'Fixing the foundations': Starmer warns of 'painful' Budget as he launches economic repair job

James Murray
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Credit: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Prime Minister stresses centrality of GB Energy and green growth, as Labour promises to tackle 'dire economic inheritance' left by Conservatives

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reiterated the importance of green investment and planning reform to Labour's growth plans, as he this morning offered a bleak assessment of the economic inheritance handed...

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