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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
David Batty

‘Unambitious’, ‘careful’, ‘authentic’: what public sector workers make of Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer in a hospital with a crowd of health workers behind him.
Starmer has promised to properly fund public services such as the NHS when in power. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, promised in an interview with Sky News last month, that a Labour government “will properly fund our public services. I believe in our public services.”

But to what extent do public sector workers believe in him? The Guardian has spoken to health workers, teachers, social workers and local government officials who mostly expressed muted support for Starmer. Many said they wanted a bolder and more radical vision from Labour after years of austerity.

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