Politico EU • May 11, 2026 09:15

Starmer critic sets Tuesday deadline for leadership challenge

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Catherine West will ask Labour MPs to nominate her if the British prime minister's speech feels "flat."

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Was the prime minister's speech enough to avert a challenge to his leadership less than two years after he won a landslide general election victory?

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Catherine West tells the BBC if a leadership hopeful does not put themselves forward she will try to trigger a contest.

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Labour MP Catherine West has threatened to launch a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer.