The Keir Starmer interview: “my mortgage is up – and Sunak doesn’t get it.”
In this wide-ranging interview with Rachel Wearmouth, Keir Starmer discusses the “really damaged economy” Labour will inherit if they win the next election – and attacks Rishi Sunak for being “out of touch” with ordinary people.
Speaking in front of a live audience at the New Statesman politics live conference on 27 June 2023, Starmer said a Labour government would have to “go at pace” to rebuild public services, but refused to commit to recommended public sector pay rises.
He also addressed claims that he is planning to create hundreds of new Labour peers, acknowledging an “imbalance” in the…
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