<p>Action is needed to restore the damage done by the Tories to Britain’s international reputation</p><p>Domestic issues have dominated in the two months or so since the general election. Much of the talk has been of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/29/reeves-moves-fast-to-tackle-22bn-budget-shortfall-covered-up-by-tories#:~:text=Reeves%20blamed%20the%20%C2%A322bn,and%20maintaining%20roads%20and%20railways.">holes in the public finances</a>, the dire <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/11/long-nhs-delays-thousands-unnecessary-deaths-inquiry">state of the NHS</a>, and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/10/inevitable-some-will-get-recalled-concern-as-1700-prisoners-released-early">early release of prisoners</a> to prevent jails overflowing.</p><p>That’s not to say there has been no attention paid to foreign affairs. Labour has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/24/starmer-pledges-uk-support-to-ukraine-amid-anniversary-of-independence">pledged continuing support for Ukraine</a> and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/02/uk-suspends-30-arms-export-licences-to-israel-after-review">suspended 30 arms export licences</a> to Israel. Keir Starmer has sought to burnish links with the US and to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N7yXXVRQqo">reset relations between Britain and the EU</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/15/one-more-item-labour-to-do-list-repair-uk-aid-budget">Continue reading...</a>