politics
Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling
Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party loses control of 25 English councils and humbled in Wales
TL;DR
- Labour lost control of over 25 councils and almost 1,000 seats in England.
- Reform UK made significant gains across the Midlands, north, and south of England.
- Labour faced a near-wipeout in Wales, losing its first minister, Eluned Morgan.
- The Green party gained control of three councils and their first directly elected mayors in London.
- Senior Labour MPs are demanding Keir Starmer set a timetable for his departure, suggesting he oversee a leadership contest after the autumn conference.
- Keir Starmer insists he will not resign to avoid plunging the party into chaos.
- The prime minister plans to deliver a major speech setting out a more optimistic vision for the country.
- Conservatives won back Westminster council but were set to lose hundreds of seats elsewhere.
- The SNP leader, John Swinney, declared victory in the Holyrood elections.
- Sadiq Khan warned of existential threats to Labour if the party doesn't change course.