Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he hosts a meeting of Indian investors and CEOs, inside 10 Downing Street in central London, December 18, 2024
PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer admitted it “will take some time” for people to feel the benefits of a Labour government amid worsening signs for the economy today.
The Prime Minister insisted changes to planning rules, reforms to regulations and the use of technology and artificial intelligence could help boost sluggish economic growth.
He appeared before senior MPs on the Commons liaison committee on the day the Bank of England held interest rates at 4.75 per cent and warned of “heightened uncertainty in the economy” following the Budget and US presidential election.
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
