Starts to look enquiringly at Keir Starmer's dodgy briefings (5)
I believe the answer is:
leaks
'dodgy briefings' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'starts to look enquiringly at keir starmer's' is the wordplay.
'starts to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'look enquiringly at keir starmer' is 'LEAKS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for leaks that I've seen before include "Cracks oozing liquids or unauthorised disclosures" , "Unauthorised disclosures of information" .)