PM Keir Starmer has rejigged his top staff in No.10.

Keir Starmer has been accused of being “staggeringly unprepared for government” after he decided to shake-up his top team inside No.10.

The prime minister has re-organised the body of advisers closest to him after a particularly turbulent year which has seen both Starmer’s approval ratings and Labour’s poll numbers tank.

The government has faced intense backlash over the last year over everything from its poor handling of the small boats crisis to its failed attempts to grow the economy.

It also caused particular outrage – even among its own backbenchers – over its plans to cut welfare benefits in a bid to balance the books.

Today, the PM announced he has promoted Darren Jones, formerly Rachel Reeves’ number two in the Treasury, to take on the newly-created role as chief secretary to the prime minister.

Crossbench peer Baroness Shafik, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, has been appointed Starmer’s chief economic advisor.

Treasury official Dan York Smith is also moving to become the PM’s principal private........

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