Many of the front pages will immediately lead to Labour’s election defeat across England, Scotland and Wales. The Times called the election result “a historic defeat for Labour”. The newspaper said the party’s survival was threatened after it “lost 1,300 councillors, lost in Wales and abandoned areas in the traditional heartland it has controlled for a century”. In addition to losing seats in the north of England and the Midlands to Reform UK, “a labor haemorrhage for Greens support on the left in its old strongholds in central London”.
“Starmer rejects calls for MPs to quit” is the FT’s weekly results summary for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party and “Lab killed in Wales and Scotland”. Financial markets “had a doomsday scenario for Labor and Starmer”, investment director Matthew Amis told the newspaper, while bond markets saw Sir Keir and Chancellor Rachel Reeves as “a bulwark against a more left-wing government”.
Labor MPs and union leaders, who are calling for a change after the party’s failed local elections, say the prime minister has been told “it’s time for her to go”, according to the Daily Mail. Allies of Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham have told the newspaper he is “ready to throw down the gauntlet to Sir Keir next week”, according to the Daily Mail.
Another big news that graced the front pages of the newspapers was the separation of Tess Daly and Vernon Kay. According to the Daily Mirror, the celebrity couple are separating after 22 years of marriage. “The former Strictly host, 57, and the Radio 2 DJ, 52, said the decision was mutual,” the newspaper reported.
