Ed Miliband is said to have defied a bid by Sir Keir Starmer to remove him from the energy department and give him Angela Rayner’s former department.
The controversial energy secretary, who has become a lightning rod for right-wing attacks on the Labour government because of his commitment to tackling climate change, was offered the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), ITV political editor Robert Peston has claimed on The Rest Is Money podcast.
