Jacketless, the sleeves of his crisp white shirt rolled up and ready for action, Sir Keir Starmer made his personal pitch to the country yesterday from a lectern in West Sussex.
DANIEL JOHNSON: If, on July 5, Britain wakes up to Labour s brave new world, one thing we can be sure of is that the party will immediately impose 20 per cent VAT on school fees.
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Stock prices in London opened a mixed bag on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 trending lower, but smaller indices on the up.
The FTSE 100 index opened down 9.41 points, or 0.1%, at 8,307.61. The FTSE 250.