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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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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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Sky News Politics10 May 2026

Keir Starmer’s defences: Has the dam broken?

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Express Politics10 May 2026

Surge in refugees seeking help in Calais report spurs call to deter Channel crossings

A charity warns of a '33% increase in the number of refugees' seeking help in Calais triggers warning of 'Labour's border failure'

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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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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister Catherine West seeks to trigger Labour leadership contest – UK politics live

MP says that unless a cabinet minister comes forward to challenge the PM by tomorrow that she will Good morning. There were many predictions for Labour’s future ahead of the English, Scottish and Welsh elections, which have been terrible for the party, but there is one outcome foreseen by no one: a leadership challenge by Catherine West. West, MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet and a junior Foreign Office minister until she was sacked in the reshuffle last year, announced yesterday afternoon that,

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The Guardian Politics10 May 2026

Defence sovereignty: Europe races to build the low-cost weapons of future

With Trump wavering on Nato and war in Ukraine, Europe is scrambling to spend billions on weapons such as drones In a small workshop in England’s East Midlands, engineers at the British startup Skycutter are designing weapons for Ukraine. A row of 3D printers make the fuselage for interceptor drones, while parts such as motors and navigation chips are slotted together by hand. The same process happens hundreds of thousands of times a month in partner Ukrainian factories. The swarms of cheap, dea

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BBC Politics9 May 2026

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

Catherine West tells the BBC if a leadership hopeful does not put themselves forward she will try to trigger a contest.

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The Guardian Politics9 May 2026

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Keir Starmer set to face challenge as former minister says she will trigger race if no cabinet minister comes forward UK politics live – latest updates MPs from Labour’s left are expected to urge Ed Miliband to consider a leadership bid in the coming days, as Keir Starmer faced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week. Following grim results for Labour in elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that if no cabinet ministers went public by Monday, she would

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Express Politics9 May 2026

'Get rid of Keir Starmer or I will!' Labour MP issues brutal warning to ministers

Former minister Catherine West is on a mission to force the prime minister to quit

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Express Politics9 May 2026

Nigel Farage issues brutal warning to embarrassed Starmer as he says 'best is yet to come'

Sir Keir Starmer will hand Reform UK the 'north of England and the Midlands on a plate' if he pushes the UK closer to the European Union, Nigel Farage warns

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Express Politics9 May 2026

Pharmacies issue urgent 'aspirin and antibiotics warning' - Labour told to tackle crisis

Warning that turmoil in the Middle East threatens the supply of medicines, with aspirin and a range of antibiotics relying on "petroleum-based ingredients".

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