Starmer has backed Morgan McSweeney. At the Lobby briefing of political journalists, his spokesman was asked if the PM still had full confidence in his chief of staff:
“Of course. The Prime Minister has confidence in his top team, and they’re getting on with the important work of this government.”
Confidence not shared by everyone in Downing Street…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”