UK Eurovision act: The BBC gave me a stress test to check I could cope under pressure

"It could go well or completely wrong, I'm just here for the ride," says song contest hopeful Sam Battle.

UK bosses hit out at impact of Westminster turmoil on business

Uncertainty over Starmer’s future is putting investment decisions and country’s reputation at risk, CEOs say

If Labour didn’t exist, would you invent it? Streeting, Rayner, Burnham – you need to tell us why

The party needs a leader who understands the difficulties facing ordinary people. I am yet to see anyone obviously equal to that challenge If this were a poker game, Thursday lunchtime was the point when players were finally forced to show their cards. Was Wes Streeting holding all the aces, as his people relentlessly claimed, or a pair of fours and a lot of empty bluster? Did Andy Burnham even have any cards, if he couldn’t name an MP willing to surrender their seat for him? (At the 11th hou...

By Gaby Hinsliff

New Health Secretary named after Streeting resignation sparks potential Labour leadership contest

Wes Streeting resigned from the role on Thursday, saying it would be dishonourable and unprincipled” to continue in the Cabinet under Starmer

By Helen Corbett,David Lynch,Christopher McKeon,Sophie Wingate and Ian Jones

Keir Starmer is governing like a German

Only the hard right will win from the scandals engulfing Starmer and Friedrich Merz

By Hans Kundnani

U.K.'s Starmer faces survival battle as potential rivals circle

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he will battle to keep his job, and sources close ​to him say ‌he is determined to fight any leadership contest.

Top UK minister resigns as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer

The UK prime minister has faced calls from within his own party to resign following disastrous local election results for Labour.