Keir Starmer makes his pitch in pre-election Labour conference speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : A senior Labour source yesterday said that even the party's election manifesto next year would be only a 'slim volume', setting out Sir Keir's five missions for government, with relatively little in the way of detailed policy.
48% : Keir Starmer pictured arriving at conference with wife Victoria before delivering his big speechWorryingly for the Tories , their standing has actually gone backwards since Rishi Sunak wrapped up their conference last weekKeir's big ideas Reclassify 'low quality' green belt to allow more homes to be builtBoost devolution by giving all towns and cities in England new powers and fundingBoost borrowing to invest in the economy while ensuring debt is falling over long-termClose tax loopholes for the 'wealthy' while protecting ordinary workers from more painEncourage doctors to work more overtime to help stabilise the NHS Crack down on government waste to save 'billions' and recover Covid fraud cash Order police to tackle lower-value shoplifting and create specific offence for assaulting retail staff AdvertisementIn his speech today, Sir Keir will accuse the Government of breaking Britain during 13 years of 'Tory decline'.
48% : 'People are looking to us because they want us to build a new Britain and we are the builders.'Sir Keir will insist that Labour has been transformed since the days of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, saying he now leads 'a changed Labour Party, no longer in thrall to gesture politics, no longer a party of protest...
41% : He will also try to quell fears that taxes will spike again if he gets into No10, stressing that government should 'tread lightly on people's lives'.

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