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Labour MP threatens Starmer with leadership challenge after election rout

Financial Times · Sat 09 May, 17:46

Catherine West says she has 10 backers as deputy leader Lucy Powell warns challengers not to provoke a contest

Financial Times

How do Labour leadership challenges work?

Keir Starmer’s party has less experience in ousting leaders than the Conservatives

Financial Times

The glory of low expectations

They are the key to happiness — and not a matter of choice

Financial Times

Gordon Brown returns to Number 10 as global finance envoy

Some bemused Labour MPs say appointment is a curious response to Labour’s election drubbing

Financial Times

Greens score some urban goals but undershoot the wider target

Insurgents celebrate mayoral success in Hackney and Lewisham but fall short in large swaths of London

BBC News

How Reform won votes from Swansea to Sunderland

Many voters have turned to Reform UK with devastating consequences for the main two parties, Labour and the Conservatives.

BBC News

Labour MPs have put Starmer on notice after election battering. Can he turn it around?

Even the prime minister's most loyal ministers are pushing him to change, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

BBC News

PM turns to old Labour hands after election losses but some MPs left baffled

Sir Keir Starmer is attempting to shore up his position after his party suffered heavy election losses.

BBC News

SNP leader John Swinney rules out Holyrood talks with Reform UK

The nationalists secured 58 seats in their fifth consecutive election win, but that is short of an overall majority.

The Economist

Nigel Farage’s triumph is not quite what it seems

Nigel Farage’s triumph is not quite what it seems The Economist

The Economist

Drone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran

Drone team: Russia’s plan to arm Iran The Economist

NYT Europe

Britain’s Electorate Is ‘Splintering.’ Can Its System Stand the Strain?

Insurgent parties like Reform U.K. surged at the polls this week. But the British electoral system wasn’t built for...

NYT Europe

Rhun ap Iorwerth Breaks Labour’s Dominance in Wales

Rhun ap Iorwerth, a former journalist, led his party to the most seats in the Welsh Parliament, ousting the Labour...

The Telegraph

Marlie Packer scores four but England’s defence raises concern ahead of Grand Slam decider

The Telegraph

Leicester put Northampton to the sword in feisty East Midlands derby

Wales

BBC Wales

Plaid Cymru wants to run minority Welsh government, leader says

Rhun ap Iorwerth confirms he will try to govern alone after his party's Senedd election triumph.

BBC Wales

Dan Thomas: The ex-London council leader in charge of big Senedd opposition group

The Reform Wales leader has been on a steep learning curve and has challenges ahead in Cardiff Bay.

BBC Wales

Railway which inspired Thomas the Tank Engine marks 75 years since becoming world first

Talyllyn Railway was first in the world to be run by enthusiast volunteers.

BBC Wales

Bonnie Tyler update after singer put in induced coma following emergency surgery

The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer has a tour planned for 2026, which is now thrown into doubt.

Sport

BBC Sport · Football

Boos, no intensity and no identity - what is Slot's Liverpool?

More boos at Anfield highlight why Liverpool must change their style during a seismic summer for Arne Slot.

BBC Sport · Rugby Union

Packer scores four as England close in on Grand Slam

England veteran flanker Marlie Packer scores four tries to help the Red Roses thrash Italy in Parma and remain on...

BBC Sport · Rugby Union

11-try France beat Scotland to set up England decider

France run in 11 tries to sweep Scotland aside and earn the bonus-point win that sets up a final day showdown with...

BBC Sport · Football

Spirited Chelsea stop rot with FA Cup final blueprint

Chelsea were facing the prospect of becoming the first team in English football history to lose seven consecutive...

The Race · F1

Gary Anderson: F1's engine numbers still don't add up

Gary Anderson can't see how the changes F1's planning for 2027 will actually solve its problems

The Race · F1

Shorter races needed? F1's 2027 rule changes face big complications

F1 2027 rule changes have been agreed 'in principle' - but there's a key complication that must be addressed before...

The Race · F1

A 'delightful move'? Our verdict on F1's big 2027 engine shift

Is F1's move (in principle) to make fundamental changes to its engine rules an own-goal, or should we just be...

The Race · F1

F1 agrees plan to ditch '50/50' engine power split for 2027

F1 has agreed a plan for engine rule changes for 2027 that will include ditching the notional 50/50 power split...

Formula 1 Official

TREMAYNE: Miami proved Colapinto has rediscovered his mojo

After a dip in 2025, Franco Colapinto has found his groove again – and the F1 buzz is well and truly back among...

Formula 1 Official

The statistic that suggests Antonelli is set to become a champion

Kimi Antonelli joined an exclusive club of Formula 1 drivers who have won three or more races on the bounce with his...

ESPN Cricinfo

Brooke Guest century tightens Derbyshire's grip

Northants have a lot of work to do on the last two days to avoid defeat

ESPN Cricinfo

'Pretty happy with where I am' - Bethell on IPL vs County debate

"I definitely don't think it [IPL] is going to hurt my career or stop me from getting better. I think it's going to...

Science

New Scientist

There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres...

New Scientist

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up...

New Scientist

A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans...

New Scientist

Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle

An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange...

Nature

Radioactive rain and proving relativity: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01500-0Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature

‘Undruggable’ cancer proteins meet their match

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01447-2People with a deadly form of pancreatic cancer...

Nature

World-leading climate centre takes Trump administration to court

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01501-zUniversities that run the National Center for...

Nature

Goodbye GDP? 31 ways to replace the world's favourite measure of economic health

Nature, Published online: 08 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01511-xProposed UN progress indicators include...

Technology

The Verge