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Sir Keir Starmer will inform the British public there may be “light at the end of this tunnel”, however they need to first unite in a “shared struggle” to beat robust short-term pressures.

In his first Labour Party convention speech as Prime Minister, Sir Keir – who together with different senior Labour figures has confronted criticism over his acceptance of clothes, hospitality and different freebies – will define his imaginative and prescient to “build a new Britain” with sooner financial development, lowered hospital ready instances, and safer streets.

However, he’ll warning that there are not any fast fixes and that he can’t supply “false hope” relating to the challenges forward.

Sir Keir will try and set out his constructive imaginative and prescient of “national renewal”. However, the speech comes amid anger throughout the Labour motion over the choice to means-test winter gasoline funds, which can strip tens of millions of pensioners of this profit.

That determination, alongside inside disputes at No 10 and controversies surrounding donations to Sir Keir and different senior Labour figures, has contributed to a extra subdued ambiance on the occasion convention than may need been anticipated after July’s landslide election victory.

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