Labour 'Not Scaling Back On Ambitions' - Starmer
The Herald|May 17, 2024
SIR Keir Starmer has denied he is scaling back Labour's ambitions as he launched the party's doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election.
Labour 'Not Scaling Back On Ambitions' - Starmer

The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six "first steps" his party would take if it were to win power as he spoke at a campaign event in Essex.

The proposed steps include measures to invest in the NHS, education and policing, to set up a new national energy company and an elite border force, and to promote economic stability. Sir Keir hit back at suggestions the pledges were a scaled-back version of his party's ambitions for government set out previously in missions for "national five renewal".

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