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Keir Starmer received’t be compelled into reshuffling his prime crew to revive his authorities’s fortunes earlier than the summer season. Rumours have been swirling that the Prime Minister was planning a shake-up subsequent month following a dismal first ten-months in Downing Street.

Speculation intensified following Labour’s humiliating Runcorn and Helsby by-election defeat this month. But the cull may now be pushed again till the Autumn, in accordance with a senior Labour strategist.

Commons Lucy Powell had been extensively anticipated to lose her job in any reshuffle following her controversial feedback on the grooming gangs scandal.

It has been reported that Sir Keir might be planning to abolish the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, a serious transfer that would depart Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and not using a job.

The division, which additionally oversees tourism and civil society, could be absorbed into others.

There have additionally been rumours that Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson may lose her job in a reshuffle.

But Rachel Reeves received’t be shedding her job with the PM and Chancellor understood to have a “very strong bond.”

Earlier this yr a Whitehall supply instructed the Daily Express that “an active process” was happening to contemplate all of the choices over a possible reshuffle.

Ms Reeves has come below intense stress since her Halloween Budget horror present together with her insurance policies deeply unpopular and politically damaging.

Her resolution to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment for pensioners has been met with a livid backlash as has her transfer to clobber farmers and household companies with a 20% inheritance tax raid.

The Chancellor’s nationwide insurance coverage hike to employers has additionally sparked fears of a surge in unemployment this yr with some economists warning in January the economic system needs to be on “recession watch”.