Labour should welcome my 11th-hour intervention of adding child poverty reduction targets to its children’s wellbeing and schools bill (Report, 12 May).
The storm over Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech lays bare the flaw in chasing Reform UK on its territory. For each Reform-tempted voter he’s reclaimed, he’s lost twice as many core supporters who are deeply disturbed by echoes of Enoch Powell. The fragile voter coalition that gave him power is being smashed into smaller and sharper shards.
