Labour MPs successfully pushed Starmer to U-turn on a significant plank of his welfare reforms that were required to save the Treasury around £5bn a year, deeply undermining his authority in the process.
One Cabinet minister said “everybody knows” the PM needs to work to bring backbenchers on-side, adding: “Acknowledging there is a problem is the start of fixing it.”
“There were clearly lessons for the Government in what happened,” Reed said. “I don’t think there was enough engagement with backbench MPs to make sure that they were coming with the proposals that were put forward. So there’s things for us to learn there.
He added that the changes the Government are making nationally need to be translated so that MPs can show how they make a difference locally. “I think we should be doing more of that, if I am honest.”
“He needs to be more touchy-feely… he needs to show his face more,” the MP said.
“She reaches parts of the party that Keir can’t,” one MP said.
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Speaking to Times Radio, Reynolds admitted that it was not a “great week in terms of the management” of the welfare debate.
“Welfare is a very hard issue. There’s no doubt about it,” he said.
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