Keir Starmer Unveils Tony Blair-Style Pledge Card As He Steps Up Bid To Become PM

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Keir Starmer Unveils Tony Blair-Style Pledge Card As He Steps Up Bid To Become PM
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The party leader will also vow to launch a new “border security command” to tackle the small boats crisis and set up the publicly-owned Great British Energy to produce gas and electricity in the UK.

“Each of the first steps would chime with voters’ aspirations, show a clear set of priorities and a powerful direction of travel.” The pledge card, featuring a picture of a serious-looking Starmer, has clear echoes of the similar list of retail policies produced by Tony Blair before Labour’s landslide 1997 general election victory.

“If you’re waiting in pain for NHS treatment, if your child is at school and you want higher standards, if your local area is plagued by anti-social behaviour, if you want cheaper energy bills for good, these first steps show what a Labour government will do to help you.”

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