Keir Starmer Defies Calls For His Ouster As Growing Number Of Labour Lawmakers Urge Him To Step Down

"The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered," Starmer told his cabinet, according to the BBC.

Anti-establishment parties made big gains in the UK's local elections

The UK's two-party system is fracturing. Anti-establishment parties trounced the traditional parties, Labour and Conservative, in local elections. There are calls for the prime minister to step down.

Defiant Starmer Says He Will Not Resign as Dozens in His Own Party Urge Him to Step Down

"The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered," said Starmer as he fights for his political future.

Oust me if you can: Britain’s Starmer challenges mutinous party

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer dug his heels in Tuesday and defied widespread calls to resign. Teetering under pressure from a Trump ally, British voters — and now senior members of his own party — Starmer vowed to keep fighting for his political life in the wake of a damaging electoral thumping.

Elections 2026: Experts react to the Reform surge and Labour losses

The 2026 elections are shaping up to be a seismic moment for politics in the UK. Across England’s local elections, Labour is facing up to a devastating result while Reform UK has picked up hundreds of seats. Throughout the day as results come in from across England, Scotland and Wales, our panel is providing context, analysis and expert insights.

Even in Labour-Loyal Wales, Voters Are Looking to Other Parties

Opinion polls before the election suggested that the right-wing anti-immigration Reform U.K. party and the center-left Plaid Cymru would battle for the top spot in Wales.