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By Eliot Wilson Keir Starmer is driving home the message that “Labour has changed”, but it remains a dirigiste party, believing that the state must play a substantial and active role in the management of the economy, says Eliot Wilson Parliament will formally be dissolved this week, after Rishi Sunak announced the general election will be held on 4 July. We have been waiting for this campaign for a long time, though the Prime Minister caught Westminster by surprise with his timing, as most had expected the election to come in October or November. There is a widespread assumption, supported by …