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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar

Keir Starmer to launch progressive fightback against ‘decline and division’ fuelled by far right

Keir Starmer speaking with union jack in the background
Starmer has stepped up consultations with MPs in recent weeks after internal turmoil. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA

Keir Starmer will make a major intervention this week, pledging a progressive fightback and promising the UK will reject the division and hate fuelled by the far right.

The move comes ahead of Labour’s conference amid increasing pressure on the prime minister from within his own party, where even senior loyalists have voiced fears that he has not mounted a passionate enough attack on Reform UK and rising racism in Britain.

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