Morning Call: Keir Starmer’s European opportunity

Why government insiders are urging the Prime Minister to embrace a customs union with the EU

Good morning. The resignation of OBR chair Richard Hughes has intensified rather than ended the rows over the Budget: Reform and the Conservatives have declared that Rachel Reeves should follow him (for reasons often discussed in Morning Call, my view is that Reeves and Keir Starmer remain bound together).

Yesterday also brought two speeches from Starmer…