Labour leadership contest underway
Starmer announced resignation 22 Jun · Nominations open 9 Jul · Burnham frontrunner · New PM expected Sep 2026
Key indicators — 2020 to present
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Reform UK polling
26.3%
1st place · Labour 2nd 20.7%
Starmer net approval
−43
19% approve · Opinium Jun 2026
CPI inflation
2.8%
Above 2% target · ONS May 2026
NHS waiting list
7.22m
Up 100k on month · Apr 2026
Latest political news BBC Politics · Guardian · Reuters
Leadership
Starmer to resign — Burnham wins Makerfield, declared candidacy; Streeting stands aside in his favour
22 Jun 2026 · BBC Politics
By-election
Burnham wins Makerfield with 54.8% — exceeds all expectations, Reform underperforms vs May local elections
18 Jun 2026 · BBC Politics
Gaza
62% of Britons oppose Israel military actions — record high as YouGov poll shows growing opposition
Jun 2026 · The Guardian
Economy
Bank of England holds at 3.75% for fourth consecutive month — CPI at 2.8%, above the 2% target
Jun 2026 · BBC Business
NHS
Waiting list hits 7.22m — Labour passes £3.1bn emergency funding, 40 new surgical hubs announced
Apr 2026 · NHS England
Reform
Runcorn and Helsby (1 May 2025): Reform UK wins Labour seat by 6 votes — closest post-war by-election
1 May 2025 · BBC Politics
Defence
UK pledges additional £500m military aid to Ukraine — PM confirms package at NATO summit in London
Jun 2026 · Reuters
Manifesto
Full Fact tracker: Labour has achieved 24 of 92 pledges — 6 broken including NI rise promise
Jun 2026 · Full Fact
Polling snapshot PollCheck 7-poll avg · 27 Jun 2026
Voting intention
Leader net approval
Parliament status Parliament API
Commons sitting
Summer recess begins 17 Jul · 2026–27 session
Next recess
17 Jul 2026
Summer 2026
Parliament returns
1 Sep 2026
With new PM
Next election
By Aug 2029
Latest possible
Govt majority
172 seats
650 seat Commons
Commons seats Parliament API · live
Institution public approval
Supreme Court
63%
NHS
58%
BBC
51%
Met Police
49%
Parliament
29%
Manifesto tracker Full Fact · 92 pledges
24
✓ Achieved
15
↗ On track
24
→ In progress
5
↘ Off track
6
✗ Broken
All parties
Labour
Conservative
Lib Dems
SNP
Green
Reform UK
Independent
All bills
Passed
In progress
Committee
Defeated
CPI inflation
2.8%
Above 2% target
ONS · May 2026
NHS waiting list
7.22m
Up 100k on month
NHS England · Apr 2026
Unemployment
4.9%
Up from 4.6% yr ago
ONS · Feb–Apr 2026
BoE base rate
3.75%
Held — 4th month
Bank of England
CPI inflation trend ONS D7G7 · Jan 2023–May 2026
NHS waiting list NHS England RTT
NHS performance NHS England · May 2026
A&E within 4hrs
75.7%
Target: 78%
Waiting over 18wks
2.53m
of 7.22m total
Waiting over 1yr
~100k
Up from 94k in Mar
A&E within 4hrs
75.7%
18-week standard
65%
GP 7-day appt
79%
Key economic indicators ONS / BoE · Jun 2026
| Indicator | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| CPI inflation | 2.8% | Above target |
| Core CPI | 2.6% | Up from 2.5% |
| Services inflation | 3.7% | Up from 3.2% |
| Unemployment | 4.9% | Up from 4.6% |
| BoE base rate | 3.75% | Held |
| Payrolled employees | 30.3m | Down 119k yr/yr |
| Real wage growth | +1.3% | Incl. bonuses |
| Food inflation | 2.2% | Down from 3.0% |
| RPI | 3.1% | May 2026 |
| GDP growth Q1 | +0.7% | Above forecast |
Voting intention — 7-poll moving average PollCheck · 27 Jun 2026
Reform UK
26.3%
↑ 1st place
Labour
20.7%
↓ −0.3 on month
Conservative
19.4%
→ flat
Green
12.9%
↓ −1.0 on month
Lib Dems
12.1%
→ flat
Reform UK
Labour
Conservative
Green
Lib Dems
Leader net approval ratings YouGov / Opinium · Jun 2026
Recent by-elections Electoral Commission
Key policy approval polls Click any poll to see trend · YouGov / Ipsos / Survation 2025–2026
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