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Nella newsletter di oggi: Una crisi di leadership avvolge ancora una volta Westminster, con il partito Laburista attualmente diviso; il primo ministro potrebbe non superare la settimana Buongiorno. Prima come tragedia, poi come farsa. Ancora una volta, il Regno Unito è avvolto dall'incertezza politica mentre un primo ministro profondamente impopolare si aggrappa al potere. È diventato un ciclo familiare negli ultimi anni: l'attesa di scoprire quale bene deperibile sopravviverà più a lungo del nostro prossimo premier condannato. Keir Starmer insiste nel non voler lasciare il suo incarico – un leader serio per tempi seri – ed è stato supportato dal salvagente di ieri sera, quando la sfida di Wes Streeting non si è concretizzata. Tuttavia, la sua autorità nei confronti dei parlamentari laburisti rimane debole. Ogni nuova dimissione tenta di minare la sua posizione. Per ora, Starmer resta al comando per default. Politica UK | Keir Starmer tenterà di riguadagnare l'iniziativa politica oggi, mentre il suo governo annuncerà un pacchetto di 35 disegni di legge per la prossima sessione parlamentare, spaziando dagli alloggi all'immigrazione. Notizie mondiali | Donald Trump è atteso a Pechino mercoledì sera, la prima visita in Cina di un presidente USA da quasi un decennio, while cerca di riparare un potere e un prestigio indeboliti dalla guerra in Iran. Notizie UK | Nove milionari su dieci nel Regno Unito sono orgogliosi di vivere in Gran Bretagna e tre quarti sarebbero disposti a pagare più tasse per garantire che i beni pubblici ricevano i finanziamenti necessari, secondo una ricerca. Medio Oriente | Il rischio che alcuni stati del Golfo rimangano coinvolti in una guerra diretta con l'Iran è aumentato dopo que è stato riferito che gli Emirati Arabi Uniti hanno lanciato segretamente un importante attacco all'Iran durante il conflitto. Salute | Dopo più di un decennio di consultazioni globali, la sindrome dell'ovaio policistico (PCOS) – una condizione che colpisce una donna su otto – è stata rinominata. Continua a leggere...

Il Primo Ministro è sull'orlo del collasso, con Yvette Cooper e Shabana Mahmood che sarebbero tra coloro che lo esortano a stabilire un calendario per l'uscita.

Aditya Chakrabortty analizza l'impasse del leader laburista – e se potrebbe essere l'ultimo primo ministro del sistema bipartitico

L'intervento è stato presentato come decisivo in un clima di crescenti speculazioni su una possibile sfida. Ha fatto abbastanza per resistere? • Chi sono le principali minacce alla leadership di Keir Starmer nel Labour? • Politica del Regno Unito in diretta – ultimi aggiornamenti Il discorso e la conferenza stampa di Keir Starmer di lunedì mattina sono stati quasi universalmente descritti come la sua ultima possibilità di salvare il suo mandato. È stato sufficiente? E cosa ha effettivamente offerto, se qualcosa? Continua a leggere...

Il PM formula una serie di impegni politici, tra cui la ricerca di un nuovo accordo con l'UE, e afferma che affronterà ogni sfida. Politica del Regno Unito in diretta – ultimi aggiornamenti Keir Starmer ha dichiarato che smentirà chi dubita della sua capacità, avvertendo che il partito Labour affronta "avversari molto pericolosi" in un discorso cruciale, mentre i rivali della leadership sono sull'orlo di una sfida. Starmer ha affermato che combatterà ogni tentativo di scalzare la sua leadership e che non "si sottrarrà" alle sue responsabilità di primo ministro. Continua a leggere...

Sostituire un leader è difficile, come ha dimostrato Jeremy Corbyn – ma i parlamentari possono esercitare pressioni, pubblicamente o privatamente Molti parlamentari del Labour ritengono che Keir Starmer non sopravviverà come leader del partito abbastanza a lungo da poter combattere le prossime elezioni. Su cosa non riescono a concordare, tuttavia – anche dopo una serie di risultati disastrosi nelle elezioni di questa settimana – è su come potrebbe avvenire la sua uscita. Il regolamento del Labour rende notoriamente difficile rimuovere un leader del partito: nessuno è stato formalmente espulso nel dopoguerra, sebbene alcuni, tra cui Tony Blair, si siano dimessi sotto la pressione dei propri parlamentari. Continua a leggere...

Il partito laburista perde più di 1.400 seggi nei consigli inglesi e crolla nelle votazioni dei parlamenti gallese e scozzese • Politica del Regno Unito in diretta – ultimi aggiornamenti Keir Starmer, il primo ministro britannico, sta affrontando una pressione crescente affinché fissi una data per le sue dimissioni, dopo che le elezioni in gran parte del paese hanno portato a perdite massicce per il suo partito di governo, il Labour. Con la maggior parte dei risultati ora conteggiati dopo le votazioni di giovedì, il Labour ha perso più di 1.400 rappresentanti nei consigli inglesi, le strutture di governo locale che gestiscono molti servizi di quartiere. Continua a leggere...

Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in WalesElection 2026 live: latest news updatesFull results from England, Scotland and WalesKeir Starmer is under pressure to set out a timeline for his departure after a crushing defeat in elections across Britain prompted senior Labour MPs to call for him to step down within a year.In a disastrous set of results, Labour lost hundreds of council seats in England, many to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, which made big gains across the Midlands and the north as well as taking seats from the Tories in the South.Nigel Farage said a “truly historic shift in British politics” had occurred after Reform UK won hundreds of seats and control of more councils in England. The gains included Essex where the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has her constituency and which the Conservatives held for 25 years.Plaid Cymru became the largest party in Wales, beating Reform into second place, after Labour admitted it was on course to lose control of the Senedd for the first time since devolution. Morgan, the first woman to lead the Welsh government, became the highest-profile casualty and called on Labour to “go back to being the party of the working class”.The SNP leader, John Swinney, declared victory in the Holyrood elections – though was expected to fall short of an outright majority. The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, conceded defeat saying his party had failed to counter “national dissatisfaction” with Starmer.The Greens gained their first two directly elected mayors – in Hackney and Lewisham – although they missed out on some more ambitious targets in London, as their leader, Zack Polanski, declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried”. They also won three councils: Norwich, Hastings and Waltham Forest.The Tories were on course to lose hundreds of seats – both to Reform and the Liberal Democrats – across the south of England. However, they won back the flagship Westminster council in central London, with Badenoch announcing it meant the party was “coming back”.Labour appeared to be struggling in its London stronghold, despite early indications that its vote was holding up, unexpectedly losing control of Brent. Party insiders were closely watching councils including Lambeth, Lewisham and Haringey. Continue reading...

Leadership in peril as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and TamworthElection 2026 live: latest news updatesFull results from England, Scotland and WalesHartlepool once nearly triggered Keir Starmer’s resignation – results overnight mean it may yet do so in the coming days.Five years ago, Labour crashed to a humiliating defeat in a byelection for the city’s Westminster seat, prompting Starmer to consider resigning as opposition leader. Continue reading...

As Labour faces record-breaking losses in Thursday’s local elections, prime minister says rivals are unfit to leadLabour is braced for record-breaking losses in Thursday’s local elections in England, which could be decisive for Keir Starmer’s future as prime minister.In a message to voters on Thursday, Starmer said Reform’s Nigel Farage and the Greens’ Zack Polanski were “not fit to meet this moment of great global instability” and that only Labour was putting the national interest first. Continue reading...

Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with votersLabour MPs have been urged to stop plotting to remove Keir Starmer by Tom Watson, who as a junior minister spearheaded the last attempted coup against a Labour prime minister, faced by Tony Blair in 2006.Watson’s warning came as Steve Reed, the housing and communities secretary, and a key Starmer loyalist, said Labour would risk “annihilation” if it decided to try to change leaders. Continue reading...

Labour leadership challenge in wake of disastrous local poll results could unleash chaos in party, MPs warnedCabinet ministers have warned mutinous Labour MPs that any attempt to oust Keir Starmer after a potentially disastrous set of election results this week would unleash chaos for the party that would not be easily overcome.However, several told the Guardian that even with the prime minister’s determination to stay in Downing Street after Thursday’s vote, the mood on the backbenches was febrile and events could yet spiral out of control. Continue reading...

Comments at European Political Community summit come as Britain seeks to join EU’s loan scheme for UkraineUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has acknowledged that “tensions” between Donald Trump and Europe are high as he attends a summit of the European Political Community dominated by the conflicts in Ukraine and Iran.With European leaders concerned over the US president’s waning interest in the Ukraine war, the prime minister will use the summit in Armenia to begin negotiations to participate in the European Union’s loan scheme for Kyiv. Continue reading...

Morgan McSweeney among those giving evidence to foreign affairs committee ahead of Commons vote Good morning. The former US president Lyndon Johnson is credited with saying the most important skill in politics is knowing how to count, meaning that ultimately what matters is being able to win a vote. But sometimes in politics what matters just as much, or even more, is the ability to win the argument. Today Keir Starmer will be tested on both these measures.Winning the vote should be easy. Here is our overnight preview story by Pippa Crerar on the events setting up today’s vote on a motion tabled by Kemi Badenoch, as well as MPs from five other opposition parties (the Lib Dems, the SNP, the DUP, Restore Britain, TUV) and a string of independents, referring Starmer to the privileges committee. Continue reading...

Prime minister has shed trusted staffers but can still turn to many genuine friends in and out of governmentGiven that the signs of an embattled premiership are all around – defensive-sounding interviews insisting he will be in post at the next election; a rush of stories about supposed cabinet plotting – now, more than ever, Keir Starmer needs real allies. And here, at least, there is something to feel positive about.If you talk to most Labour MPs, Starmer most likely will not lead Labour into the next election. He may even not remain in No 10 much beyond a set of Scottish, Welsh and local English elections on 7 May, which are expected to be disastrous for his party. Continue reading...

Prime minister says his job is not at risk over Mandelson vetting as allies back him against claims of wrongdoingKeir Starmer has said he will lead Labour into the next general election as his Downing Street allies denied claims of any wrongdoing over the appointment and vetting of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador.Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, told Sky News’s Trevor Phillips on Sunday show that “no wrongdoing by the prime minister has been proven in relation to Lord Mandelson’s appointment”, adding “the whole situation is regrettable”. Continue reading...

Some familiar, arcane terms are returning to the fore as the Tories study the tactics Labour used against Boris JohnsonThe lexicon of a British parliamentary scandal is arcane.As Keir Starmer fights to remain prime minister, he has had to respond to a “humble address”, had his judgment picked over during an “emergency opposition day debate” and now faces the ignominy of a “privilege motion”. Continue reading...

Olly Robbins gave MPs a classic civil servant’s performance – and there are lessons from history about how ministers should respondThe Whitehall satire Yes Minister was said to be Margaret Thatcher’s favourite TV show due to its proximity to reality, as the programme’s loquacious top civil servant, Sir Humphrey, might have put it.Yes Minister had a familiar groove: there would be a problem in response to which the mandarin would artfully deploy the most astonishing sophistry to avoid blame or get his own way. Jim Hacker, the largely clueless yet ambitious politician played by the late Paul Eddington, rarely won the day. Continue reading...

The prime minister’s leadership is still in the spotlight after Mandelson was appointed US ambassador after he failed security vettingLiz Kendall has repeated David Lammy’s claim the prime minister would have stopped Peter Mandelson’s appointment if he had known the peer had failed security vetting.Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News on Sunday, the science and technology said Keir Starmer was a “man of integrity”. Continue reading...

How did the PM’s chosen US ambassador fail security vetting but still get approved, what exactly did he know, and who is to blame?Downing Street has tried to do a lot of explaining, as has Keir Starmer himself. But there are still plenty of things we do not know about how Peter Mandelson failed security vetting, and what the prime minister did or did not know about it. Continue reading...

PM says he is ‘furious’ and did not know security officials had recommended that Mandelson be denied clearanceUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has said it was “unforgivable” that he was not told that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before being appointed as ambassador to Washington.The prime minister said he was “furious” about what had happened, as he insisted he had not known that security officials had initially recommended that Mandelson be denied clearance. Continue reading...

Eluned Morgan says US under Donald Trump is ‘not partner it once was’ with Iran threats and ‘contempt’ towards UKWales’s first minister has called on Keir Starmer to suspend a big joint defence project with the US, saying that under Donald Trump the country is “not the partner it once was”.In a statement on Wednesday, Labour’s Eluned Morgan cited the US president’s “contempt” towards the UK and his threat to “annihilate” Iran as reasons to halt the development of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (Darc) programme in Pembrokeshire, part of the Aukus defence partnership between the UK, US and Australia. Continue reading...

PM rejects claim plan is integration with EU ‘by stealth’, saying changes will happen only if parliament passes lawUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has defended plans for the UK to align more closely with some EU rules without parliamentary votes, saying a closer relationship with Europe “is in the UK’s best interest”, particularly given the international turmoil over the Iran war.Speaking to the BBC after the Guardian revealed that ministers were planning to use so-called Henry VIII powers to dynamically align with EU rules by default, Starmer argued that, nearly 10 years after the Brexit referendum, it was time to “look forward”. Continue reading...

PM pushes back after Trump’s threats to leave alliance and says European members must do more in light of Iran warKeir Starmer has said it is in the best interests of the US to stay in Nato and that Europe must do more to support the alliance in light of the war in Iran.The British prime minister, speaking at the end of a multi-stop trip around the Gulf to discuss the tentative ceasefire and options to fully reopen the commercially vital strait of Hormuz, pushed back against Donald Trump’s threats to leave the defence alliance. Continue reading...

In article for Guardian, PM also calls for Iran conflict to become watershed moment for future UK securityIsrael’s continued attacks on Lebanon “shouldn’t be happening”, Keir Starmer has said on his visit to the Middle East, as he called for the Iran conflict to become a watershed moment for the future security of the UK.In an article for the Guardian, the prime minister said the UK’s response to the crisis must involve a fundamental reset in terms of making the country more resilient, including by boosting defence and having closer links to Europe. Continue reading...

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzSarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street.Jones told Times Radio:[Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign secretary, and this week with our officials, where we have played a real leading role bringing together about 40 countries looking at the challenge that we have in the strait [of Hormuz] and how we can make sure that opens up as quickly as possible to bring some normality back to that system. so there will be that aspect.He wants to see the work of our brave personnel who are there in the region, of course, with our three very key principles of protecting British interests and protecting British citizens and our allies. He will want to see the work of that. Continue reading...

PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesKeir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran.The prime minister’s visit on Wednesday comes hours after a two-week ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday evening, canceling a self-imposed deadline by the US president, Donald Trump, for Iran to surrender or face widespread destruction. Continue reading...

PM says antisemitism is ‘abhorrent’ after booking of West, who has song called Heil Hitler and last year advertised swastika T-shirtKeir Starmer has said it is “deeply concerning” that Kanye West, the US rapper who has made a series of antisemitic comments, is to appear at a British music festival.The prime minister joins others who have criticised Wireless festival for booking the musician, also known as Ye, to headline all three nights of the forthcoming event in London. Continue reading...