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Starmer says he won't quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK - AP News
From Associated Press via USVI News: Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK. Starmer insists he won't resign after the votes, which are seen as an unofficial referendum on his leadership. Starm.
Starmer says he won’t quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted he would carry on as prime minister despite his Labour party suffering disastrous local election losses.
Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall, in Ealing, west London, Friday May 8, 2026, a day after the local elections. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses for a photo during a visit to Havering Town Hall, in Romford, England, Friday May 8, 2026, a day after the local elections. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
Britain’s Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch meets supporters in Westminster after the Tories took control of Westminster City Council from Labour in the local elections, in London, Friday May 8, 2026. (James Manning/PA via AP)
Votes are counted for the 2026 Senedd, Welsh Parliament, elections in Newport, Wales, Friday May 8, 2026. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
Votes are counted for the 2026 local elections at the Silksworth Sports Complex in Sunderland, England, Friday, May 8, 2026. (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/PA via AP)
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks to supporters at Chelmsford City Racecourse, Friday May 8, 2026, in Essex, England, following the 2026 local election results. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
Eluned Morgan announces her resignation as leader of Welsh Labour at Ysgol Bro Teifi, in Ceredigion, Wales, Friday, May 8, 2026, after her party suffered heavy defeats. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted Friday that he will not resign after bruising elections that saw his governing Labour Party suffer big losses and the hard-right Reform UK make major gains.
The local and regional elections were widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since he led the center-left Labour Party to power less than two years ago.
Voters have grown impatient for economic growth and dramatic change after 14 years of Conservative government, and many Labour lawmakers have become despairing at the government’s failure to deliver.
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