Latest – the prime minister has the public support of the cabinet, as well as Angela Rayner.
So he may survive this one.
Means v little, Mike. The large Labour majority means Starmer and his cabinet are at the mercy of its backbenchers and the big trade unions.
Labour backbenchers have ‘forced’ PM/Cabinet hands over Inheritance tax threshold for farmers, Winter Fuel payments, Welfare reforms.
And it takes just c80 Labour MPs to support a ‘stalking horse’ candidate to force a leadership election. If or once that happens the trade unions ‘join’ the vote.