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The Prime Minister faced a growing Labour revolt as he was accused of leading his party into an electoral ‘Valley of Death’
WES Streeting warned Labour must not lurch to the left after its by-election humiliation to the Greens. In a veiled pitch for the leadership, the Health Secretary warned against trying to
The loss of the Gorton and Denton by-election triggered a wave of Labour anger as the party sank to third - sparking calls to treat the defeat as a 'wake up call'
The Gorton and Denton constituency in Greater Manchester elected Labour lawmakers for almost all of the last century, but Starmer’s government has seen its popularity plunge since it won office in July 2024.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss that underscores the breakdown of Britain’s two-party politics.
The Prime Minister tried to put a brave face on it after one of Labour's safest seats fell to the Green Party - but he faces the wrath of anxious backbenchers calling for a reset
The result in a seat that Labour has dominated for nearly a century represents an embarrassing setback for the prime minister.
The Green Party has swept to victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, snatching what was one of Labour ’s safest seats and delivering a major blow to Sir Keir Starmer. Labour, which held the seat until the constituency’s former MP Andrew Gwynne stepped down for health reasons,