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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm, Andrew Rawnsley and Michael Savage

Starmer warns Labour: ‘Don’t get giddy over prospect of election victory’

Keir Starmer in a blue shirt speaking to journalists holding microphones
Keir Starmer speaks to the press on Friday after Labour’s victory over the Scottish National party in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection.
Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Keir Starmer on Sunday warns his party not to become “giddy” about the prospect of power, as he declares that Labour is “bang on schedule” to win the next general election.

After his party’s stunning win over the Scottish National party in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection, the Labour leader uses an exclusive interview with the Observer to spell out how a Labour government will “power” economic growth across the country by training up hundreds of thousands of workers in a new nationwide network of skills colleges, geared to the needs of local economies and industries of the future.

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