Tuesday briefing: What challenges would Ed Miliband face as chancellor?

According to The Guardian, Ed Miliband is now the presumptive next chancellor, taking over Number Eleven Downing Street after what the paper describes as his post-Labour-leadership wilderness years. The briefing frames the job ahead as a steep one, weighing the economic challenges a Miliband treasury would inherit. Alongside that, The Guardian's morning roundup notes Nigel Farage has repeatedly been accompanied by a convicted fraudster friend at Reform events, raising questions about the man's role in the party, and reports that Donald Trump personally asked FIFA's president to review a red card shown to United States striker Folarin Balogun, while insisting he applied no pressure to overturn the suspension.

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