Starmer aims to break cabinet away day curse

Starmer pins hopes on summer ‘refresh’

Sir Keir reportedly considering a Cabinet reshuffle as he aims to move on from difficult first year

‘Ministers are f**king sh*t’: Inside divided Labour as MPs prepare to rebel again

No expense is spared when the Government wants to woo its own MPs, it seems. Labour members sensed something special was afoot as soon as they clocked the Mini Cheddars laid out in Parliament’s old ‘smoking room’. And sure enough, it wasn’t long before Sir Keir Starmer arrived and began to mingle with his backbenchers over the savoury biscuits and cheese on cocktail sticks. The MPs – many of whom had inexplicably never previously held a conversa…

Starmer aims to break cabinet away day curse

Based on the experience of previous cabinet away days, from Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the omens were not good. Away days may seem like a good idea at the time, but most end badly.

Keir Starmer plans reshuffle to reassert his authority over Labour

The prime minister will reorganise his cabinet in September as he hopes to enter a ‘delivery phase of government’ and re-establish faith among voters