At the same time as yet another Starmer reset tomorrow Rayner will launch her new Office for the Deputy Prime Minister. The PM has summoned the Cabinet for another away day…
They usually take place at Lancaster House, about half a mile away from Downing Street. The upcoming October Omnishambles budget is on the table this time round…
Also in the diary: Rayner will publicly launch her revived ODPM office – a power expansion Guido revealed at the beginning of the month. There is no new budget for the office and staff are coming from the housing department. Some of Rayner’s MHCLG staff have are in the process of having their emails swapped to the @odpm.gov.uk handle. A flashy logo is with No10 for final approval. Cabinet ministers can admire it at the reset meetings…
The DPM has come out of backbench rebellions and Downing Street turmoil unscathed and increasingly popular. She’s got the summer to bed in over at her new Cabinet Office HQ…
UPDATE: The away day is at Chequers.
UPDATE II: It was postponed. Coming up…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”