Overview
- Unnamed sources report Keir Starmer is considering bringing Angela Rayner and Louise Haigh back to senior roles while potentially removing figures such as Rachel Reeves and Wes Streeting.
- Any return for Rayner is said to hinge on the outcome of an HMRC inquiry into unpaid stamp duty on a Brighton property, with some reports suggesting the review could conclude before the 7 May elections.
- Polling analysis from firm Bombe projects Labour could lose about 1,700 council seats on 7 May, with Reform-UK and the Greens forecast to make sizable gains.
- Unite has reduced its financial support to Labour by 40 percent, and general secretary Sharon Graham told Sky News she expects a push to change leader after the May results.
- Internal tensions have sharpened, with the Mail on Sunday reporting that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to quit if Rayner succeeds in softening immigration plans, as Greens tout their Gorton and Denton by-election win.