Analysis: Reeves and Starmer look in power but not in control The Independent’s whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports: An under-pressure chancellor who does not have to raise income tax after all should be a moment of celebration for a government. And yet Labour look mired in chaos once again. ReportsContinue Reading
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Can Starmer’s chief aide Morgan McSweeney survive PM’s latest fiasco? Bryony Gooch13 November 2025 10:07 Editorial: It is time for Labour to get a grip and stop this juvenile leadership farce Not a single job would be created, asylum hotel closed or pound knocked off the national debt by oustingContinue Reading
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