Starmer hopes King’s Speech’s ‘radical agenda’ will help save his job

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer walks through the Member’s Lobby of the Houses of Parliament in London to the House of Lords to hear the King’s Speech during the State Opening of Parliament (Toby Melville/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer pinned his hopes on a “radical agenda” to set a “new direction for Britain” as he faced the prospect of a bid to oust him as Labour leader and Prime Minister.

He said the King’s Speech was guided by “Labour values” and would “end the status quo that has failed working people”.