Angela Rayner could oust Sir Keir Starmer from the Labour leadership, he has reportedly been warned, as she last night urged the party to ‘stop talking down’ to voters. Amid the fiery fallout of last week’s humiliating election results, allies of Ms Rayner are said to have tactfully raised the prospect of a leadership challenge, … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer’s row with Angela Rayner exploded after the Labour leader’s ‘snobby’ and ‘sexist’ top team complained about her wearing leopard-print trousers, stomper boots and a hoodie on a visit to Hartlepool before the by-election, it was claimed today. His leadership has been plunged into crisis as he faced a furious backlash over his sacking … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer’s row with Angela Rayner exploded after the Labour leader’s ‘snobby’ and ‘sexist’ top team complained about her wearing leopard-print trousers, stomper boots and a hoodie on a visit to Hartlepool before the by-election, it was claimed today. His leadership has been plunged into crisis as he faced a furious backlash over his sacking … Read more
Keir Starmer’s attempted relaunch after Labour’s election disaster fell flat today after he blinked first in a standoff with Angela Rayner. The leader has suffered another major blow to his authority amid claims he wanted to shift his deputy into the health brief after stripping her of responsibility for campaigns – but she refused. In … Read more
Diane Abbott urged beleaguered Labour leader Keir Starmer to campaign to bring back freedom of movement between the UK and the EU today – after a weekend of humiliation at the hands of voters in the party’s Brexit-backing former heartlands. The hard Left former shadow home secretary urged Sir Keir to return to promoting 10 … Read more
Diane Abbott urged beleaguered Labour leader Keir Starmer to campaign to bring back freedom of movement between the UK and the EU today – after a weekend of humiliation at the hands of voters in the party’s Brexit-backing former heartlands. The hard Left former shadow home secretary urged Sir Keir to return to promoting 10 … Read more
Keir Starmer’s attempted relaunch after Labour’s election disaster fell flat today after he blinked first in a standoff with Angela Rayner. The leader has suffered another major blow to his authority amid claims he wanted to shift his deputy into the health brief after stripping her of responsibility for campaigns – but she refused. In … Read more
The key moves in Keir Starmer’s make-or-break shadow cabinet reshuffle… Nick Brown – SACKED as party’s chief whip Anneliese Dodds – SACKED as shadow chancellor; but HIRED as party chair Angela Rayner – SACKED as party chair and party campaign coordinator; but HIRED as the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Rachel Reeves – HIRED … Read more
An embattled Sir Keir Starmer tonight rearranged his deckchairs as he chopped and changed his shadow cabinet in a make-or-break reshuffle. In a bold, but not unexpected move, the stumbling Labour leader demoted party favourite Anneliese Dodds from the key role of shadow chancellor. He replaced her with Oxford educated former Bank of England worker … Read more
As Labour descends into civil war, some of the sharpest post-election criticism of Sir Keir Starmer has come from the Blairite wing of the party. Lord Adonis, who was Blair’s policy chief, has called for Starmer to go. But is Momentum, the hard-Left organisation set up to bolster Jeremy Corbyn’s ill-fated leadership, limbering up to … Read more