Keir Starmer is facing challenges within his party less than 15 months after becoming Britain's prime minister.

Political rivals tend to lurk in the shadows before they strike. But one of Keir Starmer’s broke with convention this week by splashing himself across the front pages. While Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s undisguised pitch for the top job took many in the Labour Party by surprise,

But the general feeling was that most governments struggle to find their feet and that Keir Starmer could turn things around. This year, the mood is a lot better — but the long-term prognosis is worse.

The Labour leader is now the most unpopular prime minister on record, with just 13 per cent of voters satisfied with the job he is doing, compared to 79 per cent who are unsatisfied. That leaves him on a net rating of minus 66,

A leading rival to Keir Starmer accused the prime minster of presiding over a “climate of fear” within Labour, underscoring simmering discontent as the governing party’s annual conference got underway in Liverpool.

On economic and immigration issues, many international leaders are trying to work out how to combat the rise of the populist right.

With Andy Burnham and left-wing Labour rebels threatening to oust him on one side and Nigel Farage taking Labour voters away on the other, Keir Starmer arrives in Liverpool as a man under siege, write

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on his party on Sunday to stop "navel gazing" and unite to defeat Reform UK, accusing the populist party of planning to launch a "racist policy" of mass deportations if it wins power.

The Labour MPs bagged a last-minute equaliser to deny the Lobby XI a win at Goodison Park at the party’s conference