What would be in Keir Starmer's in-tray?

With no money in the Treasury, Labour's honeymoon will be short

Keir Starmer is interviewed by a group of reporters
Starmer will face big challenges at home and abroad
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If the polls are "even close to being right", Keir Starmer will become PM on Friday, said Glen Owen in The Mail on Sunday – a "seismic moment" for which Whitehall has been preparing for more than a year. 

His first task that morning will be to visit the King to request his permission to form a government. He'll then address the nation from outside No. 10, before being "clapped through the door by staff". 

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