Pressure is intensifying on Keir Starmer after Andy Burnham was given a route back to parliament
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Housing secretary Steve Reed, a close ally of Keir Starmer, has been on the media round this morning urging Labour colleagues to put the “country first, party second”, even as he admits the prime minister is “unpopular”.
When asked by Sky News whether replacing an unpopular prime minister is something the party should consider, he said: “Each of the last four prime ministers, in turn, has been the most unpopular prime minister we’ve ever had.”
He added: “What we need to do is all of us come together behind the prime minister and focus on how we can deliver the change the British public want to see faster.”
