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Montevideo, July 12th 2026 - 07:45 UTC

Tag: Keir Starmer

  • Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 18:08 UTC

    Burnham sworn in as MP and enters Labour leadership race with a clear path to No 10

    Burnham could be left without serious challengers, which would speed up the process: each contender needs the backing of 20% of Labour lawmakers to run.

    The former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, was sworn in on Monday as MP for Makerfield and formally launched his candidacy to lead the Labour Party and, by extension, the British government, hours after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation. The backing of his most likely rival, former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, cleared his path and consolidated him as the favorite to succeed Starmer.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2026 - 09:26 UTC

    UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigns, clearing the way for Andy Burnham

    The pressure on Starmer intensified after Burnham returned to Parliament by winning the Makerfield by-election, in northern England

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday his resignation as leader of the Labour Party, a decision that clears the way for the former mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to succeed him at the head of the party and the government. Starmer, who announced the move after losing the support of his parliamentary group, will remain as caretaker prime minister until a new leader is chosen.

  • Sunday, June 21st 2026 - 15:39 UTC

    Starmer weighs political future as pressure to resign mounts

    Starmer would be the sixth head of government to leave office in a decade

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weighing his political future as pressure grows within the Labour Party for him to announce his resignation, following Andy Burnham's victory in last week's Makerfield by-election.

  • Wednesday, May 13th 2026 - 23:41 UTC

    Falklands representative meets Starmer at State Opening of UK Parliament

    The Falkland Islands Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop, with the UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, after the State Opening of Parliament

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the United Kingdom and Europe, Richard Hyslop, attended the formal opening of the British parliamentary year on Wednesday, 13 May, and held talks with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the Minister for the UK Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty, at the reception held after the ceremony. The meeting reaffirms the political alignment between London and Stanley at a moment of international diplomatic tension over the sovereignty of the archipelago.

  • Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:21 UTC

    How a British prime minister is replaced: the keys to a possible Starmer succession

    The statutory procedure requires at least one-fifth of the Labour parliamentary group to call for leadership primaries in order to force the prime minister to step aside. Photo: Phil Noble / REUTERS

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces the most serious political crisis since his arrival at Downing Street in July 2024, but a potential change at the head of the government runs up against a web of internal Labour Party rules, the absence of a consensus candidate, and the personal obstacles weighing on the figure best positioned in internal polling. Starmer, who won the 2024 general election with an overwhelming majority, has flatly ruled out resigning despite mounting pressure from his own parliamentary group following Labour's collapse in the local and regional elections of 1 May.

  • Monday, May 11th 2026 - 20:27 UTC

    Over 70 Labour MPs call for Starmer's resignation after election rout

    Photo: Ian Forsyth / Getty Images

    More than 70 Labour Party MPs have publicly called for the resignation of Prime Minister Keir Starmer following the electoral collapse the governing party suffered in last Thursday's local and regional elections. The count, which was rising hour by hour through Monday according to a tracker maintained by the specialist outlet LabourList, includes around ten parliamentarians who joined the pressure in the last 24 hours, alongside a trickle of resignations from government posts.

  • Friday, May 8th 2026 - 01:51 UTC

    First counts confirm Reform UK's advance in Labour heartlands and open the door to a leadership crisis

    Still pending are the results of the elections to the devolved parliaments of Scotland (Holyrood) and Wales (Senedd), expected on Friday afternoon

    The first ballots counted in the local elections held on Thursday across the United Kingdom confirmed the advance of the far-right Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, in territories historically dominated by Labour in the north of England and triggered the first public expressions of discontent within Prime Minister Keir Starmer's own party, in what various analysts already describe as one of the most adverse electoral nights for the ruling party since taking office in July 2024. The vote, in which more than 5,000 municipal seats across 136 local authorities and the devolved parliaments of Scotland and Wales were contested, opened the door to a potential internal crisis over Starmer's leadership.

  • Saturday, April 25th 2026 - 03:45 UTC

    UK political reaction to Pentagon leak: 'Falklands sovereignty is not up for debate'

    A spokesman for Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated that sovereignty “rests with the UK” and invoked the islanders' right to self-determination

    The UK government closed ranks on Friday around its sovereignty claim over the Falklands, after the publication of an internal Pentagon email that considers reconsidering US diplomatic support for London over the archipelago as retaliation for Britain's refusal to join the military offensive against Iran. The institutional response was matched by a political front that included governing and opposition parties, as well as the Falklands government itself, amid the imminent state visit by King Charles III to the United States.

  • Sunday, April 19th 2026 - 10:06 UTC

    Mandelson scandal threatens Starmer: fired top official may contradict his account before Parliament

    “It is totally unacceptable that when the prime minister has to push forward a nomination, he is not told the candidate has been vetoed. It is unforgivable,” Starmer said

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will voluntarily appear before the House of Commons on Monday in an attempt to save his government amid the revelation that Peter Mandelson, the controversial former Labour minister he appointed ambassador to the United States in 2024, had been vetoed by the UK Security Vetting agency (UKSV) before his appointment — a veto that was overridden and of which Starmer says he was never informed.

  • Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 13:10 UTC

    Trump hits out at Starmer over Iran strikes, says the US-UK “special relationship” has weakened

    Trump faulted Starmer for delaying authorization for US forces to use British facilities and suggested Washington now has stronger working relationships with other European partners

    Donald Trump criticized UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for refusing to take part in strikes against Iran and said the long-standing US-UK “special relationship” is “not what it was,” in remarks carried by Britain’s The Sun and reported by Reuters.

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