Starmer Pleads With Labour Party To Back Him Amid Potential Leadership Challenges

The PM urged his colleagues not to "sink into the politics of grievance and division".

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Keir Starmer has urged the Labour Party to support him as expectations of a leadership challenge rise.

Voters will head to the ballot box on Thursday for England’s local elections, along with devolved elections in Scotland and Wales.

Labour is set to lose nearly 2,000 council seats across England and cede control of Wales for the first time since devolution began almost 30 years ago, according to forecasts.

Reports suggest Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is preparing to challenge Starmer’s premiership by taking a safe seat in parliament, having been........

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