UK politics

Starmer set for showdown with leadership rival Wes Streeting

Embattled UK prime minister set for talks with one of the main contenders for his job after a day of drama at Westminster

Streeting ally Zubir Ahmed fourth minister to resign amid calls for Keir Starmer’s exit

Ministers Jess Phillips and Miatta Fahnbulleh resign, while Starmer loyalists pledge their support

Keir Starmer’s Waterloo meeting

Does he feel like he wins when he loses?

Who could replace Keir Starmer as UK prime minister?

If a leadership battle gets under way, these Labour politicians may be the key runners and riders

Labour leadership: Wes Streeting faces narrow road to party members’ favour

Health secretary’s soft-right credentials put him at disadvantage even with reduced membership under Starmer

Andy Burnham seeks path to Westminster to launch Labour leadership challenge

Manchester mayor is a potential challenger to Keir Starmer, but he needs to become an MP first

It’s worth reflecting on what Reform UK’s success might mean for Northern Ireland

Politics across the United Kingdom looks increasingly fractured

Keir Starmer makes pitch to deepen EU-UK ties as he fights for his job

Labour leader and UK prime minister facing backbench revolt over elections disaster

UK elections: Starmer insists he won’t quit as PM, as former minister seeks to trigger leadership contest

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

UK elections: Labour suffers historic loss in Wales, Reform gains over 1,000 England seats

Prime minister Keir Starmer says he ‘won’t walk away’ despite damaging results across UK

How a French journalist was almost signed up as a Reform UK candidate

Le Monde writer says Nigel Farage’s party cold-called her to run in Thursday’s locals

‘Keir didn’t even like him’: Inside the Peter Mandelson scandal

How the UK prime minister’s search for a political operator to liaise with Donald Trump dramatically backfired

MPs fail to land knockout blow on bobbing Morgan McSweeney

Former chief of staff to Keir Starmer backs up old boss’s claims about appointment of Peter Mandelson to Washington post

Mandelson appointment was ‘serious error of judgment’, says Keir Starmer’s former adviser Morgan McSweeney

Cork-born former chief of staff quit UK government after taking ‘full responsibility’ for advising prime minister to appoint the former ambassador

Stalin with a nose ring or ecopopulist? Inside the dizzying rise of Zack Polanski

Under his leadership the Green Party in Britain is riding high in opinion polls and threatens to swamp Labour in London

Dear political parties. Now is really not the time to talk about deposing your leader

The threshold at which politicians seek to overthrow their leader should be much, much higher than this (I am looking at you too, Fianna Fáil)

Keir Starmer’s meandering Mandelson speech met with explosion of laughter

Labour benches sat in a miserable, stony silence, unclear if they still backed their prime minister

UK ministers back Keir Starmer as calls grow for him to resign

Outcry over Peter Mandelson appointment leaves prime minister vulnerable in advance of next month’s local elections

How did Peter Mandelson fail security vetting but still get approved as US ambassador?

Keir Starmer has been busy explaining but key questions remain around the former US ambassador’s appointment

Keir Starmer blames ‘unforgivable’ foreign office for Mandelson vetting fiasco

Foreign ministry’s top official leaves role after revelation that Mandelson failed vetting before being appointed ambassador to US

Peter Mandelson became UK ambassador to US despite failing security vetting

Keir Starmer under new pressure over ambassador appointment

Devolution isn’t proving a motorway to independence. It’s a dual-carriageway to nowhere

Three nationalist first ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales may not prove the triumph for nationalism they seem

UK pauses plan to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US opposition

Donald Trump previously criticised the plan telling Starmer he was 'making a big mistake'

Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer and Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain by Geoff Andrews

Despite their defeat in two historic strikes, the British miners’ struggle raised huge questions for society

The British government has no business in banning Kanye West from the country

Free-speech absolutism is the only logical position in modern democracy. Yes, even when the speech is as base and bigoted as this

Starmer needs King Charles to deliver after US-UK Iran schism

British king travels to Washington at the end of this month on crucial state visit against backdrop of political tension

Suddenly, Great Yarmouth’s obesity rates made sense

For some reason that I couldn’t fathom, I felt a soft spot for the Brexity Norfolk seaside town that thinks Farage is too soft

Morgan McSweeney’s stolen phone gets Westminster’s conspiracy theorists in a lather

UK prime minister Keir Starmer limps into Easter recess with in-tray of wars, inflation and next tranche of Peter Mandelson files

Labour’s century-long hold on Wales faces collapse – but why?

Shifts in identity, social change and the strain of long incumbency mean Ireland’s nearest neighbour is about to undergo a sea change

Critics ask why Starmer is in Ireland as questions about Mandelson pile up back at home

As Starmer tours Ireland, critics say he is dodging scrutiny over his judgment in one of the biggest political scandals to hit Westminster in decades

Starmer warned of ‘reputational risk’ over Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein

Publication of documents on appointment of former US ambassador to role comes after UK government ordered to do so by MPs

Starmer’s cautious Iran policy sparks Tory fury and Trump disappointment

MPs wary of ‘lessons from Iraq’ as parliament discusses UK’s response to conflict in Middle East

Manchester byelection defeat leaves Keir Starmer green around the gills

UK prime minister and Labour leader is running out of options

Boiling tensions, brittle loyalties: a crucial vote that may redefine UK’s national politics

Crucial byelection too close to call as Greens and Reform UK surge, while Labour hopes to hold on if its base doesn’t split

Peter Mandelson freed on bail following arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Former UK ambassador to US and Northern secretary was fired in ​September over links to Jeffrey Epstein

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor released after almost 12 hours of questioning

Former British prince had been detained by police on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Starmer insists he will lead Labour into next election after turbulent week

UK prime minister acknowledges appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador was a ‘mistake’

Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics

What might a prime minister Nigel Farage say or do in relation to Northern Ireland?

Leaks, fires, rodents: crumbling Palace of Westminster symbolises decline of modern Britain

It could take up to 60 years to revamp, according to a new report

Starmer facing further pressure over appointment of ally despite sex offender link

Concerns raised that Matthew Doyle campaigned in 2017 for man who was charged with having child abuse images

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