It quotes an unnamed Labour backbencher saying the prime minister should consider sacking her if the situation doesn't improve in the next few months. There's a suggestion in the Daily Mail that Starmer has been left "struggling to contain turmoil in the Treasury", external. It says pressure is mounting both on the chancellor and Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq, whose family in Bangladesh is facing corruption allegations. It recalls its own comparison between the length of Liz Truss's tenure as prime minister, and the shelf life of a salad ingredient. The paper points out that if the prime minister did replace her, he would need to decide what the alternative economic strategy would be.

Source: The Times January 14, 2025 10:25 UTC