The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, on 8 May 2026.
The results are tough, they are very tough, and there’s no sugarcoating it.
We have lost brilliant Labour representatives across the country, these are people who put so much into their communities, so much into our party.
And that hurts, and it should hurt, and I take responsibility.
When voters send a message like this we must reflect and we must respond.
I think the vast majority of people do understand that we face huge challenges as a country.
We’ve had a series of economic shocks in recent years and there’s a very difficult international situation at present, they know that.
But they still want their lives to improve, they still want to see the change that we promised, they know the status quo is letting them down and they’re frustrated, they don’t feel the changes.