Rachel Reeves is set to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the upcoming autumn budget, reports suggest.
According to The Guardian, both the prime minister and the chancellor are looking to accept recommendations from the child poverty taskforce, which is expected to say the lifting of the controversial policy would be one of the most effective ways to bring hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.
Officials are exploring the options for a tapered system, which could see families receive decreasing amounts of benefit for each child in a bid to mitigate costs of large families, the newspaper reports.
It comes after chancellor Rachel Reeves said Labour would “reduce child poverty, but we’ve also got to make sure the numbers add up” during the party’s annual conference on Tuesday.
The two-child benefit policy has come under extreme scrutiny from inside the party, with seven MPs losing the whip in July 2024 after voting against the cap.
Last week, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham called for the policy to be axed in what many perceived as a direct challenge to Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership. Notably, Mr Burnham was pictured leaving the Labour conference shortly before the prime minister’s keynote speech on Tuesday afternoon.
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Key Points
- Farage 'doesn't like Britain', Starmer tells party conference
- Starmer ditches Blair's target for half school leavers to attend university
- Farage is the 'enemy of national renewal', says Starmer
- Prime minister: ‘Choose my decency over Farage’s division’
- Andy Burnham leaves conference before Starmer's speech
- Farage is a 'snake oil salesman', Streeting says in attack on Reform leader
Reeves: Good to see Burnham 'get back to reality'
18:15
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
It was good to see Andy Burnham “get back to reality”, the chancellor has said.
Asked about the Greater Manchester mayor’s comments before and during the party conference, Rachel Reeves told a fringe event: “I was really pleased to see Andy Burnham come out and support both the fiscal rules and Keir’s leadership this week.
“After putting up government borrowing costs by £1 billion earlier in the week, it was good to see him get back to reality.”
However, Mr Burnham was a notable absence from the prime minister’s keynote speech on Tuesday afternoon, pictured leaving the conference just before Keir Starmer took to the stage.
Owen Jones and Rivkah Brown had conference passes revoked after 'safeguarding issue'
18:07
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Left-wing journalists Owen Jones and Rivkah Brown had their Labour Party conference passes revoked after complaints were made about their conduct by other attendees, The Independent understands.
The party has not issued an official statement on the incident.
Analysis: Keir Starmer finally comes out fighting to become the leader Labour wants
18:00
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Emboldened by the ‘enemy’ Reform, this was Keir Starmer like we have never seen him before, writes political editor David Maddox.
You can read the full piece below...
Rachel Reeves refuses to be drawn on reports she will remove two-child benefit cap
17:40
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Rachel Reeves would not say whether she was planning to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Asked about reports she would do so at the Budget, the Chancellor told a fringe event at the Labour conference: “Keir said in his speech today that we will reduce child poverty in this Parliament, but we will set out the policies in the Budget.
“I think we’ve been pretty clear this week that we can’t commit to policies without us explaining where the money is coming from.”
Adding that there were “real financial constraints” due to persistent inflation, tariffs, global conflicts and increased borrowing costs – along with expected changes to OBR forecasts – she said: “I would be the first person to want to find some money down the back of the sofa to pay for lots of different things.
“But I have to be Chancellor in the world as it is, not in the world as I might like it to be.”
Still unclear whether Labour knows how to transform Britain, says Burnham backed group
17:30
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Political correspondent Millie Cooke reports...
It is still unclear whether Labour knows how to transform Britain, Mainstream has said.
Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech, Luke Hurst, national coordinator of Mainstream - a network for Labour Party members and supporters which has been backed by Andy Burnham - said: “If you are going to build up Reform so much as the enemy, then you have to be certain you can deliver on economic growth and public service change to knock them down.
“Even after today’s speech, it’s unclear that Labour has thought through how to really transform the country.”
Reeves to lift controversial two-child benefit cap, reports say
17:06
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Rachel Reeves is set to lift the two-child benefit cap in November’s budget, according to reports in The Guardian.
The newspaper says both the prime minister and the chancellor are expecting to respond to recommendations of the child poverty taskforce, which is expected to say that lifting the controversial cap would be one of the most effective ways to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.
Explained: Why income tax will increase anyway despite Reeves pledge
17:00
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
As rumours swirl about Labour backing down from its manifesto pledge not to raise taxes, the chancellor appears to be holding firm on her commitment.
But whichever fiscal levers the chancellor chooses to pull, many experts have also pointed out that income tax will be rising if she does not act through a little-known ‘stealth tax.’
Albert Toth has the details below...
Owen Jones among journalists claiming their Labour conference passes revoked
16:43
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Political commentator Owen Jones and Novara Media’s Rivkah Brown have said their Labour Party conference passes were revoked just hours before the prime minister’s keynote speech.
Both claimed they were told the conference had received “complaints” about their conduct, leading to a decision to bar them from the event.
In a post on X, Mr Jones wrote: “Labour has cancelled my Conference Pass. Absolutely pathetic, Trumpian behaviour.
“They are here suggesting that attempts to question Cabinet members and MPs about Britain facilitating Israel's genocide is a "safeguarding issue". This is clearly insane.”
Ms Brown replied: “Weird, same here. At the same time as Owen, I received a similar email rescinding my media pass, due to an unspecified "breach of the event code of conduct".
“Is Labour purging journalists it doesn't like?”
Labour has cancelled my Conference Pass.
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) September 30, 2025
Absolutely pathetic, Trumpian behaviour.
They are here suggesting that attempts to question Cabinet members and MPs about Britain facilitating Israel's genocide is a "safeguarding issue".
This is clearly insane. pic.twitter.com/2mDa8ORtuk
MPs say Starmer has answered his critics within the party
16:06
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Nicole Wootton-Cane
Whitehall editor Kate Devlin reports on the reaction from Sir Keir Starmer’s speech...
Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh told the Independent: “I thought it was very thoughtful. I thought it was tackling some very challenging issues for the Labor Party, you know, the issues of patriotism, the issues of dealing with the asylum system. I thought the delivery was very understated and there must have been a temptation to overperform but he didn't do that. He was himself.”
She added: “When you are prime minister you always have critics, that goes with the job, but he has addressed the issue of what he's for and what his government is for. Now he's just got to get on and do it, hasn't he?”
Labour MP Luke Akehurst said: “I thought he was really good. It started a little bit slow, but then when he hit the run of achievements and spoke on through a standing ovation he hit his pace. And I think the tone of the inclusive patriotism versus Farage was really important.”
On the flag waving, he said it was “important for people to reclaim that imagery. I was really pleased with how it went.”
Sir Keir had answered his critics within the party, he said, adding: “Some of what he said was as much addressing what I would call the populist left, who have got ‘easy answers’ as much as the populist right.”
Labour member Bill Frost, from Birkenhead, said: “It's the best conference piece I've ever seen in my life. It was inspired.”
Another Labour member, who asked not to be named, said: “I honestly think it was absolutely brilliant. Taking the fight to Reform, showing that we are patriots.”
Badenoch says Starmer has 'all but confirmed' tax rises
15:54
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Holly Evans
Kemi Badenoch said the Prime Minister had “all but confirmed” that taxes would increase at the Budget in November.
The Conservative leader said: “Keir Starmer has all but confirmed that tax rises are coming.
“The Prime Minister could have used his speech to own up to the mistakes he’s made on the economy, admit the country was living beyond its means and set out a plan to avoid further punishing tax hikes this autumn, but he did not.
“In Labour’s first year, inflation has doubled, economic growth has halved and unemployment has risen almost every single month. Everyone in Britain will now pay the price for Starmer’s weakness with a smaller economy and higher taxes.”
Reform will teach Starmer a lesson in May, Farage vows
15:51
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Holly Evans
Nigel Farage has promised to teach Sir Keir Starmer a lesson in May “that British political history will never forget”.
The Reform UK leader said he is “more determined than ever” to trounce Labour in the local elections, particularly in Scotland and Wales, after a series of attacks on his character throughout the party’s conference.
He said: “I am now, as a result of this week, and the abuse that has been heaped upon our supporters and our voters, more determined than ever.“Don’t underestimate that.”
Farage: Starmer’s attacks are direct threat to our safety
15:50
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Archie Mitchell
Nigel Farage has said Sir Keir Starmer’s personal attacks on him and Reform UK are a direct threat to the safety of its MPs and activists.
Responding to the prime minister’s conference speech, which was laden with personal criticisms of Reform, Mr Farage said: “It directly threatens the safety of our elected officials and our campaigners.
“Frankly, in the wake of the Charlie Kirk murder, it is an absolute disgrace.
“I used to think the prime minister was a decent man… I am completely shocked at his behaviour.
“I hope that when he wakes up tomorrow morning, he feels ashamed of what he has done.”
Mr Farage added that it is “a desperate last throw of the dice from a prime minister deeply in trouble” and said he no longer believes Sir Keir is fit to be prime minister.
David Lammy says Farage has 'brass neck' for incitement of violence claim
15:42
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Holly Evans
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said Nigel Farage has a “brass neck” for accusing Labour of inciting violence against his party.
The Reform UK leader is expected to make the claim in a response to Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech.
Asked about it, Mr Lammy told the BBC: “I think he’s got a bit of a brass neck, hasn’t he, Nigel Farage?
“This story goes back a long way. This is calling out his policies, his policies that would line people up who have a right to be in this country, who might be Indian, who might be Nigerian, and send them home. It’s not British. It doesn’t respect our values.
“And Keir Starmer was very articulate about that.”
Asked whether he thought Mr Farage was a racist, Mr Lammy stressed that his policies were racist.
“I’m not going to play the man. I’m playing the ball, as our leader did. I will leave it for the public to come to their own judgments about someone who once flirted with Hitler Youth when he was younger.”
Former Labour shadow chancellor describes Starmer speech as 'extremely policy light'
15:35
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Kate Devlin
John McDonnell, the party's former shadow chancellor, told the Independent the speech was “full blown rhetorical flourish but extremely policy light, exemplified by denunciation of child poverty but sadly no announcement on scrapping the two-child limit”.
Mr McDonnell was only given the party whip back last year after he was suspended as part of a row over the two-child benefit cap.
Starmer vows to 'fight with every breath' for working people
15:32
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Holly Evans
Sir Keir Starmer said he would “fight with every breath I have” for “working people” and “the tolerant, decent, respectful Britain I know”.
The Prime Minister told Labour conference: “The Tories – remember them?
“I don’t know if they believed in grievance politics.
“Maybe they do now, when you see them turning away from the rule of law. It’s honestly hard to tell.
“But one thing I do know, conference, is that not once in 14 years did they ever properly stand up to it. But I will.
“I will fight with every breath I have – fight for working people, fight for the tolerant, decent, respectful Britain I know.
“People say a nation like ours can’t be a community, that it’s too diverse, too divided.
“I reject that. That goes against everything I stand for, everything I’ve served, everything I understand about this great country I love.
Lib Dem leader praises Starmer speech against Farage
15:27
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Holly Evans
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has praised the Prime Minister for “stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage” after his Labour party conference speech in Liverpool.
In a post on X, he said: “I’m glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his Government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.”
I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.
— Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) September 30, 2025
Watch: Keir Starmer jokes about his 'toolmaker' dad
15:20
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Holly Evans
Trade union backs Starmer's speech
15:18
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Holly Evans
The GMB trade union said Labour “wants to make our country better”.
Responding to Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech, general secretary Gary Smith said: “Investing in shipbuilding. Investing in our NHS. Investing in new nuclear.
“Add in ending fire and rehire, sick pay for all and brand new union rights, and it’s clear: this Labour Government wants to make our country better.
“Let’s get on with it.”
Analysis: Starmer is in the fight of his career and today's speech shows he is rising to it
15:17
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Holly Evans
Our political correspondent Millie Cooke says:
Sir Keir Starmer is fighting for political survival, but his performance at today's speech shows that he is beginning to rise to the challenge.
The PM's energy today is stronger and more engaging than he has been since winning the election last year.
Having so far received at least nine standing ovations, the prime minister appears to have won the room - despite starting the speech to a rather glib reception.
Some 55 minutes into his address, the PM is now being met with wild applause and deafening cheers, a far cry from the lacklustre welcome he received at the start.
'Fly those flags', declares Starmer as he brings speech to an end
15:14
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Alex Ross
Starmer now delivers the finale of his speech, telling delegates he will “fight with every breath I have for working people”.
He continues: “People say, conference, that a nation like ours can’t be a community, that it’s too diverse, that it’s too divided, I reject that, that goes against everything I understand about this great country that I love.
“So no matter how many times people tell me that it can’t be done, I believe Britain can come together, that we can pursue a shared destination, that we can unite around the common good. That is my ambition, the purpose of this government.
“End decline, reform our public services, grow our economy from the grassroots and with resolve, with respect, with the flag in our hands we will renew this country until we can say with total conviction that Britain is built for all.
“Thank you conference, fly those flags.”
Starmer jokes with delegates as he celebrates their work
15:10
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Alex Ross
Starmer picks out a 15-year-old girl from Barnet, who followed her passion in football by setting up a team at her school.
She now plays for Camden Town women, he adds, before joking “now that’s nearly as good as Arsenal”.
He names more people and their achievements.
“Is that really broken [Britain] conference?” he says.
Starmer says a new 'online hospital' will slash waiting lists
15:04
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Alex Ross
Sir Keir Starmer is now turning to plan set out earlier for NHS Online, which will connect patients to specialist clinicians.
The scheme, which will begin operating in 2027, will deliver up to 8.5 million extra NHS appointments in its first three years, Labour claims.
Sir Keir says: “It will offer millions of appointments, appointments you choose, a new chapter in the story of our NHS.”
'People should know better', says Starmer on asylum hotel protest violence
15:01
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Alex Ross
Throwing bricks in an apparent protest is “not legitimate – that is thuggery”, Sir Keir Starmer says, referring to recent protests against asylum hotels.
The Prime Minister said: “There is a line, a moral line, and it isn’t just (Reform UK leader Nigel) Farage who crosses it.
“There are also people who should know better, sowing fear and discord across our country, and then, when we call that out, they pretend we’re criticising reasonable concerns about immigration.
“We have seen that trick, conference, so let us spell it out, once and for all: Controlling migration is a reasonable goal, but if you throw bricks and smash up private property, that’s not legitimate – that is thuggery.”
Starmer scraps Tony Blair’s target for half of pupils to go to university
14:59
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Alex Ross
Starmer has confirmed his scrapping of the target for 50 per cent of pupils to go to university.
“I want every child to have the same opportunities that I had,” he says.
Starmer takes on the free speech debate
14:58
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Alex Ross
Analysis from political editor David Maddox:
Sir Keir Starmer has decided to go head on against all the criticisms of him and his government.
One thing he has been lambasted over is the state of free speech and people going to prison for tweets.
American politicians like J.D. Vance have taken up the baton on the issue while Farage went to Washington to complain about it.
But Sir Keir has defended the state of free speech in Britain in the UK while saying it does not mean that we have to accept those who spread racism and encourage violence.
Farage is the 'enemy of national renewal', says Starmer
14:56
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Alex Ross
As we reported before his speech, Sir Keir Starmer continues to attack Reform leader Nigel Farage.
Now he is turning to the party’s immigration policy, which seeks to deport migrants from the UK.
He says: “If you say they should now be deported, we will fight you with everything we have because you are the enemy of national renewal.”
His comments are met by a big applause in the Exhibition Arena.
Audience boos as Starmer points to Farage's record
14:53
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Alex Ross
Analysis from political correspondent Millie Cooke:
Cries of "no" from Labour members and MPs could be heard across the hall as Sir Keir Starmer asked if Nigel Farage truly loves Britain.
Asked whether, instead, he just wants to "stir the pot of division", shouts of "yes" were fired back at the PM.
And when he pointed to Nigel Farage's suggestion that Jaguar Land Rover deserved to go bust, booing broke out across the hall.
While the extended back and forth had echoes of a Christmas pantomime, it did also show that the prime minister successfully had his audience hooked.
Analysis: Starmer reclaims the flag
14:52
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Alex Ross
Analysis from political editor David Maddox:
Keir Starmer has taken on those on the right who want to claim that the Union Jack and flags of the four nations are only theirs.
It was a big moment to see the delegates in the hall waving the Union Jack as the prime minister expressed his pride in it.
The flag movement across the country was a challenge to the progressive left but Sir Keir is unafraid in claiming his politics as true patriotism.
This very much tags with the “plastic patriot” jibe Labour has been using against Farage.
Starmer says 'we will never surrender our flags'
14:51
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Alex Ross
Sir Keir Starmer now turns to debate over the country’s flag, with some claiming it has been taken over by far-right groups.
He recalls being at the Euro 1996 semi-final, and the unity of people “black and white, old and young”.
He says: “Let’s fly all our flags, conference, because they’re our flags, they belong to all of us and we will never surrender them. Let us unite our country behind us.
“Because this is no time for dividers, this is the time for bringing the whole country together.”
Energy in the hall picks up as PM comes out fighting
14:47
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Alex Ross
Analysis from political correspondent Millie Cooke:
The energy in the hall has picked up now, after a slightly flat start.
Sir Keir Starmer has received his fifth standing ovation after announcing he will formally ditch the 50 per cent university target - and it was a far more convincing one than the reception he received at the start.
The PM will be hoping today's speech will convince deflated party members and Labour MPs that he is the right man for the job.
Based on the energy in the hall, the PM is definitely making a start on that mission.
Analysis: Starmer has just ditched part of Tony Blair’s legacy
14:46
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David Maddox
Analysis from political editor David Maddox:
Keir Starmer announcing Labour are scrapping the target of 50 per cent of school leavers going to university is a hugely symbolic moment.
He may have replaced it with a new target of two thirds going to university or getting a gold standard apprenticeship, but this is an acceptance of an argument from the right that the 50 per cent targets were not helping working class people and undermining skills in the UK.
The 50 per cent target though was one of the big reforms of the Blair government, it was meant to be about aspiration and accepting that you should not only go to university if you come from a well off family or a private school.
Starmer has turned his back on this for pragmatic reasons in a world where skills in AI outdo degrees in media studies.
Starmer refers to his brother in call for opportunities for every child
14:45
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Alex Ross
Sir Keir Starmer has brought up his brother Nick, who died aged 60 after suffering from cancer.
He says he was “badly failed by the education system”.
He adds: “He was put to one side, barely even seen. Now conference, some politicians say I want every child to have the same opportunities that I had, you hear a lot of that in Westminster.
“But that’s not me. No, what I want is a Britain where people are treated with the dignity that they deserve for making different choices, choices we should value, choices that deserve our respect.”
Analysis: Starmer has his first truly strong moment of the speech so far
14:41
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Millie Cooke
Analysis from political correspondent Millie Cooke:
Sir Keir Starmer has had his first truly strong moment of the speech so far.
After receiving a standing ovation for his promise to deliver equal opportunity for all children, the prime minister rode the wave of enthusiasm, reeling off Labour's achievements and pledges, including introducing a national living wage and a promise to rebuild schools.
It was the first time that the PM was met with a genuine roar of applause, rather than a slightly forced round of clapping.
Analysis: Starmer more passionate than you have ever seen him before
14:39
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David Maddox
Analysis from political editor David Maddox:
Keir Starmer looks like a man who has had enough of people saying he is robotic and is basically just a Tory under a different name.
The section of his speech where he went through the social justice measures of his 15 months as PM whether it workers rights, free school meals and NHS funding.
His energy appeared to be infectious in the hall as they stood and cheered each measure.
It is perhaps the most important message for Sir Keir that he needs to show he is bringing meaningful change.
A vacuum after all is something that only Reform and Nigel Farage will fill.
Loud applause for Starmer as he calls for end to inequality
14:38
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Alex Ross
A series of loud applause greets Sir Keir Starmer as he calls for an end to inequality.
He says work to build new homes and better transport links were helping spread prosperity across the country.
And he adds: “Extending free school meals, 100,000 children lifted out of poverty, the first step on our journey to end child poverty.
“We have walked that road before and we will walk that road again. That’s a Britain built for all.”
Starmer thanks businesses for their contribution
14:35
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Alex Ross
At the last Budget, employers were faced with a rise in National Insurance payments for employees.
Starmer says he “asked a lot” from businesses, and adds: “Because of your contribution, we’ve taken a huge step on the path of renewal.
“A firmer foundation to take our country forward, more security, more respect, more opportunity. A Britain built for all.”
Workers’ rights package will be good for growth, Starmer says
14:32
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Archie Mitchell
Sir Keir Starmer defends his package of employment rights reforms, arguing they will be good for productivity and economic growth.
The prime minister has come under pressure to water down the measures to boost workers’ rights, with critics arguing they will slow economic growth and pile pressure on already struggling firms.
But he says: “You can choose to challenge the outdated dogma and say with one clear voice that public investment does not crowd out private, that we should invest more outside London and the south east, and that a more secure labor market with stronger workers rights will be better for productivity.”
Growth is the antidote to division, says Starmer
14:29
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Millie Cooke
Sir Keir Starmer says economic growth is the "defining mission of this government", arguing it is the "antidote to division" in Britain.
Who and where benefits from economic growth can either "build a nation or pull it apart", the prime minister says, making it clear that he knows his fightback against Reform must include more than just measures to tackle immigration.
Starmer: No going back to pre-Brexit politics
14:28
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Archie Mitchell
Sir Keir Starmer says there is no going back to pre-Brexit politics, arguing that Britain was “complacent” in the wake of the global financial crisis.
The prime minister says the status quo “manifestly failed working people”.
And he added: “That's what I say to people who think it would be nice if we could just go back to politics before Brexit or the crash.
“And this does go back that far, conference, the global financial crisis is when we were exposed when a new Britain should have been born.”
“Complacent,” he added, “that is the only way to describe it, complacent… we placed too much faith in globalisation”.
'We must never find ourselves defending a status quo', says Starmer
14:27
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Alex Ross
After attacking Nigel Farage for stirring up unrest, Sir Keir Starmer says working people are “ground down”.
He adds: “Politics has made them question Britain and can you blame them? They’ve been nothing but patient. They’ve lived through Brexit, austerity, Covid, they’ve played by the rules, kept their side of the bargain.”
He adds: “We must never, never find ourselves defending a status quo that manifestly failed working people.”
Starmer backs Trump over Gaza - and is met with silence
14:25
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David Maddox
Analysis from political editor David Maddox:
Keir Starmer is met with silence as he welcomes the US initiative on Gaza.
He emphasises that it is about peace and supports the initiatives which the UK quietly has been involved with in the background for months.
There is more enthusiasm in the hall when he reminds the audience that the UK now recognises a Palestinian state.
But there is no doubt that the Middle East crisis remains a thorny issue for him and his party.
Starmer delivers first attack on Farage
14:24
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Alex Ross
“When was the last time you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain’s future?” Sir Keir Starmer tells the conference.
“He can’t, he doesn’t like Britain, he doesn’t believe in Britain. He wants you to doubt it, just as much as he does.
“They [Reform] want to turn this country into a competition of victims.”
Starmer says country needs to clear the path for renewal
14:21
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Alex Ross
Outlining what Sir Keir Starmer wants for Britain under a Labour government, he says: “It’s an urgent task. We can all see that the country faces a choice, a defining choice. Britain stands at a fork in the road. We can choose decency or we can choose division, renewal or decline.
“A country proud of its values, in control of its future, or one that succumbs against the grain of our history to the politics of grievance. It is a test, a fight
“We need to be clear that our path, the path of renewal, it’s difficult. It requires decisions that are not cost-free or easy, decisions that will not always be comfortable for our party.”
Starmer tells Hillsborough campaigner that state will be accountable to working people
14:18
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Alex Ross
Continuing to address Margaret Aspinall, Sir Keir Starmer says: “Now the state will be accountable because injustice has no place to hide.”
Starmer begins by thanking Hillsborough campaigner
14:16
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Alex Ross
Starmer begins by thanking Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall for her fight for justice.
“Thank you so much for that introduction. I know it wasn’t easy even after losing James all those obstacles deliberately put in your way to go through,” he says.
“I don’t think I would have the courage to do what you have all done,” he adds.
Sir Keir Starmer takes to the stage
14:13
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Alex Ross
Sir Keir Starmer takes to the podium to a standing ovation at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool at Labour’s party conference.
He smiles and applauds the audience before preparing to deliver his speech, in which we expect a strong attack on Nigel Farage in a rallying call for his party to fight back against Reform.
Sir Keir will be hoping for a similar reception to the one received by chancellor Rachel Reeves on Monday.
Introduction to Starmer is about getting stuff done
14:10
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David Maddox
The prime minister knows that his harsh rhetoric against Reform is a
