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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm

Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’

Keir Starmer will claim his government has inherited ‘not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole’.
Keir Starmer will claim his government has inherited ‘not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole’. Photograph: Toby Melville/PA

British people will have to endure even worse economic and social ­pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions” to rebuild the country from “rubble and ruin” left by the Tories, Keir Starmer will warn this week.

With the prime minister under mounting pressure from within his own party to help people struggling with rising fuel payments and millions of families in poverty, Starmer will strike a defiant note against those demanding U-turns from his ministers, saying “tough choices” will have to be made before any recovery is possible.

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