Overview

• Starmer attributed the removal of UK industries from controversial Trump tariffs to his personal rapport with the US President
• A meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron helped advance an EU agreement expected to lower supermarket food prices in Britain
• A rebellion by 49 Labour MPs forced Starmer to drop planned cuts to Personal Independence Payments pending a formal review
• Cabinet ministers urged the prime minister to improve engagement with backbenchers after the welfare fiasco and strengthen internal party links
• Labour peer Lord Glasman warned that Starmer has six months to demonstrate effective leadership or risk being judged unfit to continue