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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart and Rowena Mason

‘Eyes on the prize’: union delegates dial down doubts about Keir Starmer

Angela Rayner speaks at the TUC congress at the ACC Liverpool.
Angela Rayner, Starmer’s deputy, was the star turn in Liverpool at the TUC congress. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

With perhaps just months to go before a general election, Keir Starmer’s message to union leaders gathered for dinner in Liverpool on Monday evening was simple – as one official present put it: “eyes on the prize”.

The Labour leader gave a laid-back after-dinner speech to the assembled general secretaries, leavened with football gags – and received a standing ovation.

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