Starmer takes responsibility for ‘tough’ election results but vows to carry on
Starmer said he would stay on as Labour lost hundreds of councillors and Reform UK gained more than 350 seats, deepening pressure on his leadership.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer accepted responsibility for Labour's "tough" local election losses, vowing to remain Prime Minister and "deliver the change that I promised" despite significant setbacks.
- Reform UK gained 275 councillors and control of Newcastle-under-Lyme as Labour lost 204 seats across 41 councils, signalling what polling expert Sir John Curtice called the "fracturing of British politics."
- Labour lost control of eight local authorities, including Westminster and Wandsworth in London. During a visit to Ealing, Starmer said, "The results are tough, they are very tough, and there's no sugarcoating it."
- Energy Secretary Ed Miliband reportedly urged a leadership departure timetable, while Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy urged members not to play "pass the parcel" with leadership. Defence Secretary John Healey said Starmer "can still turn it round."
- Labour sources noted Sir Tony Blair lost 1,100 councillors in 1999 before winning a 2001 landslide, offering historical precedent. Nigel Farage hailed the results as a "truly historic shift in British politics" with the general election three years away.
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For British Prime Minister Starmer and his Labour Party, the local and regional elections were a bitter disappointment. His opponents triumph. But Starmer wants to fight and stay, otherwise chaos threatens. By Gabi Biesinger.
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UK PM Starmer ’takes responsibility’ for Labour election losses
UK leader Keir Starmer said Friday he took responsibility for "very tough" local election results that saw the hard-right make big gains, but vowed to carry on as prime minister. "I'm not going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos," Starmer said, after his ruling Labour party lost hundreds of councillors in England. Labour was also braced for humiliating results in voting for devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales due to be announc…
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