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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

Labour ‘should not aim to copy right-wing populism but offer alternatives’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has been warned it cannot just copy the ideas of right-wing populist parties like Reform UK in order to maintain public trust. (Thomas Krych/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour should not copy the ideas of rising right-wing populists following its poor showing in local elections, but counter them with a bold, progressive agenda, the latest report by an influential think tank warns.

The Government cannot simply retry the ideas of past Labour administrations in the modern era if it wants to hold onto power, the Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR) also said in its latest research, backed by former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband.

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