Labour Party

Rule Changes

Holds government; faced internal objection to the 15-year proposal

Most foreign workers in Britain will wait 10 years for indefinite leave to remain, up from five. High earners on £125,141 or more can settle in three years, and those on £50,271, plus doctors, nurses and teachers, in five.

Updated 4 days ago

Force in Play

As of July 2026: Burnham leads party and government; Healey is Chancellor, Miliband is Foreign Secretary

Keir Starmer resigned on June 22, 2026, after Labour lost more than 1,000 council seats in May. Andy Burnham ran unopposed to replace him, winning 379 of 403 Labour MPs' nominations—the highest share in modern party history. On July 20, he met King Charles III and became the UK's seventh prime minister in a decade.

Updated Jul 20

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Lost 300+ English council seats and control of Exeter, Southampton, and Bolton; Welsh Labour down to ~5 Senedd seats; Starmer refusing to resign under sustained internal pressure

Results from the May 7 Super Thursday elections, counted through Friday, May 8, showed Labour losing heavily and Reform surging past polling expectations. Reform gained more than 500 English council seats and took control of four authorities (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Havering, Sunderland, and Essex) for the first time.

Updated May 31

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Governing party facing leadership crisis

Morgan McSweeney, who engineered Labour's 2024 landslide, resigned on February 8, 2026, taking responsibility for advising Starmer to appoint Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador despite ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Communications Director Tim Allan quit the next day—the fourth comms chief to leave Starmer's administration in 18 months.

Updated May 27