If Sir Keir wants to get the economy on track he needs to do one thing – stand up to the unions’ ridiculous demands

LESS than two weeks after caving in to rail union demands for an inflation-busting pay rise, Sir Keir Starmer is set to make a speech today outlining a grim forecast for the economy, at least in the short term.

He is right: Things will continue to get economically worse for Britain until the Government finally summons the strength to resist the outrageous demands of the unions, rather than capitulating to them at every turn.