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What will Keir Starmer have to grapple with as parliament returns?
PM faces unease in Labour ranks over winter fuel duty, two-child benefit cap and message of doom and gloom
Keir Starmer faces a full in-tray when parliament returns from recess on Monday with a packed legislative agenda, and more doom and gloom over Labour’s tough economic inheritance as he lays the groundwork for the budget.
But he faces unease in the Labour ranks over some of the decisions the government has made as a result, including on winter fuel duty and the two-child benefit cap, as well as more broadly on the lack of hope being offered to voters.
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