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Sir Keir Starmer has vowed not to "walk away" from Number 10 and insisted that he will stay to "fight the next election". The Prime Minister refused to set out a transition timetable on Monday amid mounting pressure, with growing suggestions that he could face Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting in any potential future leadership battle. Asked if his time as prime minister had effectively come to an end, Starmer said: "No, we've got a lot of work to do. "I'm very focused on what I consider to be my responsibility, my duty, and that is to the country." It...

SUMMARY: Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to face pressure from Labour MPs to either resign or set a timeline for his departure following heavy losses in elections earlier this month Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) have said Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham will be allowed to run in the Makerfield by-election if he's selected as the party's candidate A vacancy in the north-west England seat opened up after Labour MP Josh Simons resigned, saying it would give Burnham the chance to return to Westminster Also this week, Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary - potentially paving the way for a...

-The UK government will introduce legislation banning new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences as part of its Energy Independence Bill. -Critics argue the policy will increase Britain’s reliance on imported fossil fuels while damaging Scotland’s oil and gas industry. -Rising oil prices and disruptions tied to the Iran conflict have intensified political pressure on Labour to reconsider the ban. The government will make it illegal to grant new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, the King said at the state opening of Parliament, in a sign ministers are refusing to buckle in the face of a...

Less than two years after Labour won a landslide majority, Sir Keir Starmer’s prime ministership is on the brink. Sir Keir’s flip-flopping has made him deeply unpopular and caused his party to sink in the polls. A battering in the local elections on May 7th has been the final straw for many of his party colleagues. Nearly 100 of Labour’s 403 MPs have called for the prime minister to stand aside and he has received five resignation letters from ministers, including Wes Streeting, the former health secretary. Sir Keir has vowed to fight on. But a leadership contest—which would be...

Eleven foreign "far-right agitators" have been blocked from entering the country to attend a rally organised by anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, the prime minister has said. Tens of thousands are expected to join the Unite the Kingdom event on Saturday, while an annual pro-Palestinian demonstration takes place in another part of London. Sir Keir Starmer has said "we're in a fight for the soul of this country" ahead of the protest. The Metropolitan Police is anticipating one of its busiest days in recent years, and has drafted more than 4,000 officers over fears of clashes if the rival protests coincide....

Sir Keir Starmer's rattled allies today issued a desperate warning to rebel Labour MPs that a leadership coup by Angela Rayner will trigger a general election. The under-fire Prime Minister is battling to stay in Downing Street as he reels from the Lord Mandelson scandal, with a number of backbenchers openly questioning his future. In a bid to contain the crisis, Sir Keir has promised to release documents related to Lord Mandelson's appointment as US ambassador in February last year. But the Government was forced into ceding control of the release of material to Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC),...

The White House has urged Britain to take “bold action” and defend citizens from mass migration. The US state department labelled mass migration an existential threat to Western civilisation and ordered its embassies across Europe to report crimes committed by illegal migrants. The department singled out the grooming gang scandal in Rotherham as an example of how Western nations have endured “crime waves” as a result of uncontrolled migration. Thousands of vulnerable girls were raped by gangs of predominantly Pakistani men in at least 50 towns and cities across Britain over several decades. The department said it had ordered officials...

Two people have been arrested after multiple people were stabbed on a train. British Transport Police are currently responding to the incident after an LNER train was stopped in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Armed officers attended the scene and two men were arrested following 999 calls at 19.39 GMT. More than 30 officers were sent to the scene. No details about how many people have been stabbed have been released, or how serious the injuries are. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: "Two men have been arrested by police this evening after more than 30 officers were called to Huntingdon Train Station. "We...

SUMMARY Emergency services have been called after "multiple people" were stabbed on a train travelling in Cambridgeshire Two people have been arrested, Cambridgeshire Police say - pictures show them responding to the scene at Huntingdon station There are no fatalities, but ten people are in hospital - with nine believed to have life-threatening injuries - according to British Transport Police The train involved was the 18:25 service from Doncaster to London King's Cross An eyewitness told the BBC they saw a man bolting down the carriage with a bloody arm, saying "they've got a knife, run", and a man collapsed...

While the rise of Reform continues at pace among the voting intention surveys, the Green Party surge is becoming one hell of a sub-plot. However, the mega-poll shared by Find Out Now this week shows that the Greens are ready for top billing – and Keir Starmer has a lot to be worried about. Criticised for ‘aping’ Reform by Green Party leader Zack Polanski, Sir Keir has struggled to match the insurgency of Nigel Farage and his colleagues, with the right-leaning organisation consistently topping the opinion polls throughout 2025. Labour, meanwhile, have seen their support plummet. If these trends continues...

BREAKING - The young Scottish girl, who was forced to brandish a knife and an axe to defend herself and her sister against a Romanian migrant and was arrested, has been vindicated after a Romanian grooming gang was jailed for sexually abusing women across Dundee.

Nigel Farage has overtaken Sir Keir Starmer as the nation’s preferred choice of prime minister for the first time. The Reform UK leader is seen as a better candidate to lead the country by 33 per cent of people, compared with 30 per cent who prefer Sir Keir, a poll shows. A monthly tracker of political preferences by Ipsos, the polling firm, also shows that Andy Burnham, the mayor for Greater Manchester, is favoured over Sir Keir as a better prime minister. Meanwhile, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative Party leader, appears to be enjoying a post-conference bump with voters choosing the...

‘Petey’ is back in Britain, looking for a vengeance. And so it happens that Lord Peter Mandelson is back to Britain, after getting fired as US ambassador in the wake of the scandal caused by his emails to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Instead of the glory he would have dreamed of, he is facing ignominy. Mandelson and Epstein shopping in the US Virgin Islands. ============================================================================== The leaked emails revealed that Mandelson continued to support Epstein even after a conviction in Florida for ‘procuring a child for prostitution’. Columnist Andrew Pierce, wrote on the Daily Mail: “‘Fight for early release,’ he...

Sir Keir Starmer has been mocked after he awkwardly thought Donald Trump was inviting him to the stage to speak. The UK Prime Minister was lined up behind the US President as he spoke to the world's media in Egypt, taking time to praise leaders for their involvement in peace deals. Thanking a list of countries for their work towards various international conflicts, Mr Trump ended with the United Kingdom, with Sir Keir receiving a welcome from the US leader who referred to him as 'his friend'. The PM awkwardly appeared to mistake this as an invitation on to the...