Starmer has ‘absolutely no authority’, says Labour peer as pressure grows on PM to step aside for Burnham – UK politics live

The Guardian UK Saturday 20 June 2026, 09:34 UTC By Taz Ali 1 min read

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Peer and former cabinet minister Charlie Falconer says PM could have ‘at most weeks to go’Cabinet loyalists tell Starmer he has the weekend to set out timetable for exitReform UK is examining whether sexist comments by its candidate in the Makerfield byelection may have harmed the party’s chances, after Nigel Farage accepted the result had disappointed him. The party’s examination of its defeat comes after Andy Burnham won 55% of the vote share in a poll that Reform hoped would be a tightly...

Peer and former cabinet minister Charlie Falconer says PM could have ‘at most weeks to go’

Cabinet loyalists tell Starmer he has the weekend to set out timetable for exit

Reform UK is examining whether sexist comments by its candidate in the Makerfield byelection may have harmed the party’s chances, after Nigel Farage accepted the result had disappointed him.

The party’s examination of its defeat comes after Andy Burnham won 55% of the vote share in a poll that Reform hoped would be a tightly fought battle between the Labour leadership hopeful and its own candidate, Robert Kenyon, a local plumber.

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