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BBC Politics11 May 2026

Labour MP says PM should go but pulls back from leadership challenge

The north London MP wants Sir Keir to set out a timetable for his departure, but the PM has said he would not walk away.

BBC Politics11 May 2026

Labour MP says PM should go but pulls back from leadership challenge

The north London MP wants Sir Keir to set out a timetable for his departure, but the PM has said he would not walk away.

Express Politics11 May 2026

Keir Starmer's big speech was tragic - it exposed the reason why it's now all over for him

COMMENT: The Prime Minister is desperately fighting for survival after Labour's local elections drubbing.

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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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The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

Does it seem as if almost anyone could be Britain’s next prime minister? Blame David Cameron | Zoe Williams

Are you a fresh face without too much baggage? Then a new home awaits you in No 10 In the late 1800s, the boxing and wrestling scene of east and south-east London was going through a transformation, and if you are genuinely interested in that, I cannot recommend enough the work of the historian Sarah Elizabeth Cox. If, on the other hand, you are more interested in the fashioning of political analogy, it is this: boxing starts out a legit contest between boys and men trying to render one another

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The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

There should be one thing on Starmer’s mind: not keeping his job, but keeping out Reform | Polly Toynbee

His speech today was OK, but nowhere near enough. Now the risk is that the longer he stays in No 10, the harder it will be to stop Britain’s Trump Calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe: the lexicon ran out of words for Labour’s plight. Keir Starmer’s career-saving “reset” needed to be monumental. It was … OK-ish. But it didn’t dispel the sense of a country with no overall control. As ever, his tacking neither right or left, as he wrote in the Guardian, sends many Labour people into paroxysms of despa

The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

EU preparing to offer key concession to UK in new post-Brexit agricultural deal

Exclusive: Britain expected to be allowed to keep ban on live animal exports, sources say, in fillip for Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Brussels is preparing to offer Keir Starmer a key concession in talks over an agricultural deal, giving the beleaguered prime minister an important victory in his efforts to move closer to the EU. European officials have conceded that the UK can keep its ban on live animal exports as part of any joint deal on food and agricultural products, acc

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Guido Fawkes11 May 2026

British Borrowing Costs Rise on Day of Rickety Labour Coup

UK gilt yields are up today as Labour MPs consider whether to push Starmer out of No10: 2-year gilt: 4.482% (+9.9bp) 10-year gilt: 5.009% (+9.7bp) 30-year gilt: 5.677% (+9.7bp) Yields are running at roughly double the increase rates of Eurozone and US Treasury bonds. Manchesterism looms…

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Express Politics11 May 2026

4 ways Labour MPs could oust Sir Keir Starmer as leader

There are multiple mechanisms Labour MPs could use to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

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BBC Politics11 May 2026

New Reform councillor quits after race post claims

Reform UK's Stuart Prior is accused of creating Islamophobic posts on social media.

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The Guardian Politics11 May 2026

Desperate to please but pleasing no one, Starmer’s latest reset could be his last | John Crace

Monday’s ‘make or break’ speech was one of the PM’s best but the signs are that most Labour MPs have already seen enough What did Keir Starmer say in ‘last chance’ speech to save his premiership? UK politics live – latest updates Was that it? Reset number … I forget where we’re up to now. Much the same as the last reset. And probably much the same as the next reset. That’s if there is one. The signs are that most Labour MPs think they’ve seen enough. That Keir Starmer has run out of road. He

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