Keir Starmer's business adviser is reportedly being considering to become the UK's ambassador in the US.

The Prime Minister cannot satisfy all three key audiences: the markets, the party, and the public, says Helen Thomas

Every Prime Minister faces a moment when economic reality collides with political promise. For Keir Starmer, Budget day could be that moment of reckoning. He promised calm after chaos: that the grown-ups were back in charge, that the markets would relax and that Labour would govern with competence and credibility. Instead, he is confronting a fiscal black hole that can’t be filled without breaking manifesto pledges or splitting his party. What was meant to be a stabilising statement of fiscal intent may instead become the detonator for a leadership crisis inside Labour.

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