Certainly an interesting time for Sunak. Underpinning it all is that taxes are at all
an all-time record of 37% of income and are likely to stay high. Hunt has been making job cut pledges hemust know are unrealistic in order to get an easy ride at Conference. The UK civil service had to expand significantly as a result of Brexit, one reason why many civil servants told me they were voting for it!
It will be interesting to see how Starmer reacts to policy u-turns like HS2. Will he create some space between the two parties by reversing the decision or will he follow Sunak's lead. It will be trickier for him with key lord mayors like Andy Burnham, tipped as a future Labour leader, looking over his shoulder.