outside his downing street office flanked by the heads of britains biggest trade union group and a leading employers groupbut that consensus disappeared as britain emerged from the crisis saddled with an extra 400 billion pounds of debt and then fell into a costofliving crisis that led to even more demands on the public pursepolls earlier this year showed his stock had fallen with the public who were worried about the cost of living crisis and angered that he had raised payroll taxes while his wife had avoided british levieslabour leader keir starmer is expected to seize on the appointment of a new wealthy prime minister by conservative lawmakers rather than by the country as a reason why britain should face a national election before it is due in two yearsmy focus is on the millions of people who are struggling to pay their bills now have additional anxieties about their mortgage i know what it feels like starmer said on sundaythey could have a stable labour government