A 'bruising week' for Sir Keir and 'Order Andrew to give evidence'

A 'bruising week' for Sir Keir and 'Order Andrew to give evidence'19 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleA number of the papers have focused on the future of Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Times, Sir Keir vows to "fight on and win the next election", after what the paper describes as a "bruising week". Analysts are predicting heavy losses for the Labour Party in elections on 7 May, with the paper reporting it has been told by one minister that Sir Keir's team would be "compelled to take action" if the party lost more than 1,500 council seats.Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has told Labour MPs that the time to oust Sir Keir is "now or never", according to the Daily Mail. It writes that the prime minister is facing a "critical week in his fight for political survival".The Sunday Telegraph leads with reports that Sir Keir did not record a meeting he had with tech firm Palantir and Lord Mandelson in 2025, despite a requirement for details of all meetings with external organisations to be published quarterly. The paper notes that breaking the ministerial code is "widely seen as a resignation offence". A government spokesman said ministers "engage with a range of companies as part of their international travel and Palantir is a longstanding investor in the UK", while Palantir said the meeting was "a typical government visit to a UK employer, organised by officials in the usual way"."Order Andrew to give evidence" declares the Mirror, reporting on mounting pressure for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to give sworn testimony to US investigators over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The paper says that campaigners are calling on King Charles III to order his brother to give evidence, ahead of his state visit to the US next week. The former prince has always denied wrongdoin...