TWO weeks ago Keir Starmer reorganised his top team because his “honeymoon” ended before it had even begun. But what do the new members of his team tell us about where the government wants to go? 

The newly appointed head of communications James Lyons suggests Labour might retreat further into the corporate-sponsored world of Westminster lobbying.

Starmer’s government expected to get a honeymoon period, a wave of popularity because they finally ended Tory rule. But Starmer’s mix of Labour right politics, minimal reform and obvious enthusiasm for corporate freebies mean there was no honeymoon, with polls showing a crash in public approval.