At the heart of Sir Keir Starmer’s gloomy speech was a frank warning — tough times lie ahead

IT WAS scorching in the Downing Street garden yesterday as the PM breezed up to the podium just after 10am.

“Sunshine, no rain, no wind”, he smiled. But that was where the good news stopped. The economic outlook he had come to deliver was far from sunny.

‘Sunshine, no rain, no wind’, he smiled – but that was where the good news stopped as Sir Keir Starmer warned of ‘tough times’ to comeGetty EPAThe PM hinted at sweeping tax raids as he warned Brits will have to suffer ‘short-term...