Author: James Carter

Wes Streeting is reported to be on the verge of resignation and prepared to trigger a Labour leadership contest as early as Wednesday, after a 16-minute meeting with Keir Starmer at Downing Street did little to ease the deepening crisis engulfing the Prime Minister. The Health Secretary’s brief visit sparked immediate speculation that the two men had failed to reach any agreement, with allies of the Prime Minister dismissing the encounter as a “quick cup of coffee” and insisting Mr Streeting lacks both the numbers and the “nerve” to mount a formal challenge. Mr Streeting is said to have indicated…

Natalie Fleet, the Labour MP for Bolsover, has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, replacing Jess Phillips who resigned from the role on Monday citing a lack of “real change” under Keir Starmer’s leadership. Phillips’ departure came five days after Labour suffered its worst local election results in recent memory, losing around 1,496 councillors on 7 May. In her resignation letter, she said she was not seeing the progress the country expects — a pointed assessment that added further pressure to a Prime Minister already facing calls from dozens of Labour MPs…

The Home Office has revoked the travel authorisation of a sitting European Parliament member, barring him from entering the United Kingdom days before a high-profile right-wing rally in London — part of a coordinated effort that has seen at least seven foreign speakers refused entry ahead of the same event. Dominik Tarczyński, who represents Poland’s Law and Justice party in the European Parliament, received official notification on Monday that his Electronic Travel Authorisation had been cancelled. The Home Office told him his presence in the country “is not considered to be conducive to the public good” and that he would…

Andy Burnham travelled to London on Tuesday for a discreet gathering with Labour MPs supportive of his leadership ambitions, as Sir Keir Starmer’s government descended into its most serious crisis yet with four ministerial resignations in a single afternoon. The Greater Manchester Mayor was photographed by The Telegraph arriving at London Euston, having abruptly withdrawn from a speaking engagement at a healthcare conference in the capital. Two Labour sources confirmed a private meeting was under way between Burnham and sympathetic MPs. Two further sources familiar with his thinking told the paper that he had now identified an MP willing to…

Angela Rayner is privately canvassing Labour MPs for support for her own leadership campaign while publicly championing Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster — in a dual-track strategy that exposes the ruthless jockeying now consuming the Labour Party as Sir Keir Starmer’s position continues to crumble. The former Deputy Prime Minister has made vocal public representations that Burnham should be allowed to fight a Commons by-election and re-enter Parliament in time to contest any leadership race. But Labour sources have told the Daily Mail that she is simultaneously texting MPs to gauge support for her own bid should events move too…

Jess Phillips has resigned as safeguarding minister in the latest and most high-profile departure yet to rock Sir Keir Starmer’s embattled government, Sky News political editor Beth Rigby has exclusively revealed. In a resignation letter to the Prime Minister, Phillips struck a tone that was both personal and politically damning — acknowledging Starmer’s character while making clear she had lost confidence in his ability to deliver. “I think you are a good man fundamentally, who cares about the right things,” she wrote. “However I have seen first-hand how that is not enough.” She went on to criticise what she described…

Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership crisis has deepened dramatically after the first government minister resigned her post and publicly called on the Prime Minister to set a timetable for his departure — telling him directly that neither the public nor she herself believed he was capable of delivering the change the country needed. Miatta Fahnbulleh, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Devolution, Faith and Communities and MP for Peckham, posted her resignation letter on social media on Tuesday morning, becoming the first government minister to formally quit since Labour’s catastrophic local election results last week. Although a junior minister rather than…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is among at least four cabinet ministers who have told Sir Keir Starmer to set out a timetable for his departure from Downing Street, Sky News and The Times have reported — as the Prime Minister faces the most serious threat to his leadership since taking office. Union sources told Sky News deputy political editor Sam Coates that Mahmood, who has served as Home Secretary since September 2025, is among those saying the Prime Minister should go. Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby also confirmed she had been told that Mahmood had visited Starmer in person on…

European Union prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into French right-wing leader Jordan Bardella and other members of his National Rally party over the alleged misuse of EU funds — a development that RN has dismissed as politically motivated and timed to damage its prospects less than a year before France’s presidential election. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to AFP that “following a preliminary review, an investigation has been opened on suspicion of fraud,” though an EPPO spokesman declined to comment further on an ongoing case. The probe stems from a complaint filed in Paris last December by anti-corruption…

Sir Keir Starmer’s grip on power is collapsing tonight after five government ministerial aides resigned to join a rebellion that has now seen more than 70 Labour MPs publicly call for him to stand down — as a bitter factional war erupts over who should replace him and how quickly. The resignations of Parliamentary Private Secretaries Joe Morris, Tom Rutland, Sally Jameson, Naushabah Khan and Melanie Ward mark a significant escalation, with aides to senior Cabinet ministers among those walking out. Morris serves Health Secretary Wes Streeting — widely regarded as the Blairite frontrunner to succeed Starmer — while Ward,…