Starmer was asked if there would be no more U-turns on Radio 2 at 12:39:16:
“Absolutely. I know exactly why I was elected in with a five-year mandate to change this country for the better, and that’s what I intend to do.”
News broke of one of the biggest U-turns yet – reversing the cancellation of local elections – at 2:20 p.m.
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Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”