What Keir Starmer will say today in Labour Party conference speech as he can't offer 'false hope'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSir Keir Starmer will tell Britons there is “light at the end of this tunnel” but they must first join a “shared struggle” through tough short-term pressures.
In his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister, Sir Keir will say he wants to “build a new Britain”. But he will warn there are no easy answers and he could not offer “false hope” about the challenges ahead.
Sir Keir will attempt to set out his positive vision of “national renewal” but the speech comes against a backdrop of anger within the Labour movement about the decision to means-test winter fuel payments, stripping them from millions of pensioners. READ MORE: Old Trafford, trains and football: What we learned yesterday at Labour conference That decision, along with infighting behind the scenes in No 10 and rows over donations to Sir Keir and other senior Labour figures, has contributed to a party conference with a more subdued mood than might have been expected after July’s election landslide.
Sir Keir will use his speech to acknowledge that many voters were motivated by despair at the Tories and warn his party that it needs to deliver “decisive” government without putting a heavy tax burden on workers, which will mean reforming public services.
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