KEIR STARMER and his supporters in the press have been keen in the last few weeks, for obvious reasons, to stress how a Labour government will change lives dramatically, with Rafael Behr in the Guardian convinced there is abundant “available evidence” suggesting Starmer will be a “transformative Labour Prime Minister.”

While there are hints of improvements for workers in Rayner’s package of reforms, sadly there is far more evidence to indicate change will be minimal.
 
Does the party’s kowtowing to the banks and big business really suggest things will be better for the average worker earning less than average wages and struggling to make ends meet?

Labour hasn’t even suggested windfall taxes on the massive profits banks made during the inflation crisis by immediately raising interest rates for borrowers when the Bank of England increased the base rate but kept rates low for savers.