Starmer says he won’t quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK
Nigel Farage’s Reform party just scored major gains in local UK elections, picking up hundreds of council seats and putting serious pressure on Keir Starmer
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LONDON, U.K. — 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. ---More...
???? WOW. Nigel Farage’s Reform party just scored major gains in local UK elections, picking up hundreds of council seats and putting serious pressure on Keir Starmer.
— ⁿᵉʷˢ Barron Trump ???????? (@BarronTNews_)May 8, 2026
That’s a big political shift.
Voters are sending a message.
UK politics just got a lot more unpredictable. pic.twitter.com/bSukp5FMgj
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