Starmer sets up new cabinet committee for impacts of war

Henry ZeffmanChief political correspondent Keir Starmer spoke with military personnel and Middle Eastern leaders on a three-day trip to the Gulf earlier in April Keir Starmer has set up a new cabinet committee to deal with the fall-out from the war in the Middle East, in a sign that the government expects the conflict to have a lasting impact on the British economy. The prime minister is chairing the first meeting of the Middle East Response Committee today. Its formation is seen within governme