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Starmer leadership in peril as ‘Cabinet ministers tell him to consider position’

Dozens of MPs have demanded the Prime Minister stand down.

Evening Standard

Senior cabinet ministers and more than 70 MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation as speech fails to quell rebellion – as it happened

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood reported to be among those who have told the PM to consider his position.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer on brink: Wes Streeting accused of launching 'coup' against PM as over 75 MPs say he should go

Full-scale Labour civil war explodes as loyalists defend the PM after his leadership appears increasingly in peril

Evening Standard

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Government aides quit as scores of Labour MPs call for Starmer to resign

Joe Morris and Tom Rutland, who served as parliamentary secretaries to Wes Streeting and Emma Reynolds, stood down on Monday.

Evening Standard

Starmer on the brink as cabinet ministers urge him to quit

Exclusive: Senior cabinet ministers believed to be among those telling PM to oversee orderly departure hours after he said he would fight any challenge

The Guardian - UK

Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

A growing number of Labour MPs are in no mood to heed calls from the PM’s allies to keep faith with their leader

The Guardian - UK

Danger now lurks for Keir Starmer in every corner of Westminster

Commentary: Friends, just months ago, may now be foes as the Prime Minister fights for his political life

Evening Standard

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How Catherine West became a stalking horse – then reined herself in

Labour MP hoped to bounce others into a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer but then changed course

The Guardian - UK

More than 50 Labour MPs call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign

Sir Keir’s speech failed to quell demands from discontented backbenchers that he quit or set out a timetable for his departure.

Evening Standard

What we learned from Sir Keir Starmer’s post-election speech

Here the Press Association looks at what Sir Keir said in the make-or-break speech.

Evening Standard

MP backs down from Labour leadership bid as Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong

Catherine West had previously said she would challenge Sir Keir for the party leadership as early as Monday afternoon.

Evening Standard

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

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, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

Catherine West backs down from Starmer challenge but urges him to go by September

Backbench MP calls prime minister’s speech ‘too little, too late’ but stops short of moving to stand against him herself

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The Times of India

UK PM on way out? Starmer faces major party revolt, do-or-die speech fails to crush doubters

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered a fiery speech on Monday, framing his leadership as a "battle for Britain's soul" amid growing unrest within his own Labour Party and calls by senior leaders to step down.

Evening Standard

Starmer vows to prove ‘doubters’ wrong after local election drubbing

Describing the election results as ‘tough’, he told an audience in central London: ‘I get it, I feel it, and I take responsibility.’

The Guardian - UK

What did Keir Starmer say in ‘last chance’ speech to save his premiership?

Address was billed as make-or-break amid mounting speculation of a challenge. Has he done enough to hang on?

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces fight to survive as Streeting and Rayner eye leadership bids

Chances of Starmer remaining in No 10 appear to be diminishing as about 40 Labour MPs call on him to quit

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The Guardian - UK

Who are the main threats to Keir Starmer’s Labour leadership?

PM is determined to fight on in No 10 but various contenders to replace him have been organising for some time

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rayner calls blocking Andy Burnham’s return to parliament a mistake as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer – as it happened

Catherine West issues ultimatum for PM as ex-minister Josh Simons joins calls for prime minister to quit

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – as it happened

Catherine West says she will try to get the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest

The Guardian - UK

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

Starmer faces prospect of challenge as ex-minister says she will try to trigger race if no one in cabinet comes forward

The Guardian - UK

Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

Brown to advise on global finance, while Harman will focus on social and economic improvements for women and girls

The Guardian - UK

Most Labour members think Starmer cannot revive party fortunes, poll finds

Exclusive: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is preferred choice of new leader for 42% of those surveyed

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham withdraws from speech as Labour leadership speculation grows

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