Starmer loyalist admits PM is unpopular but warns against ‘copying Tories’
Housing secretary Steve Reed says no one has numbers for challenge and Labour should row in behind prime minister
TL;DR
- Housing secretary Steve Reed acknowledged the prime minister's unpopularity but argued against repeating the Conservatives' pattern of changing leaders.
- Reed stated that no one has the numbers to challenge the current leader and urged the party to unite behind them.
- He warned that leadership contests would not help the party and drew a parallel to the Conservatives' instability, which resulted in five prime ministers in eight years.
- Reed pointed to UK GDP growth being the fastest in the G7 and falling NHS waiting lists as evidence of government achievements.
- Despite calls for the prime minister's resignation following poor local election results, there is no clear consensus on a replacement.