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EPISODE · May 10, 2026 · 8 MIN

Enda Brady: UK correspondent on whether Starmer's leadership is under threat after local elections

from The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin · host Newstalk ZB

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is up against it, with growing calls for a leadership challenge. Labour had disastrous local election results, with right-wing party Reform making huge gains. UK Labour MP Catherine West says she will trigger a challenge to Starmer's leadership if Cabinet doesn't. UK correspondent Enda Brady says the results are a vote against Starmer. "People don't know who he is, people don't know what he stands for, nothing has changed. This summer will mark two years of him being in power and he hasn't delivered the change people wanted."  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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