Labour leader Keir Starmer will this morning deliver his own “vision for Britain” following the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s attempts yesterday
Starmer will promise change under a Labour government and a long-term approach to solving the problems Britain faces, but he’ll pledge to deliver his plans without too much public spending
“This New Year, let us imagine what we could achieve if we match the ambition of the British people, unlock their pride and their purpose, give them an economy and a politics they deserve,” Starmer will declare. “That’s why I say Britain needs a completely new way of governing. You can’t overstate how much a short-term mind-set dominates Westminster. And from there, how it infects all the institutions which try and fail to run Britain from the center.”
Starmer will condemn the short-term “sticking-plaster politics” in Westminster that sees governments flounder between crises long warned about. But he’ll insist to those who fear a Labour government throwing cash at things and nationalizing the kitchen sink:
“None of this should be taken as code for Labour getting its big government check book out again. Of course investment is required … But we won’t be able to spend our way out of their mess — it’s not as easy as that.”
