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Keep the faith, Starmer urges as he vows to build ‘a new Britain’
PM tells Labour conference he will not con people with false hope but says there is light at the end of the tunnel
Keir Starmer has urged Britons to keep faith amid difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions being made by the government, saying he realised many voters wanted quicker progress, but that he would not con people with “false hope” or easy answers.
Giving his first speech to the Labour conference as prime minister, Starmer repeatedly promised to create “a Britain that belongs to you”, an extension of his election mantra of a government of service.
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