Should Sir Keir Starmer emerge as prime minister on Friday morning, he can consider it a job remarkably well done. In the nearly five years since securing the Labour leadership, Sir Keir has transformed the party from a parliamentary rump under investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission over its handling of antisemitism to the party of government. And yet, his job will not even be half done.
Today’s Standard sets out six of the big challenges that Sir Keir will face if he enters No 10. Most pressing is the fiscal situation. Current spending plans see billions of pounds of cuts baked in — where will these fall, or which taxes beyond the few already laid out will rise to prevent them?
