Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in Wales

No 10 prepares for battle as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth

Leader defiant in face of calls from some of his MPs to quit but admits ‘results are tough, and there’s no sugarcoating it’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed that he would not stand aside after Labour took a beating in local elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in Wales

Sir Keir Starmer is facing what looks like a coordinated attempt to get him to set a timetable for his departure.

Reform makes huge gains in England, as Labour loses power in Wales and the SNP becomes the largest party in Scotland.

Several frontbenchers told the Guardian they agreed the prime minister’s time in office should not go beyond the end of the year

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pledging to revive his struggling government amid calls to resign after disastrous local elections for his Labour Party.

Labour party loses more than 1,400 English council seats and crashes out in Welsh and Scottish parliament votes

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's job hung in the balance Sunday as calls mounted for his resignation following disastrous election results.

At an address to the party faithful in London, Starmer had made an impassioned plea to both his party and voters to stick with him and avoid a leadership contest he said would…