Housing Secretary Steve Reed on Sky News this morning, asked if Angela Rayner should return to the Cabinet:
“I think in time. I think she did a great job, I’m a big fan and friend of Angela Rayner. She’s really good at communicating, can cut through to voters, she has a role to play.”
The Times reported last night that Labour MPs are plotting a Brownite-style ‘putsch’ after Thursdays local elections, with demands for Starmer to set a date for his resignation. Rayner’s allies insist she has the 81 MPs needed to launch a challenge. But no one wants to make the first move, yet…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”