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Miliband Pushes Starmer: Set Exit Date Amid Election Woes

5/7/2026

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Ed Miliband urged Sir Keir Starmer privately to set a departure timetable.
Labour could lose 1,900 council seats and finish third in Wales and Scotland.
Backbench MPs draft an open letter demanding a resignation date, naming Rayner, Streeting and Burnham as having enough support for a challenge.
Baroness Morgan warned Labour could lose the Senedd and noted that Kemi Badenoch accused the party of lacking ideas and fostering grievance politics.

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Ed Miliband urged Sir Keir Starmer privately to set a departure timetable.
Labour could lose 1,900 council seats and finish third in Wales and Scotland.
Backbench MPs draft an open letter demanding a resignation date, naming Rayner, Streeting and Burnham as having enough support for a challenge.
Baroness Morgan warned Labour could lose the Senedd and noted that Kemi Badenoch accused the party of lacking ideas and fostering grievance politics.