Labour austerity will cost us dearly at the ballot box

Labour's welfare reforms mirror Tory austerity, and that is a problem

"Labour was elected on a promise of change. But these proposals suggest that, for many of the most vulnerable, little has changed at all."

Labour austerity will cost us dearly at the ballot box

Nobody would have guessed when he was running for the leadership of the Labour Party that, within months of actually becoming Prime Minister, Keir Starmer would be calling for £5bn cuts in the welfare budget, in particular payments to the disabled.

Reeves Least Popular Cabinet Minister as Nearly Half of Labour Members Say Party Off Track

A Survation poll for LabourList makes grim reading for Starmer as he limps into the weekend. Of over 2,000 Labour members surveyed, nearly half (48.9%) think the party is going in the wrong direction, while one in ten believes Reform will lead the next government.[…] Read the rest

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves dealt huge new poll blow

Half of Labour members surveyed say party is going in the wrong direction and seven out of 10 see Reform UK as biggest electoral threat

Labour poll shows most and least popular cabinet member as Keir Starmer faces fury - The Mirror

A poll of over 2,000 Labour members found Keir Starmer is the 17th most popular in his top team - and it's not good news for Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall

Starmer calls anti-poverty measures reforms.