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Starmer on the brink: UK PM fights for survival as party takes beating in local elections
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U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was battling to save his position Monday, refusing to step aside despite mounting pressure from within his own party and a wave of resignations among close aides.
Resignation calls intensified after more than 70 Labor MPs publicly urged the Labor leader to quit, while several parliamentary aides stepped down in protest, according to reports.
The growing rebellion comes at a critical moment for Starmer, whose authority has been shaken by political and economic setbacks.
As previously reported by Fox News Digital, the immediate trigger was the crushing defeats in local election results on May 8, which saw Labor lose hundreds of council seats across England, surrender long-held ground in Wales and fall behind rivals in Scotland.
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Sir Keir Starmer is battling to save his position and refusing to step aside despite dozens of Labor MPs demanding he resigns. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
A recent YouGov poll also found that around half of Britons believe Starmer should step down.
At the same time, rising U.K. borrowing costs have added to concerns about the government’s economic and public service policies and not easing living costs.
Starmer was also hurt by his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as Britain’s ambassador to Washington, the Associated Press reported.
In Scotland, Labor’s difficulties were laid bare as John Swinney secured a decisive victory, dealing a further blow to Starmer’s authority.
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President Donald Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Trump Turnberry golf club in Scotland on July 28, 2025. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The result drew attention from President Donald Trump, who publicly congratulated Swinney and appeared to take a swipe at Starmer.
Trump and Starmer’s relationship had become strained, with the president saying, «This is not Winston Churchill that we’re dealing with,» blasting the U.K. leader’s reluctance to let U.S. warplanes use its bases after the start of the war against Iran.
Meanwhile, Starmer struck a defiant tone in what has been termed a «reset» speech on Monday, insisting he would not resign.
«I take responsibility for not walking away, not plunging our country into chaos, as the Tories did,» he said.
Sam Carlin, one of the MPs calling for change, said Starmer was «not the right person» to revive the struggling party.
«As a result, I join Labor colleagues from across the United Kingdom in urging the prime minister to step down for the sake of our movement and the people we serve,» he said.
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Starmer struck a defiant tone in what has been termed a «reset» speech where he insisted he would not resign. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
«We have made so much progress, but if we remain on our current course, it will not last.»
Former minister Catherine West led efforts to formalize the challenge, calling for a timetable to elect a new leader as early as September.
Three figures are seen as frontrunners to succeed Starmer.
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham would need to return to Parliament to mount a bid, while Angela Rayner continues to contend with the fallout from past tax issues.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is viewed as a more immediate contender.
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Under Labor rules, a leadership contest can be triggered if sufficient backing coalesces behind a challenger, typically through nominations from MPs and affiliated groups.
If Starmer were to resign, the party would move into a formal contest period, culminating in a vote among members.
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First on Fox: Trump admin opens new front in fraud crackdown targeting health insurers, drug middlemen
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FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is lifting the hood on federal health benefits programs that cover millions of Americans, ordering insurance carriers to tighten fraud controls as part of a broader crackdown on waste and abuse, Fox News Digital learned.
«Working alongside the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, OPM is taking additional steps to safeguard the premiums paid by federal employees and taxpayers, protect beneficiaries, and ensure health insurance companies are meeting the highest standards of accountability,» said Office of Personnel Management (OPM) director Scott Kupor to Fox News Digital.
OPM functions as the federal government’s human resources agency, overseeing civilian personnel policy and administering benefits for federal employees, retirees and their families.
OPM, partnered with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, is sending new compliance expectations on Wednesday to insurance carriers in the Federal Employees Health Benefits and Postal Service Health Benefits programs, directing them to strengthen fraud prevention, payment reviews, pharmacy benefit oversight, subcontractor accountability, audits and reporting, Fox News Digital learned.
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FEHB cost taxpayers about $70 billion and provided more than 8.2 million federal employees, family members, and other eligible individuals in in 2024. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The push also targets pharmacy benefit managers, the drug-pricing middlemen that administer prescription drug benefits for health plans and negotiate with drugmakers and pharmacies.
The FEHB program cost the government and enrollees about $70 billion in fiscal 2024 and covered more than 8.2 million federal employees, family members and other eligible individuals, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
«OPM is a valuable partner and leader on the Task Force. The steps taken today will protect taxpayers and our federal workforce,» White House Task Force Executive Director Scott Brady told Fox News Digital.
OPM is also building a data science and audit team with the agency’s inspector general to review anonymized claims data and detect fraud, waste and overbilling more proactively.
HOUSE GOP LAUNCHES NEW TASK FORCE, PROBES ALLEGED $250B MEDICAID FRAUD IN OHIO
The White House Task Force has amped up its fraud investigations narrowing in on medical corruption. (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)
The Government Accountability Office said in a July 2025 report that OPM should do more to manage fraud risks in the FEHB program, citing risks including benefit card sharing, improper inducements, insufficient or fraudulent documentation, kickbacks, marketing fraud, theft of personally identifiable information, provider ineligibility and self-referrals.
The announcement marks the latest crackdown in medical programs following the launch of a nationwide probe into Medicaid.
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OPM has given orders to insurance companies handling federal employee health benefits to launch investigations into payments, pharmacy benefit oversights, and subcontractors. (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CMS directed all 50 states to submit plans to revalidate high-risk Medicaid providers, including providers subject to less rigorous enrollment standards or operating without a National Provider Identifier in April.
Vice President JD Vance, who is leading the task force, amplified the call in May, saying during a news conference that states could lose federal funding if they fail to aggressively pursue Medicaid fraud.
The push comes amid heightened focus on large-scale fraud cases, including Minnesota’s $250 million «Feeding Our Future» scheme, which became a national flashpoint in recent months.
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Costa Rica: Comisión de Hacendarios aprueba recorte de unos USD 86.8 millones, al presupuesto de los CEN-CINAI
La Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios de la Asamblea Legislativa aprobó este martes un recorte de ₡40,000 millones (USD 86.8 millones) al presupuesto asignado para 2026 a la Dirección Nacional de Centros de Educación y Nutrición y de Centros Infantiles de Atención Integral (CEN-CINAI). La decisión, que contó con el respaldo de ocho diputados, forma parte del primer presupuesto extraordinario de la República para el presente año y se justifica por la necesidad de cubrir el déficit presupuestario de las pensiones del Régimen No Contributivo (RNC) de la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS).
La iniciativa fue impulsada por la fracción oficialista del Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO), mientras que los legisladores del Partido Liberación Nacional (PLN) se opusieron a la medida. La bancada liberacionista argumentó que el recorte tendrá consecuencias negativas sobre los sectores más vulnerables, particularmente la niñez que depende de los servicios de los CEN-CINAI.
El órgano legislativo también aprobó una moción adicional que reduce en ₡30,000 millones (USD 65,1 millones) los recursos que el Banco Hipotecario de la Vivienda (Banhvi) gira al Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (Fodesaf), lo que afecta directamente la financiación de programas de vivienda social y apoyo familiar.
La diputada Ángela Aguilar, vocera del PLN en la Comisión, advirtió que la rebaja de fondos representa el 28,7% del presupuesto 2026 destinado a los CEN-CINAI. “Me preocupa porque los CEN-CINAI enfrentan situaciones relacionadas con órdenes sanitarias y otras necesidades. Además, brindan atención y cuido a niños y niñas”, señaló Aguilar durante la sesión. La legisladora insistió en que el impacto de este recorte podría traducirse en una disminución de cobertura y calidad en la atención que reciben miles de menores en condición de vulnerabilidad en todo el país.
Por su parte, el presidente de la Comisión de Asuntos Hacendarios, Nogui Acosta (PPSO), defendió la decisión y sostuvo que no se deben reducir los recursos destinados a los pensionados del RNC, subrayando que la propuesta cumple con la legalidad vigente. Acosta explicó que el Estado enfrenta una presión fiscal significativa y que, ante la urgencia de financiar las pensiones del régimen no contributivo, se recurrió a la redistribución de partidas presupuestarias. El diputado oficialista enfatizó que se trata de una medida responsable y que el gobierno mantiene el compromiso de atender las necesidades de la población en situación de pobreza extrema.
La fracción del Partido Liberación Nacional consideró que la moción aprobada evidencia una deficiente planificación presupuestaria y cuestionó el procedimiento seguido en la Comisión, al señalar que la aprobación no se ajusta a lo establecido en el Reglamento Legislativo. Además, los opositores recalcaron que la decisión afectará de manera directa a los programas de nutrición, educación y cuido infantil, así como a las familias beneficiarias de proyectos de vivienda social.
El recorte a los CEN-CINAI generó preocupación en organizaciones sociales y defensoras de los derechos de la infancia, que advierten sobre el riesgo de retrocesos en la atención integral a la niñez y la reducción de oportunidades para familias en comunidades vulnerables. Los CEN-CINAI ofrecen servicios fundamentales como alimentación, educación y cuidado a miles de niños y niñas en todo el territorio nacional, especialmente en zonas rurales y urbanas de alta exclusión social.
Hasta el momento, las autoridades de la Dirección Nacional de CEN-CINAI no han emitido un pronunciamiento oficial sobre el impacto que tendrá esta disminución presupuestaria. Diversos sectores sociales y políticos han solicitado una revisión de la medida y la búsqueda de alternativas que no impliquen recortes en programas sociales esenciales para el bienestar infantil y el acceso a la vivienda.
El debate legislativo en torno a la distribución de recursos públicos continúa en un contexto de restricciones fiscales, donde la prioridad del Ejecutivo se centra en asegurar el pago de pensiones y cumplir con las obligaciones del Estado en materia de seguridad social. La discusión sobre el financiamiento de los programas sociales y la protección de los sectores más vulnerables se mantendrá en la agenda parlamentaria durante las próximas semanas.
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British Muslim police group called IDF a terrorist organization, questioned Hamas atrocity reports
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The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) is facing intense backlash after it was revealed that a policy paper it promoted contained what critics say are «antisemitic lies,» while also facing accusations that the organization is «infiltrated or controlled by Islamists.»
This latest embarrassment for British police authorities comes as the government continues to face criticism for alleged two-tier policing, especially when it comes to anti-Israel and pro-British protests.
The paper from the organization, titled «From Past Prejudices to Present Policies: Confronting Anti-Muslim Hatred and Promoting Human Rights,» was recently unearthed by The Spectator.
In it, then-NAMP Vice President Khaldoun Kabbani refers to Zionism as «a narrow, nationalist, and colonialist viewpoint that fosters anti-Muslim hatred, among other forms of xenophobia, distancing itself from the inclusive and compassionate teachings of Judaism.»
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People attend a rally organized by the Campaign Against Antisemitism opposite Downing Street in London on April 30, 2026, following the stabbing of two Jewish men in the Golders Green neighborhood. Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged increased security funding for Jewish sites and called for unity against antisemitism. (Carlos Jasso/AFP)
In addition to calling the IDF a Zionist terrorist group, the paper surmises that «eventually» the IDF’s actions following Oct. 7 «will be recognized as terrorism, though likely without any reference to the Jewish faith.» The report appeared to be deleted from the web, though it continues to be hosted online through an archive at the Wayback Machine.
Andrew Fox, senior associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital that the paper is filled with «antisemitic lies and blood libels.»
An Israeli flag flutters at the memorial for victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, on May 27, 2024. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Kabbani’s paper calls for «dismantling myths through education,» but he presents unsourced facts about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
In one segment, Kabbani notes that «as the hostilities commenced, reports in Israeli and Western media outlets began circulating alarming and unverified stories about acts of violence by Hamas, including claims of beheadings and assaults. These reports have significantly contributed to increasing hatred towards Islam.»
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Police arrest a demonstrator during a rally organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism, opposite Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026, following the stabbing of two Jewish men the day before in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Thursday to boost security for the Jewish community following the latest attack against it, while urging Britons to unite against antisemitism. Facing accusations from angry British Jews that his government has repeatedly failed to protect them, Starmer pledged immediate increased funding for synagogues and other sites but insisted UK society must «come together» to «fight antisemitism». (CARLOS JASSO / AFP via Getty Images)
Dr. Chen Kugel, head of the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Israel, told the themedialine in Nov 2023 that many of the burned bodies of Oct. 7 victims, including those of babies, are «without heads.» He admitted it was «difficult to ascertain whether they were decapitated before or after death, as well as how they were beheaded.»
Kabbani also said that reports of 120 children being killed by Hamas «have been challenged by more recent disclosures indicating that not a single Israeli infant was a casualty during the said attacks. It was later confirmed that only one child’s death occurred two days following the attack, with circumstances involving IDF gunfire and lacking precise details.»
A Hamas terrorist fires a weapon into a house on a kibbutz during the attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces/AP)
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Contrary to its report, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has stated that at least 29 of the fatalities from Oct. 7 whose ages had been provided by Oct. 25 were children.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism’s Director of Investigations and Enforcement, Stephen Silverman, said in a public statement that the NAMP paper is «evidence that a major national policing association has been infiltrated by or is controlled by Islamists.» Silverman called for those «responsible for publishing this extremist screed» to be «immediately investigated by their respective forces’ professional standards departments and dismissed.»
Antisemitic hate was displayed at an anti-Israel protest in London amid record levels of antisemitism in the U.K. following the Hamas terror attacks on Oct. 7. (Campaign Against Antisemitism)
The National Police Chiefs’ Council did not respond to Fox News Digital’s questions about whether they were concerned by the NAMP’s paper, whether it would take action in reference to it, and whether its statements were problematic for public trust.
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Fox News Digital also received no response from NAMP or the British government.
Noting the «skyrocketing antisemitism» in the United Kingdom, Fox said that the NAMP’s policy paper is «grossly inappropriate.» He said that «whilst it is important that minority groups have dialogue with the police to ensure their issues are considered, divisive internal organizations, such as a group for Muslim officers, are clearly counterproductive to public trust. This practice should be clamped down on immediately and no police force should engage with this organization going forward.»
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