‘We have inherited not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole.'
Since coming to power in July, Labour has sought to emphasise the challenges it faces in government and pile blame on the Conservatives Sir Keir Starmer will warn that life in Britain ‘will get worse before it gets better’ in his first major speech since becoming prime minister. He is set to mark a week before Parliament returns from a shortened summer recess by ramping up attacks on the Conservatives, saying things are ‘worse than we ever imagined’.
And those people throwing rocks, torching cars, making threats – they didn’t just know the system was broken. They were betting on it. They were gaming it.’ Arguing that change will not happen ‘overnight’, the Prime Minister is also expected to say Labour has achieved ‘more in seven weeks than the last government did in seven years’, including setting up a National Wealth Fund, changing planning policy to build more homes and ending public sector strikes.
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