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#ForSale - Multi-tenanted Industrial Investment in Dronfield with Asset Management potential 📍 Stoke House, Stubley Lane, Dronfield, S18 1PG Comprising of ten industrial units, fully let £47,796 pa More details to follow w/c 5th January 2026 #Freehold #industrialInvestment

NEW: Bloomberg Saturday read — The most imminent threat faced by Keir Starmer in 2026 comes from a Labour right that’s in a rush. — Wes Streeting could miss his window of opportunity if he does not make a move before the local elections, some Labour MPs and aides say. — Streeting currently has first mover advantage but he’ll lose it if he delays a challenge until after May, they argue. By then, Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner could be ready to go themselves. — Burnham obviously needs to find a seat which will take time. Rayner may need more space post-tax scandal. But both could do better than Streeting with Labour members. That all points to Streeting going sooner rather than later, according to the MPs and aides. — Another factor is that some on the Labour right fear Starmer will pivot to the left to save himself around the locals. They think he could invite Rayner, Lucy Powell and Louise Haigh back into cabinet, announce new progressive policies and do a big Brexit shift to try to dissuade the left from ousting him. Streeting may see an advantage in precipitating a contest before that can happen, some in the party think. — The anonymous Starmer ally criticisms of Streeting in November were widely seen as disastrous, revealing the PM’s weakness and elevating his rival to the top of the pack. But they may also have deterred Streeting from challenging Starmer before the end of 2025 and narrowed his window to the first few months of 2026. — It isn’t just the Labour right in a rush, Starmer is too. Expect a series of policy announcements to help people with the cost-of-living in the coming weeks as he seeks to regain the domestic narrative, even as he contends with negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and a trip to China also taking place in January. There’s also talk of a European leaders trip to the US mid-month. — Next week, Starmer will make several broadcast appearances described by aides as punter-friendly. He will spend the new year period trying to properly sell what he is doing to help on the cost-of-living and make clear he is not going to stop on that front, one said. — Bloomberg has reported over the last few months that some in Labour are becoming more doubtful that the party will replace Starmer in 2026. That stems from the obstacles facing each of his potential replacements and the fact that local election results have not traditionally been seen as a good enough reason to change a PM. Still, he’ll be looking over his shoulder at Streeting. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…