Fuel, Freebies and Fallouts...Starmer's Early Months

Less than three months into his Premiership, Keir Starmer is having to face up to the realities of life inside the pressure cooker of Number 10. How well is he doing? There’s a been a mini rebellion by backbench MPs over the decision to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners; meanwhile the PM is seen to be living the high life at the expense of wealthy donors; and now there's mutiny amongst his senior team, who've leaked that special advisor Sue Gray is paid more than Starmer himself. 

Adrian Goldberg talks to Byline Times political editor Adam Bienkov and Steve McCabe, a Labour MP for 27 years, before he stepped down at the last election.

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