The absence of an alternative potential leader emerging after weeks of turmoil for the Government means Sir Keir Starmer should be supported for now, a leading Labour figure in the north of England has said.
Sir Stephen Houghton, who leads a group representing metropolitan authorities in the North and Midlands, said the Government has 12 months to save itself as the Prime Minister faces the same “danger” as Rishi Sunak did in office.
