Overview
- A Downing Street readout said the prime minister warned ministers that internal briefings and leaks had shifted focus away from serving the public, calling for unity after rows involving Health Secretary Wes Streeting.
- A YouGov poll reported that only about a third of 2024 Labour voters want Keir Starmer to lead into the next election, with 23% saying he should quit now.
- Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver the 26 November Budget after abandoning a signalled income tax rise, with reports pointing to alternative tax measures to address a fiscal shortfall that unsettled markets last week.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out asylum system changes that drew alarm from some Labour MPs, and Starmer defended the plans as necessary to fix what he called a broken system.
- Official data showed inflation fell to 3.6% in October, offering a modest lift for the government as it prepares its cost-of-living package.