Will Keir Starmer Use His Nuclear Option to Try to Head Off a Leadership Challenge?

Keir Starmer 'is finished - but replacement will be Labour version of Liz Truss'

Reform's Zia Yusuf says there is no mandate to replace Sir Keir Starmer with a Left-winger whose arrival could plunge Britain into economic chaos.

Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?

The prime minister’s allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul

Keir Starmer's allies warn leadership challenge risks economic chaos: 'It would be totally irresponsible'

Allies of Sir Keir Starmer have warned Labour MPs that any attempt to remove the Prime Minister could trigger economic instability similar to the market turmoil seen during Liz Truss’s premiership.Supporters of the PM said forcing him from office during the ongoing Lord Mandelson controversy risked pushing up interest rates and unsettling financial markets. One ally said: “Volatile bond markets make leadership challenges extremely costly for the…