Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns

Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reformLouise Haigh has urged Keir Starmer to avoid a “simplistic and naive” response by lurching to the right after Reform UK’s success in the local elections, in her first interview since being in effect sacked as transport secretary.The former cabinet minister warned the prime minister to “pick some battles” with the right as it would not be enough to ask progressive-minded voters to back Labour at the next election just to keep Nigel Farage out of power. Continue reading...

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