Labour has surged to its largest lead over the Conservative Party in more than decades, according to the latest opinion poll. Sir Keir Starmer will be buoyed by promising polling for Labour as he accuses the Tories of losing control of the economy and vows to get the UK "out of this endless cycle of crisis".
He will quote Sir Tony Blair to dub Labour the "political wing of the British people", as a new YouGov survey suggests the party has opened up a 17-point lead over the Conservatives - the greatest since the firm began polling in 2001. Starmer will outline an ambition to "turn the UK into a growth superpower" as he argues Labour is the party of financial responsibility after the pound plummeted in response to the Tories' plans to borrow billions to pay for massive tax cuts.
He will argue Labour is now the party of "sound money". But his direct quoting of Blair, the last Labour leader to win a general election, also seeks to put further distance between himself and his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn.
