‘It’s not an excuse but I was distracted’: Keir Starmer on the benefits U-turn and his toughest week yet
- Posted on June 28, 2025
- By The Times
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‘It’s not an excuse but I was distracted’: Keir Starmer on the benefits U-turn and his toughest week yet

A year into the job and foundering in the polls, can the prime minister convince an impatient electorate to stick with his steady approach to fixing Britain? Josh Glancy meets him in No 10, Ipswich and a railway carriage in Ukraine