Starmer is doing his best to cut across Tory conference. Indian media reports his first official trip to India as PM is set for 7-9 October, where he’ll meet Modi in Mumbai to attend the Global Fintech Fest. The dates land squarely on Kemi’s conference speech on the 8th…
CCHQ staff aren’t thrilled. Complaints are already circulating that the trip will drag the Lobby pack away from Manchester, with some journalists likely to skip the final days of conference in favour of the PM’s foreign visit. No doubt Reform is plotting a stunt of its own…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”