The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Andy Burnham’s sensational announcement that he will once again seek a return to parliament sealed a day of immense political ...

Keir Starmer vowed to prove his “doubters” wrong in a make-or-break speech on Monday morning.  The prime minister warned of ...

Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary, saying it is now clear that Keir Starmer will not “lead the Labour Party into ...

Jess Phillips has resigned as a Home Office minister.  In a letter addressed to the prime minister, Phillips called on Keir ...

A prime minister under not inconsiderable political pressure faces a leadership challenge from an obscure backbench MP posing as a proxy for more prominent pretenders.  These words accurately describe ...

Keir Starmer has insisted that he will not “walk away” as prime minister after Labour suffered significant losses in the 2026 ...

Catherine West has threatened to launch a leadership bid that could topple the prime minister.  The Labour MP issued a ...

A Labour MP once considered to be close ally of Keir Starmer has called for him to resign as prime minister.  Josh Simons, ...

Keir Starmer has suffered his first resignations as the calls for him to step down as prime minister grow. Tom Rutland, a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) in the Department for Environment, Food ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Angela Rayner has criticised what she calls a “toxic culture of cronyism” in a 1000-word statement issued after this week’s ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. The first minister to resign from Keir Starmer’s government has called for the prime minister to step down and oversee “an ...

The 2011 Fixed Term Parliament Act of 2011 scheduled a UK General Election for the first Thursday of May, five years after the previous election. The Act mandated that early elections could be called ...