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Labour MP says she will trigger leadership contest by Monday if cabinet does not launch challenge – ask it happened

Sat, 09 May 2026 18:43:42 +0000

Originally published by The Guardian Politics

Labour MP Catherine West said she will seek to trigger a leadership contest if a cabinet minister does not launch a challenge to the prime minister by Monday.

West, previously a junior Foreign Office minister, said that if no leadership hopeful makes it known that the cabinet will seek to removeKeir Starmer, she will try to get the necessary signatures herself to trigger a leadership contest.

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Sat, 09 May 2026 17:43:00 +0000

Originally published by The Guardian Politics

Keir Starmer set to face challenge as former minister says she will trigger race if no cabinet minister comes forward

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MPs from Labour’s left are expected to urge Ed Miliband to consider a leadership bid in the coming days, asKeir Starmerfaced the prospect of a definite challenge from his MPs next week.

Following grim results forLabourin elections on Thursday, former minister Catherine West said that if no cabinet ministers went public by Monday, she would launch a bid to end the impasse.

Swinney keen to work with fellow nationalist devolved leaders in UK

Sat, 09 May 2026 16:24:42 +0000

Originally published by The Guardian Politics

SNP leader wants to ensure voices of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ‘are heard loud and clear’

John Swinney has said he plans to work with the nationalist first ministers in Wales andNorthern Irelandin a coordinated opposition to Labour’s policies on the cost of living and UK government spending.

The Scottish National party leader said he had spoken to Michelle O’Neill, theSinn Féinfirst minister of Northern Ireland, on Friday night after she had called to congratulate him on his party’s “emphatic” victory in the Holyrood elections.