AFPEmbattled UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will urge Labour members to keep faith in his plan for Britain when he addresses the party's annual conference in northwestern England on Tuesday. - Leadership challenge? Speculation is growing that a bad result in local elections next May, including in Scotland and Wales, could trigger a leadership challenge. Jacob Hamer, an 18-year-old Labour member who attended the conference, backed Starmer to revive his party's fortunes. "I fear that come the day after the (May) elections, there will be a leadership challenge, or he'll resign, but either way, I can see something happening."