Buoyed by polls which show the public approves of his handling of the Ukraine crisis, Sir Keir has finally begun to look – and sound – like a prime minister. His defiant response to a Labour revolt over proposed welfare cuts is the latest sign of a marked change of tone to the cautious approach Starmer has adopted since winning power last year, David Maddox explains
How Starmer finally found his voice as prime minister – by doing what even Tony Blair feared to do
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