Keir Starmer did not have much to say when he spoke to Jaguar Land Rover workers in Solihull. Speaking with Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, by his side, he said: "We have chosen to come here because we are going to back you to the hilt." He repeated that "this is a moment for cool heads", that "nobody wins from a trade war", and that we are in a "completely new world". He was rather unspecific on how a government that is not afraid to intervene (in the words of his article in The Sunday Telegraph) would actually back car workers to the hilt – except by bringing forward a planned announcement of slightly relaxing the timetable for phasing out petrol and diesel cars and vans. Still, a lot of politics is about symbolism and perception, and he and Reeves certainly looked and sounded as if they cared. Sometimes, if the leader of the most powerful economy tanks the world economy, that is the best they can do. |
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- The return of Jacob Rees-Mogg? The suspension of Dan Norris, Labour MP for North East Somerset, after his arrest on Saturday on suspicion of rape and child sex offences opens the possibility of a by-election in the seat formerly partly represented by the Moggster
- Andrew Grice asks if today was the day the global recession started
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- I wrote at the weekend that Donald Trump is like Liz Truss – he too will be forced to change course by the brute facts of economics
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Fiscal rules: What are they and will the chancellor change them again? |
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Archie Mitchell looks at the rules Rachel Reeves has set for herself, and asks whether they might change not that 'the world has changed'... Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
After chairing the cabinet's weekly session, Keir Starmer will be grilled by the Commons liaison committee of senior MPs for 90 minutes at 2.30pm. Their three themes – economic growth; international affairs and defence; and welfare reforms and health – are a reminder of how many tricky issues the prime minister is juggling.
Sarah Jones, the industry minister, will chair a meeting with steel industry bosses.
The Commons will sit at 11.30am for Treasury questions. The education select committee will quiz universities about the financial pressures facing them at 10am. At the same time, the housing committee will probe the funding problems in local government, with the witnesses including Gareth Davies, head of the National Audit Office.
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, will be quizzed about his decision to abolish NHS England by the health committee at 11.30am.
The Commons will rise for its Easter recess, returning on 22 April. |
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