Starmer’s words at the top of today’s Cabinet meeting were, according to the readout:
“As I said yesterday, I take responsibility for these election results and I take responsibility for delivering the change we promised.
The past 48 hours have been destabilising for government and that has a real economic cost for our country and for families.
The Labour Party has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered.
The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a Cabinet.”
He’s trying to stay. This is about to get interesting…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”