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"No clear challenger": Starmer seems safe despite calls for resignation

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 12 May 2026, 11:39am
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to take PMQs, on February 04, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)
Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to take PMQs, on February 04, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images)

"No clear challenger": Starmer seems safe despite calls for resignation

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 12 May 2026, 11:39am

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer may survive in the job, for now. 

More than 60 Labour MPs are now publicly calling on the Labour leader to resign or set a timetable for departure following Labour's disastrous performance in local elections last week. 

Four MPs have quit as ministerial aides, calling for fresh leadership. 

But UK correspondent Enda Brady told Ryan Bridge Labour doesn't yet have another option. 

He says there is no clear challenger, or anyone who's sticking their hand up calling on the party to back them and sack Starmer. 

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