Sir Keir Starmer vowed to create a publicly-owned energy company, boost home ownership and create a more stable economy.
Here is a quick look at the key points Sir Keir made during his second in-person conference speech as Labour leader:
– A vow to set up a publicly-owned “Great British Energy” company within the first year of a Labour government, to provide jobs, growth and green power.
– Like in 1945, 1964 and 1997 “this is a Labour moment” where the party can “provide the leadership this country so desperately needs”.
– A target of 70% of home ownership, preventing buy-to-let landlords or second homeowners buying up properties first, saying: “Labour is the party of home ownership in Britain today.”
– Voters should never forgive the Conservatives for having “crashed the pound” to give “tax cuts for the richest 1% in our society”.
– A commitment to put “country first, party second”.
– The Labour Party is the credible alternative to the Tory Government, with Sir Keir vowing to “get us out of this endless cycle of crisis”.
– In a single term as prime minister, he would defeat the cost-of-living crisis, lift the “clouds of anxiety”, restore public service levels including in the NHS, and build more affordable housing.
– Labour would have the “courage to make very difficult choices” with the public finances, but warned this means not doing “good Labour things as quickly as we might like”.
– A green prosperity plan, to invest in wind, solar and nuclear power and insulate 19 million homes.
– Sir Keir led a chant of “Slava Ukraini” – Glory to Ukraine – after pledging to never allow Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “threats and imperialism to succeed”.
– The inclusion of personal touches in his speech, describing his memories of working class life in the 1970s and expressing joy at Arsenal topping the Premier League.
– It is “working class impatience” that has driven him throughout his career and continues to do so as Labour leader.
– A promise to “make Brexit work”, despite having voted Remain in the 2016 referendum.
– “No deal under any circumstances” with the Scottish National Party, as Sir Keir promised to “deliver change” in Scotland.
