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British Steel set to be nationalised as Government mulls future for Scunthorpe

New powers could be used to nationalise British Steel, 38 years since the firm was first sold off.

Evening Standard

What protests are happening in London this weekend?

A Unite the Kingdom protest is scheduled for the same day as a pro-Palestine rally in the capital

Evening Standard

NI First Minister excited by ‘seismic political shift’ across UK

Michelle O’Neill was speaking after nationalists were elected in Scotland and Wales.

Evening Standard

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Times of India

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.’

Evening Standard

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

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Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong as he tries to ward off leadership challenge

PM makes series of policy pledges including seeking new deal with EU and says he will fight any challenge

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

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

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

In today’s newsletter: The outbreak aboard a luxury cruise ship offers a stark reminder of how easily a deadly pathogen can hitch a ride across borders, and how fragile global preparedness remains

The Guardian - UK

Wales has been hit by a political earthquake – and the UK government is in a very tricky position

If Starmer’s Labour refuses to concede more powers to Plaid Cymru, the triumphant independence party, it will only accelerate its own decline, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: Iranian politician’s Australian links revealed; how One Nation won in Farrer; the mystery of ‘gaping’ whales

Australia’s handling of Iran sanctions in spotlight; voter shifts to One Nation seen across Farrer; research sheds new light on whale behaviour

The Guardian - AU

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

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The Guardian view on the Welsh and Scottish elections: Plaid’s triumph heralds a new era in devolved politics

Editorial: Progressive nationalist parties now hold power in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. That will be a challenge for the United Kingdom’s overcentralised state

The Guardian - UK

Give Starmer the chance to carry out his promises

Letters: Readers assess the prime minister’s position in the wake of Labour’s losses in local elections

The Guardian - UK

PM must resign to save Britain’s future

Brief letters: Keir Starmer’s banal platitudes | Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman | Tacking backwards | Crap council

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s visceral dislike of Keir Starmer illuminates a problem for his successor

There are many good reasons to not like the prime minister. But ours is an age in which hatred is a remarkably popular currency – leaders need a strategy for countering it, says author Samuel Earle

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As leader of the UK’s largest union, I want Labour to succeed – but that means radical change

If this isn’t to be the last ever Labour government, the party is going to need to reconnect with the labour movement, says Andrea Egan, general secretary of Unison

The Times of India

JK Rowling slams Starmer over Harriet Harman’s women adviser role, cites past remarks on trans women

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has criticised UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he appointed veteran Labour leader Harriet Harman as Downing Street’s adviser on women and girls, citing Harman’s past statements on trans women as part of a broader clash over gender identity politics in Britain.

The Guardian - UK

Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday

Rhun ap Iowerth says he hopes his party’s programme for government will get backing from across the Senedd

The Guardian - UK

How could Labour remove Keir Starmer? Four possible routes

Replacing a leader is difficult, as Jeremy Corbyn proved – but MPs can apply pressure, publicly or privately

The Guardian - UK

Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Education secretary says voters feel let down but do not want Labour to ‘spend more time talking amongst ourselves’

The Guardian - UK

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the Greens

The Guardian - AU

Budget to include extra $2bn for infrastructure – as it happened

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