New ITV documentary 'Keir Starmer: Up Close - Tonight' reveals new images of the Labour leader. Starmer blasts Margaret Thatcher, saying 'what she had was clarity of mission and purpose, but actually, what she did was very destructive'.
Rachel Reeves will warn Britain needs an economic jolt similar to that applied by Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979 as she makes a major economic speech tonight.
'Growth achieved through stability - built on the strength of our institutions. Investment - through partnership between active government and enterprising business.It is not the first time she has referenced the Iron Lady, who towered over Britain at the end of the Cold War like a Colossus of Rhodes.
In an article for a Sunday newspaper, Sir Keir applauded Thatcher's drive to 'drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism'. He has also claimed Britain is 'still counting the cost' from Thatcher's financial 'big bang' in the 1980s - a claim he later repeated in January.
'In 1997, the last Labour government established the Enterprise and Growth Unit within the Treasury. Squarely focused on driving economic growth.
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