What did Starmer promise to buy loyalty?

Like MPs, Sam and Anne are staggering through until recess. It’s only Wednesday but they have the latest on Labour psychodramas.

Today – who was it calling Anas Sarwar before his presser on Monday? The new suggestion is that it was Angela Rayner.

But lots of eyes are still on Wes Streeting, who continues to deny that he isn’t backing Keir Starmer.

Elsewhere, Labour suspend Keir Starmer’s former chief of communications – Matthew Doyle – over alleged links to a convicted sex offender.

Plus, is the civil service about to get its first female leader?