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Politics latest: Starmer warns ‘no quick fix’ as he unveils Labour election pledges
Keir Starmer launches Labour election campaign with six pledges to voters
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Sir Keir Starmer has launched Labour’s pitch to voters ahead of the general election, unveiling a set of six steps for government.
Speaking from Essex this morning, he is joined by deputy leader Angela Rayner and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
He vows to deliver economic stability, cut NHS waiting times, create a new Border Security Command to end criminal boat gangs, and a publicly owned energy provider, to be called Great British Energy.
He promises to tackle on antisocial behaviour, and he will announce the recruitment of 6,500 new teachers.
It comes as Rishi Sunak launched in his own keynote speech earlier this week where he criticised Labour for fighting based on “Starmer versus Sunak”.
But Sir Keir is convinced that he wants it to be a personal battle between the two men around who is a better candidate to run the country.
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Starmer takes questions from the press
Asked by Sky News over scaling back his ambition: “I’m not scaling back my ambition absolutely at all.”
He claims he has been crafting his strategy for over four years after the “chaos” from Rishi Sunak.
“The first change was to change the Labour Party inside out” and recognise the Tory party as “incompetent,” he says.
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‘It is a plan to change the county’
Ending the speech Starmer says: “This is the message that we can say at every doorstep across the country.”
“With this first steps we can rebuild our country with Labour.”
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Labour to deliver 6,500 extra teachers
6- New 6,500 extra teachers
He promises: “We have to prepare young people for the jobs they will actually going to do for the lives they will have.
“We have to focus on creativity and confidence. But we need to get
“We haven’t got enough teachers.”
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Labour to crack down on antisocial behavior
5- Tackle antisocial behaviour
He says: “We got to crackdown on 30,000 new community officers to keep your streets safe.”
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The Great British Energy
4- A new Great British Energy
He vows to create a publicly-funded energycompany to tackle sky-rocketing energy bills.
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Labour vows to smash smugglers
3- A new Border Security Command
Hitting out at the Tories bid to stop the boats, he says: “The government has chosen a gimmick, the Rwanda scheme. It costs a fortune.”
He promises Labour will be “serious about smashing” people smugglers.
And he vows to use anti-terrorism powers to do so.
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Starmer vows to fix NHS waiting lists
2- Cutting NHS waiting lists
“It is the worst it has ever been,” he says.
He laughs: “On Sunday I was traveling from London to Manchester. And I confess I was on my way to watch Arsenal beat Manchester United, can you believe it Rachel?”
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Sir Keir Starmer sets the first steps for a Labour Government
He claims: “If you lose control of the economy is working people who will pay the price.”
He then promises: “I’m not going to allow our government to cause damage to working people.
“Stability is change and that’s why it has to be our first step.”
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‘No sticky plasters’
Slamming the Conservatives, he says: “A loss of trust, hope and ability to take our country forward.
“We have to rebuild that hope, trust and confidence, you can’t do that with gimmicks and plasters.
“I set out my mission to take our country to make it a better place. Fixing the fundamentals.”
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Labour is pitching to Tory voters
The big launch this morning feels like a Tory pitch from Labour. It is pro business, tough on crime, economic prudence, control borders.
Not surprising that they chose an Essex seat Thurrock which in 2015 and 2017 was a threeway split with the Tories, Labour and Ukip.
Starmer’s message without saying it is asking the Brexiteers who backed Boris Johnson in 2019to come to Labour.
No surprise he was introduced by a lifelong Tory voter who is switching to Labour.
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