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Sir Keir Starmer is becoming a lucky general. Whenever the Conservative gloom briefly lifts and Rishi Sunak readies himself to bask in a rare ray of good news it is almost instantly eclipsed by yet more problems.
After asking borrowers to hold their nerve, the prime minister now seems to be preparing to further squeeze public sector workers
New measures against Russian banks and a ban on new investment expected … two-child policy is failure, says study … and how Britain got spooked
Exclusive: research shows benefits cut has barely changed fertility rates and pushed thousands of British families deeper into poverty