If Jonathan Reynolds was expecting a honeymoon period as the new business secretary, a glance at the mounting list of issues that require his attention will quash that idea. From a potential renationalisation to angry steelworkers and posties, Reynolds has an overflowing in-tray.
So acute are some of the problems that Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Sue Gray, prepared an internal dossier, described as “Sue’s shit list” by some, which included the potential collapse of Thames Water among other issues including failing councils and prison overcrowding. Here, we examine some of Reynolds’s most pressing priorities.
