Andy Burnham has pledged to end the culture of negative briefing against female ministers, promising to dismiss any staff found undermining women in his team. He also criticized descriptions of him as the "first female Labour PM" and addressed concerns about structural misogyny within the party.
Yvette Cooper and Jonathan Reynolds have urged Labour colleagues to stop damaging anonymous briefings, calling for respect for voters and each other as the party faces a potential leadership contest after poor election results.
Several tendencies visible amid growing opposition to the prime minister from within parliamentary Labour partyUK politics live – latest updatesFor months, MPs expected the results of the May local elections across the UK to be a tipping point in Keir Starmer’s premiership. But in the aftermath of the results, and as the number of Labour MPs publicly calling for Starmer to leave has gone past 80, it has become clear that his opponents are serving a variety of agendas. Here are some of the key tendencies visible in the growing opposition to Starmer. Continue reading...
Steve Reed has dismissed 15 Labour MPs who voted with Kemi Badenoch's motion calling for Keir Starmer to be referred to the privileges committee as 'usual suspects'. The housing secretary told Times Radio and Sky News he was not bothered by the rebels, emphasizing that 99% of Labour MPs are united. The vote was won comfortably by the government, with 53 Labour MPs not participating in the division. This is the last PMQs of the 2024-26 parliamentary session before parliament prorogues at 1.15pm.
