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He shows little sign that he grasps the scale or urgency of the tasks that await him

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And not just a slicker version of Sir Keir Starmer

Britain’s next prime minister outlines plans that look a lot like those of the outgoing one

Britain’s prime-minister-in-waiting has published a manifesto of sorts, writes Hugo Gye, our political correspondent

New prime ministers tend to get a polling bounce. Those don’t always last