Labour’s factional drift

Briefing wars have exposed a culture that treats policy delivery as irrelevant

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Back in September 2025, Keir Starmer insisted his cabinet reshuffle was about “delivery”. He used the word repeatedly. He moved half his cabinet, scattered ministerial teams and disrupted departments mid-programme, all in the name of a “phase two” focused on getting things done. Eight months on, as briefing wars over a potential…