'PM and Chancellor must shout from rooftops they will build better Britain from Tory mess'

Keir Starmer cuts through the Budget noise with his appeal to be judged in five years’ time on whether his government puts more money in your pocket, revives the NHS and makes Britain work again. That’s because many of the theatrical cries of anguish from Conservatives who ran away from problems and the wealthier elite are self-interested special pleading. These vested ­interests have squeezed the incomes of working people and don’t care about the health service.

The PM and Chancellor Rachel Reeves must shout from the rooftops that they will build a better, fairer Britain out of the mess left by the Tories – and that includes removing indefensible tax perks feather-bedding the wealthier. The prize is a gain for working people – out of the pain of targeted tax rises to fix broken services – and a reshaping of the economy to work for the majority. Starmer and Reeves are on the right track.



Blast truth call It would be unforgivable if MI5 wriggled out of justice over fatal security failings prior to a suicide bomber killing 22 music fans and maiming dozens of others at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. The claim that it is too late to take them to court over the 2017 terrorism bombing smacks of hiding behind a process. The families are entitled to ask the courts to decide whether MI5 was negligent over its handling of bomber Salman Abedi.

Blocking all those affected – whether they’re mourning relatives or injured victims – by arguing the supremacy of legal procedure doesn’t feel like justice. Amy a trouper Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden is the fleet-footed embodiment of the old showbiz adage that the show must go on. Fans of the TV contest who thought they couldn’t love her any more discovered they were wrong and do.

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