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REPLAY: Under-pressure UK PM addresses nation after election losses

May 11, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer sought to quell a mounting rebellion in his party on Monday by vowing to prove the doubters wrong and stay in power to avoid plunging ​Britain into a ‌new political crisis. A growing number of Labour lawmakers have turned on ⁠Starmer after his party suffered the worst local election results for a governing party in more than three decades last week, prompting a former junior ‌minister to threaten to seek a leadership contest if he fails to offer radical ⁠change.
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