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Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood arrive for a cabinet meeting in London, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/ Kirsty Wigglesworth)
July 20, 2026, 11:30 pm
Jewish former Labour leader Ed Miliband tapped as new British foreign secretary
New UK PM Burnham shakes up cabinet, purging Starmer loyalists, signaling tack to left; Miliband led party from 2010 to 2015, when he lost election; criticized Israel’s Gaza policy
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Then-mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham talks to people as he attends a vigil for the victims of the terror attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, October 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
July 20, 2026, 10:58 pm
‘A matter of life and death’: UK monitor urges new PM to prioritize tackling antisemitism
Campaign Against Antisemitism implores Burnham to find solutions beyond upping protective measures for British Jews but doesn’t include concrete proposals, calls his comments on Israel ‘disheartening’
By Zev Stub and ToI Staff
Britain’s new Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to staff and media at 10 Downing Street in London, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych)
July 20, 2026, 4:52 pm
Andy Burnham becomes 7th UK PM in a decade, is expected to take tougher stance on Israel
Taking reins of unpopular governing Labour party from Keir Starmer, in a Britain with anemic economic growth, ex-Manchester mayor pledges to tackle high cost of living ahead of new 10-year-plan
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with local residents as he visits a housing development in north London, June 19, 2026. (Peter Macdiarmid/Pool Photo via AP)
June 21, 2026, 3:02 pm
UK’s Starmer set to announce timeline for resignation on Monday — report
Embattled British PM likely to announce he’ll step down in autumn, Guardian reports, paving way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to succeed him, though others may run
By AP and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer enters his car to leave after delivering a speech at the Coin Street Neighborhood Center in Waterloo, London, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 12, 2026, 3:57 am
UK’s Starmer under pressure as ministers reportedly ask him to step down
British PM vows to remain in role despite party’s local election losses, as four ministerial aides quit and over 70 Labour MPs publicly call for his resignation
By Elizabeth Piper, Andrew MacAskill and Sam Tabahriti
Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall, in Ealing, west London, May 8, 2026, a day after the local elections. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
May 10, 2026, 4:47 am
UK’s Starmer challenged by former Labour minister after dismal local election results
Catherine West says cabinet must work out plan to replace the prime minister or she’ll make a leadership bid herself, and warns others may do the same
By Sarah Young
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, talks with Britain's then-ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador's residence in Washington, on February 26, 2025. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP)
April 20, 2026, 8:50 am
British PM to face angry MPs calling for his resignation amid Mandelson-Epstein scandal
Set to explain appointment of US envoy despite ties to disgraced financier, Starmer looks to stymie calls to quit, as opposition says he’s ‘taking the public for fools’
By Jill Lawless
Former Labour Party leader and co-founder of 'Your Party,' Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech on the first day of the Founding Conference for Your Party in Liverpool, north-west England, on November 29, 2025. (Darren Staples / AFP)
February 26, 2026, 7:19 pm
UK’s anti-Israel Corbyn set to be appointed parliamentary head of far-left Your Party
Former Labour leader’s bloc wins 14 of 24 seats on party’s key committee; earlier this week, MP made ‘blood libel’ claim that Israel removed organs from Gazan women’s bodies
By Shira Silkoff
A combination image published by Egyptian authorities shows a man (R) arrested for planning a Jeffrey Epstein-themed party, with the poster shown on the left, February 10, 2026. (Egyptian Interior Ministry)
February 10, 2026, 7:30 pm
Egypt blocks Epstein-themed party; calls for Starmer’s exit mount as he stays defiant
UK’s PM rebuffs calls to step down over appointment of US envoy with Epstein ties, as royal family says they will cooperate with probe over fresh Prince Andrew allegations
By Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex, in St Leonards-on-Sea, southeast England, February 5, 2026. (Peter Nicholls / POOL / AFP)
February 5, 2026, 4:33 pm
Starmer apologizes to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson, defies calls to resign
Embattled British prime minister says ‘depth and darkness’ of relationship between sex trafficker and former US ambassador wasn’t known: ‘Sorry I believed Mandelson’s lies’
By Agencies
UK Labour parliamentarian Maurice Glasman. (Courtesy of UK Parliament)
November 3, 2025, 7:50 am
UK lawmaker says there is now a ‘constituency for hating Jews’ in formerly friendly Britain
Following Manchester terror attack, Blue Labour leader Maurice Glasman says working-class Brits are ‘last bulwark’ against rising antisemitism brought on by progressivism and migrants
By Robert Philpot
Former Labour Party leader and newly elected MP Jeremy Corbyn addresses protesters during the 'National March for Gaza' calling to 'end the genocide' and 'stop arming Israel,' on July 6, 2024. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
July 24, 2025, 6:07 pm
Former UK Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn launches new anti-Israel party
Far-left MP, who was ousted from Labour over antisemitism, says Your Party will be committed to ‘mass redistribution of wealth and power’ and a ‘free and independent Palestine’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prof. David Hirsh, chief executive of the London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
March 5, 2025, 9:27 am
Oct. 7 is not a ‘watershed’ event for UK antisemitism, but did bring it to a boil, says expert
David Hirsh, head of the London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, warns of the dangers of ‘normalized’ antisemitism and a rising populist threat
By Robert Philpot
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community meeting, at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, southern England, on July 18, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/AFP)
July 21, 2024, 4:57 pm
UK’s Starmer swept the July 4 election. But how much did his stance on Gaza cost him?
Britain’s Labour lost a fair share of Muslim votes even as it sailed to victory in the national poll. New research suggests the party’s support for Israel wasn’t solely to blame
By Robert Philpot
MP Jess Phillips speaks to LBC after winning her seat in Birmingham in the UK elections, July 5, 2024. (Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 6, 2024, 2:20 pm
UK Labour MP slams abuse from pro-Palestinian activists after ‘worst election ever’
Jess Phillips says she and party activists suffered severe harassment during their campaign over Labour’s position on the Israel-Hamas war: ‘The humiliation was by men, to women’
By ToI Staff
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