Iain Martin, Reaction editor, and Maggie Pagano, executive editor, discuss the Batley and Spen by-election. It’s a Labour seat the Tories are confident of taking. If Labour loses, what does that mean for the troubled leadership of Sir Keir Starmer? Who will replace him if he is forced out? Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper are frontrunners in the latest YouGov polling of Labour party members.
Working people farce shows Labour better sticking to we’re all in it together
Reeves should use the Budget to level with the public and articulate that everyone counts in the common endeavour to pull the nation out of its current despond.