Starmer Girds for Six-Month Fight to Save His Premiership

Keir Starmer has six months to prove his mettle to his party amid swirling doubts within the governing Labour Party that he can reverse plunging public confidence in his UK administration.

The prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves survived a budget statement this week that did just about enough to avoid a reckoning with the markets and Labour Members of Parliament. But with voters turning their backs on Labour, at some point his party will decide whether to stick with him, or twist.