Rishi Sunak marks a year in office today - with his 12 months in the job certainly more stable than Liz Truss' 49 days.
But it's been far from plain sailing for the PM, who was thrust into the top job with inflation soaring, the economy on the floor and the markets in freefall - and without even a vote among the Tory party members.This morning the PM dropped a big hint that that long-awaited election will take place next Autumn.In a video to mark a year in the job, the caption read: "All long term decisions for a brighter future. So what can a country achieve in 52 weeks? Watch this space.
However, the Tories managed to succeed in just about clinging on to Boris Johnson's old seat of Uxbridge as they hammered the London Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, for implementing new ULEZ charges on old cars.Tories have jumped on this as evidence that they should draw a dividing line with Labour over raising taxes.The PM responded with a pro-driver blitz of policies which has appeased some of his core supporters, but the result looks a bit of blip in a pattern of losses for the Tories.
Though the five priorities are far from being achieved, the government point to some progress being made on nearly all of them.Small boat numbers are down around a quarter compared to the same period last year.Inflation has dropped, and No10 are confident that it will be halved as promised.The UK has also avoided recession despite soaring interest rates - a small but important win.
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