The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to resist a Labour leadership challenge, and he pledged to nationalize British Steel, pursue a new EU deal, and guarantee job or training offers for young people as priorities to relaunch his Labour government following electoral losses, the BBC reported on May 11. Labour lawmaker Catherine West, who on May 9 threatened to launch a leadership bid against Starmer, subsequently softened her position, calling instead for an "orderly transition" and a leadership election in September.