"Keir can't afford to lose her", external, a Labour MP tells the paper, who adds: "If she goes, he goes." Ahead of the address, Sir Keir writes in the Guardian that what he calls his "big, bold long-term plan", external will "renew Britain". The paper describes his speech as an attempt to bolster his position and draw a line under the row. But Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch writes in the Daily Express that if Reeves "had any decency, she would be gone by now", external. A spokesman for the Reform UK leader says he has voted more times in the Commons than Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch put together.

Source: The Times December 01, 2025 04:52 UTC