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fromIrish Independent
2 days ago
UK politics

British cabinet members tell Keir Starmer he needs to resign as rebellion spreads

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urged the prime minister to outline a plan for a successor amid rising calls for his resignation after poor local election results.
fromIrish Independent
3 days ago
UK politics

Starmer under fresh pressure as 50 Labour MPs call for his head and two junior members of British government quit

Multiple junior government officials resigned and called for the Prime Minister to step down amid growing backbench pressure and election losses.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
42 minutes ago

Westminster waits in frenzied limbo before Wes jumpstarts day of drama | John Crace

A planned leadership challenge day stalled because no clear mechanism for removing the prime minister was in place, leaving chaos and unscripted outcomes.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

Starmer said he will not resign, claiming no leadership challenge threshold has been met, and urged the cabinet to focus on governing despite mounting resignations and calls for a timetable.
UK politics
fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

British cabinet members tell Keir Starmer he needs to resign as rebellion spreads

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood urged the prime minister to outline a plan for a successor amid rising calls for his resignation after poor local election results.
UK politics
fromIrish Independent
3 days ago

Starmer under fresh pressure as 50 Labour MPs call for his head and two junior members of British government quit

Multiple junior government officials resigned and called for the Prime Minister to step down amid growing backbench pressure and election losses.
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Latvian prime minister resigns amid row over drone incursions

Evika Silina resigned after coalition withdrawal over firing the defence minister amid failures handling stray drones from Russia into Latvia.
Europe politics
fromwww.dw.com
8 hours ago

Latvian PM resigns after fallout over stray Ukrainian drones

Evika Silina resigned as prime minister after her coalition lost parliamentary support, while stating she would not give up and prioritizing Latvia’s security.
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fromIndependent
8 months ago
France news

Thomas Adamson: As he names another loyalist PM and protesters take to the streets again, Macron looks cornered - and out of ideas

fromIndependent
8 months ago
France news

Thomas Adamson: As he names another loyalist PM and protesters take to the streets again, Macron looks cornered - and out of ideas

fromwww.dw.com
7 months ago

France's political crisis impacts on Franco-German relations DW 10/08/2025

After less than four weeks in office, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned in frustration. Even before he had a chance to form a government, the split between the left and right blocs in parliament proved too much for him. With Lecornu, President Emmanuel Macron has now lost his third head of government in the space of a year, making it impossible to pass the budget. Urgently needed savings are being postponed once again.
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France news
fromwww.thelocal.fr
7 months ago

What next for France as PM resigns after less than a month in the job?

France has lost its fifth government in two years after Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned; Macron must choose a new PM or call elections.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Macron's government collapses again podcast

French prime minister Francois Bayrou resigned after losing a confidence vote over an unpopular austerity budget, leaving Macron with a divided parliament and rising protests.
fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago

What's next for Nepal after deadly protests force PM out? DW 09/09/2025

Nepal's Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli stepped down on Tuesday following violent anti-government protests, plunging the poor Himalayan nation into fresh political turmoil. "In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution," Oli said in his resignation letter to President Ram Chandra Poudel.
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fromFortune
8 months ago

More uncertainty hits the world's fourth-largest economy as Japan's PM to step down after less than a year in power

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced he will resign after losing parliamentary majority, creating uncertainty amid rising food prices and US auto tariff fallout.
fromwww.npr.org
8 months ago

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign

TOKYO Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed his intention on Sunday to step down following growing calls from his party to take responsibility for a historic defeat in July's parliamentary election, Japan's NHK public television reported. Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted growing calls from within his own party to resign for more than a month, saying such a step would cause a political vacuum when Japan faces key challenges in and outside the country.
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