'Starmer on ropes' and 'nightmare for Labour'

"Green delight sparks nightmare for Labour" declares the Guardian. It says the "scale of the defeat in an area that had returned Labour MPs for nearly a century" has plunged ministers and MPs into "renewed despair". The weekend edition of the i says Sir Keir Starmer is now under "intense pressure to shift his party to the left or resign". But a cabinet ally has told the FT Weekend that the prime minister will "definitely fight on", and that Labour should stick to its economic plan and not plunge into a divisive "left versus right leadership battle".

The editorial pages offer little solace for the prime minister. The Daily Telegraph says "Sir Keir's already fragile control of his party is threatened again". The Times says the "government's total lack of a compelling, upbeat story on the economy has opened the door to the politics of despair and envy". The Daily Mirror says "voters sent a message Labour cannot afford to shrug off" while the Sun looks ahead to future elections, saying "Britain now has genuine five-party politics". It believes it will be "harder than ever for any single party to win a majority at the next general election".

The Daily Mail says the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has demanded action, after poll monitors raised concerns about "family voting fraud" in the by-election. And The Daily Star highlights the fact that the new Green MP is a plasterer. Its front page pictures Hannah Spencer at work - with the headline "Plaster La Vista Starmer".

Away from politics, the front page of the Daily Express features the statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square that has been defaced with graffiti. A man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of racially aggravated criminal damage and supporting the proscribed group Palestine Action. "How dare you!" is the paper's headline.

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