Britain’s still-undeclared election campaign has stepped up a gear. Opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Thursday announced the key pledges that he hopes will make him the U.K.’s next prime minister.
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during his visit to the Backstage Centre for the launch of Labour’s doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, in Purfleet, Essex, England, Thursday May 16, 2024. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during his visit to the Backstage Centre for the launch of Labour’s doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election, in Purfleet, Essex, England, Thursday May 16, 2024.
Labour also says it will cut waiting times for treatment in the state-funded National Health Service, recruit more police officers to curb low-level crime that blights neighborhoods and hire thousands of new teachers. Starmer, 61, has dragged Labour toward the political center ground since taking over in 2020 from veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, who led Labour to election defeats in 2017 and 2019. He has dropped Corbyn’s opposition to Britain’s nuclear weapons, backed military aid to Ukraine, apologized for antisemitism within the party under Corbyn and stressed the party’s commitment to balancing the books.-- since 2022 amid a stuttering economy and a drumbeat of ethics scandals.
Blair is Labour’s most successful leader but remains a controversial figure within the party, reviled by some for taking the U.K. into the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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