Sir Keir Starmer suffered a fresh blow today as one of his shadow ministers quit and issued a vow to stand ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with workers demanding inflation-linked pay rises.
Mike Amesbury resigned as Labour’s shadow local government minister as he expressed a wish to give ‘an even louder voice’ to his consituents struggling through the cost-of-living crisis.
His resignation follows a bitter row within Labour about the party’s position on nationwide rail strikes.
Sir Keir has faced fury…