Some damning research from Ipsos’ tracker, which shows that optimism in the economy is at its lowest level since records began:
“Net economic optimism in Britain has fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded since Ipsos began collecting this data in 1978. 78% of Brits expect the economy to get worse over the next 12 months, 12% think it will stay the same, and just 6% think it will improve – giving a net Ipsos economic optimism index score of -72.”

Are the securonomics in the room with us right now?
Douglas Alexander – a friend of Starmer’s – was asked on Sky News if the PM will be in post at the next election. He wasn’t so sure himself:
“I think he will. There are no certainties but of course I think he will lead and I think he should because, frankly, on the biggest call in this parliament he’s exercised the right judgment, which is to keep us out of someone else’s war.”