内容摘要：The New York Times, which quotes both US and Ukrainian unnamed officials, puts the number of Russian and North Korean troops being readied for the reported counter-offensive in Kursk at 50,000.

The New York Times, which quotes both US and Ukrainian unnamed officials, puts the number of Russian and North Korean troops being readied for the reported counter-offensive in Kursk at 50,000.

And the response could almost be a line from a Gordon Brown Budget of days gone by – economic stability, more public spending, with schools and hospitals at the top of the list.Starmer’s backers says the discipline on day-to-day spending - even cuts to some departments - makes it different to Labour Budgets of the past, claiming they have taken the Conservatives’ mantle for being the party you can trust with public money.

But no doubt the Budget illuminates the priorities of classic Labour instincts, not the mushy middle.A government source suggests none of it should really be a surprise.“Traditional centre-left arguments were were all there in the election – ending non-doms, VAT on private schools - overall it passes the fairness test and that is the most important thing.”

“Labour in its veins,” says a cabinet minister. And in the next few weeks Labour will publish what’s been described as a “programme for government” that will make it even more clear.The sharper shape makes life both easier and harder for the brand new Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch.

It’s more straightforward perhaps if Labour’s stripes are more red, the Tories can portray themselves a deeper blue.

Kemi Badenoch has been deliberately light on policy, but her principles are clear. She believes in free markets and a smaller state. It’s not going to be hard for her to draw a contrast to the government. “It’s back to the future,” one Tory source tells me.Auctioneer Elizabeth Talbot, a director of TW Gaze, said the movements showed he was "such a master of his craft", despite his young age.

The lot was sold for £190, above the estimated price of between £50 and £70.Mrs Talbot admitted the estimate price was "modest" but explained: "It's not about the money; it's about the light it sheds in terms of East Anglian history."

(1875-1965) and continued by his son Humfrey.Mr Beha was a travelling watchmaker and jeweller who had a shop in St Stephen's Plain, Norwich, at the time of his murder.