Starmer takes blame
SIR Keir Starmer has told his shadow cabinet that he takes full responsibility for Labour’s crushing defeat in the Hartlepool by-election.
The Labour leader met his reshuffled top team at Westminster yesterday for the first time following the party’s damaging losses in last week’s elections.
It followed intense criticism over the weekend after he stripped deputy leader Angela Rayner of her roles of party chairwoman and campaign co-ordinator.