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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

‘Who do you trust to keep you safe?’: Sunak to fight next election on UK’s security

Rishi Sunak delivers his speech at the Policy Exchange, London, 13 May 2024: he is seen from the side standing at a wooden lectern with one hand raised, addressing a seated audience in a small room with a dark grey carpet and white walls. He is wearing a black suit, white shirt and blue tie; the audience members seen in this picture are mostly men and also wearing suits and ties, though the head of a woman can be seen in the background.
Rishi Sunak said the next five years would be some of the most difficult and dangerous in the UK’s history. Photograph: Carl Court/AP

Rishi Sunak has vowed to fight the next election on the UK’s security, attacking Labour and Keir Starmer in a fiercely political speech in which he said: “The choice at the next election is: who do you trust to keep you safe?”

The prime minister said in his speech he would frame the Conservatives as the party of the future, but also defended the party’s record over the past 14 years, and said Starmer’s “past actions” meant the Labour leader would not be able to keep the country safe.

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