Sir Keir Starmer is to warn that the Britons could be poorer than those in Poland, Hungary and Romania without a future Labour government’s growth plan.
The Labour leader will use a speech on Monday (February 27) to set out how his economic vision is the 'only show in town' to lead the UK out of the Conservative 'low wage, high tax, doom-loop'. If the country’s economy is not reignited, he will warn that Britain is at risk of a 'brain drain'.
According to the party’s analysis of World Bank data, it predicts that wealth prospects in Britain are set to be surpassed within the next 20 years by eastern European rivals.
