Exclusive: Keir Starmer Launches Fresh No.10 Shake-Up Amid Polling Slump

Keir Starmer returns to Downing Street under pressure to improve Labour's performance.Keir Starmer is carrying out a fresh shake-up of his Downing Street operation as he tries to turn around the government’s miserable poll ratings, HuffPost UK has learned.The prime minister “has decided to take more direct oversight of delivery” of the government’s agenda, according to No.10 sources.The BBC reported this morning that Nin Pandit, the PM’s principal private secretary, is moving to a different role just 10 months after she was appointed.HuffPost UK can reveal that she will lead a new delivery team inside No.10 as Starmer tries to reboot his government.Government adviser WhatsApp groups are also ablaze with rumours that further Downing Street personnel changes could also take place in the coming days alongside a ministerial reshuffle.Although most of the frontbench changes will involve junior ministers, conversations are taking place at the highest levels in No.10 about whether some cabinet members will also be moved.It is less than a year since Starmer last carried out a major re-organisation of his officials following the sacking of his former chief of staff, Sue Gray.She was given a new role as Starmer’s envoy for nations and regions, although she never took up the post and is now a Labour peer in the House of Lords.Gray was replaced as chief of staff by the PM’s long-time adviser Morgan McSweeney.A senior No.10 insider said: “The PM has decided to take more direct oversight of delivery and bring that into No.10.“Nin Pandit will be heading up that work and leading a new delivery team in No.10 from next month.“The idea that the prime minister is unhappy with the job she’s done, as has been suggested, is total horseshit.”A YouGov poll yesterday put support for Labour at just 20%, the party’s lowest rating since July 2019.Starmer’s personal approval ratings now stand at an all-time low of minus 41.The government is under huge pressure to address public anger at the number of asylum seekers entering the UK on small boats across the English Channel.Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves is set to increase taxes once again in the Budget later this year.HuffPost UK revealed earlier this month that Starmer is planning an autumn fightback against Nigel Farage’s claims that “Britain is broken”.A No.10 source said: “We do believe that the state and the economy need rewiring, but that’s a hopeful and optimistic take on the situation. We want to modernise for the future and make sure we’re an agile state. But Britain is not broken.”Related...Keir Starmer Dismisses Nigel Farage's Mass Deportation Plan With A Simple 2-Word SlapdownExclusive: Keir Starmer To Launch Autumn Fightback Against Farage's Claim 'Britain Is Broken'A Former Labour Leader Says Keir Starmer Must Do This 1 Thing To Tackle Child Poverty

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