Sir Keir Starmer will chair his first cabinet meeting of the parliamentary term today, after a major shake-up to his Downing Street team ahead of a defining period for the government.

After a summer of unrest over asylum hotels , speculation about tax rises in the autumn budget , and record low polling numbers , the prime minister will head up talks with Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Deputy PM Angela Rayner and other senior ministers.

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It follows a shake-up of Sir Keir's Downing Street team , headlined by Labour MP Darren Jones moved from the Treasury to Number 10 to oversee the day-to-day delivery of the prime minister's priorities.

He spent the last year as the chief secretary to the Treasury - essentially Ms Reeves's deputy. That

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