A Labour government would hand more powers to the budget watchdog so the "disaster" of Liz Truss's mini-budget "can never be allowed to happen again", Sir Keir Starmer has said.The Labour leader said on Friday that the measure would bring "desperately needed stability" and prevent "huge damage" being done to the economy again.

A Labour government would hand more powers to the budget watchdog so the "disaster" of Liz Truss's mini-budget "can never be allowed to happen again", Sir Keir Starmer has said.The Labour leader said on Friday that the measure would bring "desperately needed stability" and prevent "huge damage" being done to the economy again.