Labour Shadow Cabinet Preps for Potential New Government With Meetings to Build Civil Service Ties
• Labour shadow cabinet to meet with civil servants before Easter to prepare for potential new government
• Keir Starmer recently held "access talks" with cabinet secretary Simon Case to begin information exchange
• Meetings intend to build relationships between civil servants and Labour, usually only done after elections
• Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says Tories now "party of unfunded tax cuts" over national insurance cut plans
• Polling shows Labour with commanding lead on economic competence and which party people trust on economy