AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoLabour Leadership Crisis: Keir Starmer says no leadership challenge process has been triggered and he won’t resign, but pressure is escalating fast: more than 70 Labour MPs are calling for him to go, and a former minister (Catherine West) is urging an orderly transition with a resignation timetable by September after saying Starmer’s latest speech was “too little too late.” Markets & Cost of Living: The political turmoil is hitting borrowing costs hard—30-year gilt yields have jumped to the highest since 1998—and the pound and stocks are wobbling. Middle East Security: Defence ministers from 40+ countries are set to meet in the UK and France on Tuesday to plan how to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran warned against naval deployments. Health & Safety: A cyber attack disruption-hit education platform Canvas has issued an apology, while a cleft palate patient’s family says cadaver bone was used without consent. Business & Tech: Vodafone says its UK merger is ahead of plan as it pushes multi-brand strategy; and UK music industry leaders demand action against ticket touts.
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