LIVE: Keir Starmer signals break with Corbyn era in Labour Conference speech

Keir Starmer will use his first in-person conference speech to make a break with the Jeremy Corbyn-era.

Labour’s gathering in Brighton has been dominated by in-fighting, as Starmer and his allies moved to try and exert dominance over the left of the party.

In his address to party members on Wednesday lunchtime, Starmer will declare Labour is “back in business” under his leadership.

A Labour source said the speech would be “noticeably different” than the approach under Corbyn and would signal the party had a “serious plan for government”.

Senior Labour figures have indicated they expect Boris Johnson to call an early general election in 2023.

Starmer will highlight the fuel crisis and the rising cost of living as evidence that Johnson lacks the competence required for the role of prime minister, with the government “lost in the woods”.

In an attempt to convince voters that Labour is a credible government-in-waiting, Starmer will say: “Too often in the history of this party our dream of the good society falls foul of the belief that we will not run a strong economy.

“But you don’t get one without the other. And under my leadership we are committed to both.

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Дата на публикация: 30 септември, 2021
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