Keir Starmer is about to resign, according to widespread reports.

Less than two years after his landslide victory in the 2024 general election, the prime minister seems to have lost the support of his party.

More than 100 Labour MPs have publicly called for him to quit and a growing list of his own cabinet ministers are said to have privately told him to stand down.

Two former cabinet ministers, Wes Streeting and John Healey, even quit over Starmer’s leadership in the last month.

Business and trade secretary Peter Kyle revealed his boss was weighing up the “political realities” in the coming days on Sunday.

Meanwhile, skills minister Jacqui Smith caused a stir when she seemed to hint the PM was heading off on Monday morning.

She told Times Radio, “I would have been happy for him to continue” – but later urged journalists not to get ahead of themselves by predicting Starmer’s next move.

Even so, the Guardian reported on Monday that Starmer was allegedly working on his resignation speech with a handful of his top team while holed up in his grace-and-favour Chequers residence over the weekend.

If that is true, it’s a complete pivot from last Friday when Starmer insisted he would not walk away from the job and would stay on to fight any leadership contest triggered by his opponents.

But No.10 has not pushed back on any reports that the PM is considering resigning, even after US president Donald Trump bizarrely predicted Starmer would quit on Sunday.

However, even if he does announce his decision to quit on Monday, several key questions remain.

Will Starmer agree to an “orderly transition” to his successor and stay in place until September?

That would allow him to tie up his legacy while building on his international reputation by attending a Nato summit and an EU “reset” summit, both in July.

It would also give his successor a chance to build up a body of policies so they can hit the ground running.

But will that successor automatically be Andy Burnham?

The outgoing Greater Manchester mayor won the Makerfield by-election last Thursday, giving him a seat in parliament and a chance to challenge Starmer’s leadership.

He is widely expected to have the support of the required 81 Labour MPs needed to oust the prime minister.

As the most popular politician within Labour, a Burnham victory is likely to be shoo-in in any leadership contest.

Several of his allies therefore want to skip holding such a disruptive race altogether, and have a “coronation” for Burnham.

But opponents suggest that would mean he does not have a mandate to rule if there has not been a battle of ideas among party members first.

Home Office minister Mike Tapp also weighed into the growing debate over whether a Starmer resignation means there should be a general election.

He said: “That would stop the constant churn and focus all politicians on delivery, instead of workplace politics.”

But that’s caused concern over the risk of further upheaval, especially as the UK teeters on the edge of its seventh prime minister in a decade.

Starmer is expected to give a statement in the Commons this afternoon to give MPs an update about his G7 trip last week.

Will he have offered any clarity about his future by then – or leave Westminster in limbo?

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Vanessa Feltz has admitted that the news of her daytime show’s cancellation came out of the blue.

Last year, the veteran broadcaster began fronting the talk show Vanessa on 5 (previously known as Channel 5), in which she and a celebrity panel discuss topical issues and speak to viewers calling into the studio.

Since it premiered in March 2025, the show has hit a few bumps in the road, most notably low viewing figures and a string of prank calls during its phone-in discussions.

Last week, 5 confirmed on Thursday that Vanessa was being pulled from next month.

“Due to afternoon scheduling changes, Vanessa will be rested from 17 July,” a spokesperson said. “We thank Vanessa and her team at ITN for 18 months of warm, witty, wise and searingly honest shows.”

Vanessa broke her silence on the news during Saturday’s edition of her LBC show, telling her listeners: “It was a bit of a shock. It was meant to be a delightful year’s contract, the show was going really well…

“I was shocked to the core and very upset and I still am. It was only Wednesday at 3 o’clock that I found out.”

Vanessa went on to claim that it was 5 owners Paramount who made the decision, as they “want to show Paramount movies every afternoon” in her timeslot, because it “doesn’t cost them any money”.

A 5 spokesperson added last week: “Vanessa remains a valued member of the Channel 5 family and we are discussing future projects together.”

Prior to landing her own 5 series, Vanessa had been a regular face on This Morning.

She previously told Metro that she “would happily have stayed” part of This Morning’s on-air team “and gone on the back of a motorbike from the This Morning studio straight to 5 and done both”.

“I almost believed I’d be able to do that, but I think apparently, it’s not the way it’s done,” she added. “But I’d have done it, and I think they would have been happy for me to do it too.”

Sir Rod Stewart had to briefly pause a live show in the US last week, after coming close to fainting on stage.

On Friday night, the British crooner was performing in West Valley City, Utah, where video footage shared by TMZ depicted him bent over in pain, and leaning on equipment and staging around him to steady himself.

After that, an oxygen tank was brought onto the stage, which he used, before telling the crowd: “The show must go on. I nearly fucking fainted there.”

“Would you mind if I sit down for this one?” the 81-year-old then asked, with The Independent claiming that Sir Rod remained seated for the rest of the show.

HuffPost UK has contacted the Maggie May singer’s team for comment.

Sir Rod has not commented on the incident directly, but on Sunday, he did share a social media update for Father’s Day on Sunday night, depicting himself, his wife Penny Lancaster and his children.

“Proud to be their father,” he wrote in the picture’s caption.

Last week, Sir Rod cancelled a show in California an hour before he was due to go on stage due to an “acute upper respiratory infection” which “resulted in laryngitis”.

“Following treatment, I’m feeling much better, but my voice is not,” he said at the time. “I’m very disappointed and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience to my fans.”

He later raised eyebrows when he posted footage of himself flying in a private jet to watch Scotland’s first World Cup game the morning after cancelling his show due to illness.

Sir Rod is currently in the middle of his One Last Time tour, which includes dates across the US.

During an interview on TalkSport last month, the Grammy winner teased that he’d be touring the UK in 2027, including a show at London’s O2 Arena, “and that’ll probably be it, I think”.

He previously announced in 2024 that he was finished with “large-scale world tours”, but maintained he had “no desire to retire”.

A minister is facing some backlash after insisting a change in party leader should legally trigger a general election.

The Home Office’s Mike Tapp said such legislation would “stop the constant churn” of prime ministers in Downing Street.

In a post on X, the minister wrote: “Is it time to legislate; if a change of leader is forced by its own Party then a General Election must be called.

“That would stop the constant churn and focus all politicians on delivery, instead of work place politics.

“These endless ‘house of cards’ games would end and the country would benefit. Let’s legislate to focus minds.”

His remarks come as his boss Keir Starmer is widely expected to resign as early as this morning – which would be the UK would be moving onto its seventh prime minister in the last decade.

The PM appears to have lost the support of much of his party after more than 100 Labour MPs and a handful of his own ministers urged him to step down.

Andy Burnham, the outgoing Greater Manchester mayor, has long had his eyes on No.10 and won the Makerfield by-election on Thursday.

He is thought to have the support of the required 81 Labour MPs needed to formally challenge Starmer’s leadership once he is sworn into the Commons this afternoon.

But Tapp’s suggestion to introduce a general election whenever there is a new party leader at the top of government received a mixed reaction, to say the least.

Fellow Labour MP Josh Fenton-Glynn wrote on X: “Mike Tapp appears surprised that we are a parliamentary democracy!

“The last two prime ministers to win an election then lose their job at the next election were Major and Wilson – course correction mid term in response to the public is the norm not the exception.”

Other social media users were split over whether this was a good plan.

Tapp later responded to the backlash, writing on X: “I’m pleased to see the debate, at least here on X, has begun. We cannot continue as we are.

“There are many nuances to this but at the core we must remember that as politicians we are here to serve the country – and 6 (possibly 7) PMs in 10 years is unsustainable.

“We need to find a better balance and this conversation is important.”

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Jeremy Clarkson has disclosed that he is now in remission after undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.

He was seen telling colleagues Kaleb Cooper and Charlie Ireland: “I disappeared off the other week and I had a biopsy, and it is cancer, and it’s aggressive, but it’s really early.”

Clarkson then shared that his treatment had gone a little “awry”, saying from hospital: “I’m going to be here for a little while. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

“What I wanted to say was that if this is all successful, I’ll see you in season six. And if it isn’t, I won’t… Take care, everyone.”

Over the weekend, Clarkson shared a video on Instagram, in which he told his followers: “The more observant among you will have noticed that I’m not dead. And I’m not just ‘not dead’, I’m perfectly fine.”

He continued: “The reason why I’m fine is because the doctors caught the prostate cancer early. And they caught it early because I got tested. Now, I know a lot of you will say, ‘oh, I don’t want to be tested because it means someone will have to put their finger in me’, but it’s just a blood test these days.”

Encouraging those watching to get tested, he pointed out that “10 or 12 thousand people – men, to be honest – die every year in the UK from prostate cancer”.

“Don’t be one of them,” he insisted. “Get tested!”

In an interview with The Times, Clarkson also confirmed his cancer is in remission.

He explained: “It was an aggressive type of cancer. It could have spread, it could have gone into the pancreas, it could have gone anywhere, and that would have been trouble.”

Clarkson continued: “I have to say to everybody who’s reading this, please, please, please go and get checked.

“It’s not uncomfortable, it’s not undignified. And it’s a no-brainer. I did, and that’s why I’m sitting here talking to you 11 months down the line.”

A sixth season of Clarkson’s Farm has also been confirmed to be in the works in another social media video, in which the host conceded it had been “a bit of a year” for him.

“I am delighted to tell you that season six of Clarkson’s Farm is currently being filmed,” he said. ”It’s in production.

“And that’s particularly good news for me because… well, if you know, you know. And if you don’t know, you need to watch season five.”

President Donald Trump’s former Defence Secretary Mark Esper says he has “serious” questions and concerns about the preliminary US-Iran agreement signed by Trump.

Appearing Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, host Garrett Haake directly asked Esper if he supports the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran.

“Well, look, I like the fact that we’ve extended the ceasefire,” Esper replied. “I like the fact that the strait is being opened up, that will provide economic relief to a lot of people, and I like the fact that we’re getting into nuclear talks. But that said, when I look at the MOU, there are many of the points that I have serious questions about and concerns about.”

Noting that “in many ways it’s a wait and see,” he continued, “My principle concern has been that it appears that too many of the incentives in my view have been given up front instead of later in the deal when we’ve seen much more progress on the nuclear aspects of whatever potential agreement comes from this.”

Haake then questioned Esper over whether he thinks the Trump administration has been “too trusting of the Iranians” regarding negotiations.

“Well, I don’t believe so. You know, you look at many of the players on the team, they’re experienced in foreign policy for some time. I don’t think they trust the Iranians. Nobody trusts the Iranians. I think they put a deal on the table. I think as the vice president said, ‘Let’s give it a shot and see if it works,’ and in that regard I’d say, ‘Yeah, there’s a lot more of this football game to play out.’”

Haake went on to mention that it’s still not totally clear if the strait is open or closed before asking Esper if he thinks that makes the agreement “worthless” if Iran can still open and shut the strait or charge fees on it.

Esper said that would “clearly” suggest a “strategic setback.”

“We cannot allow the Iranians to control the Strait of Hormuz … and that’s why I say this needs to play out. And, you know, there’s been some suggestions that there have been side agreements, or gentlemen’s agreements, we need to know what those are. But I think we need to let this play out a little bit and see what actually happens with regard to the strait after the 60 days.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Haake asked if Esper trusts that the president is being given advice by “people who think their loyalty is to the Constitution.”

“I don’t see that the president is always getting good advice, and so I think that’s the question to ask. I think Republicans on Capitol Hill have asked that same question. Is the president getting the best advice with regard to these strategic matters?”

Esper’s remarks came following conflicted messaging from the Trump administration last week about the agreement being reached and when the text of the memorandum would be released.

The memorandum was reportedly signed Wednesday by Trump, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the prime minister of Pakistan.

Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance said Sunday there is an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with Iran as both sides held talks in Switzerland to build out the shaky interim deal to end the war in Iran after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.

Watch Esper’s appearance on “Meet the Press” below. Skip to the 0:15 mark to hear Esper’s comments.

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