own decisions about the way forward, the prime minister’s chief secretary has sa

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Express Politics12 May 2026

Labour lefties 'plotting to get rid of Wes Streeting as PM' – before he's even got the job

The extraordinary intervention suggests that Labour is descending into open civil war as pressure mounts on Sir Keir.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Andrew Griffith: Forget the Starmer-drama, Britain is slipping towards economic oblivion

Over the next few years things are only likely to get worse.  Labour will continue to borrow huge sums, because they don’t understand that someone has to be willing to buy all the debt they issue.  Like in the 1970s, the markets will demand ever more in return for that borrowing.  The post Andrew Griffith: Forget the Starmer-drama, Britain is slipping towards economic oblivion appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics12 May 2026

Will Starmer’s old Labour tribute strategy rescue him from the abyss? Probably not, but there’s a logic to it | Gaby Hinsliff

Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman offer experience and political craft, but to reap the benefits, the PM himself will have to change There comes a time, in the dying days of a relationship, when you start to become irritated merely by the sound of your partner’s breathing. It’s not kind, and it’s not necessarily rational, but it is what it is. Nothing they can do is going to fix it, and nothing they say makes it better – even if they suddenly start promising to do all the things you’ve been beggi

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

Growing Labour Calls for Starmer to Resign Reach the Frontbench

PPSs are calling for Starmer to go now. Track it here: As Labour Wars today noted there are expectations among Downing Street sources that Starmer could be convinced to resign/set out a timetable for his exit if Wes goes over the top or the Cabinet speaks with enough co-ordination. Wes allies are going over the…

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The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

Newly elected Reform councillor resigns after social media claims

Stuart Prior, who was elected in Essex last week, allegedly celebrated the rape of Sikh woman and called Muslim people ‘rats’ A Reform UK councillor has resigned days after being elected, after he allegedly celebrated on social media the rape of a Sikh woman in the Midlands, declared white people the “master race” and called Muslim people “rats”. Stuart Prior was elected as a councillor for Essex county council last Thursday, winning 2,404 votes, the highest total of any candidate in the ward.

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

Rayner Allies Push for Foreign Secretary Role Under PM Burnham

Rayner is throwing her lot in behind Andy Burnham under the promise that she will be rewarded handsomely for stepping aside. Guido hears those in her inner circle are lobbying for Foreign Secretary. A great office of state which obviously provides lots of glitzy foreign travel… It would be a real-world promotion from her previous…

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Sky News Politics11 May 2026

Cut employee national insurance to win back voters, Labour report says

Radical economic reforms such as cutting national insurance and overhauling capital gains tax are Labour's only ways of winning back voters they have lost to Reform and the Greens, a report will warn.

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Express Politics11 May 2026

'Hamstrung' Keir Starmer issued huge warning as Labour 'vultures circle'

Reflecting on the Prime Minister's precarious position, Martyn Brown said: "He's in major trouble, major trouble."

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Express Politics11 May 2026

'You're on notice!' Sadiq Khan and Zack Polanski warned they haven't won London yet

Susan Hall has been re-elected as London Conservatives boss, vowing to fight 'dangerous' Sadiq Khan and Zack Polanski after the Greens took three councils.

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

BBC Verify Live Blog to Shut Down

BBC Snoozify Verify’s live blog is winding down following the departure of former Head of News Deborah Turness, who launched the live service last June as a “an exciting step towards even greater transparency”. As soon as she was out the door, it was only a matter of time before the new leadership took a cleaver…

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