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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar

Cabinet minister warns Labour against ‘doomscrolling’ through leaders like the Tories

Communities secretary Steve Reed leaving 10 Downing Street after Cabinet meeting
Steve Reed: ‘I’m not going to engage in it, and most of our MPs would not engage in that either.’ Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Labour should not be “doomscrolling” through leaders like the Conservatives, the communities secretary, Steve Reed, has said, urging MPs not to move against Keir Starmer after the May elections.

MPs who fear Starmer cannot lead the party into the next general election because of his unpopularity are understood to have been discussing whether to lay out a timetable for his departure to present to the prime minister.

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