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What It Would Take for Labour to Replace Keir Starmer

Streeting, Starmer and Rayner.Source: Bloomberg, Getty Images

Keir Starmer’s political struggles have left some in his Labour Party contemplating the once-unthinkable and mounting a challenge to replace him as prime minister.

With Starmer seemingly unable to recover from a series of missteps and policy decisions that left in him with historically low approval numbers, some among Labour’s 403 members of Parliament are wondering whether it would be better to face the next election under new leadership. Rivals have been been canvassing the party’s benches, waiting for the moment to strike.