Starmer: Labour must be obsessed with growth to turn economy around

Sir Keir Starmer will argue that “growth must become Labour’s obsession” in government to drive Britain out of an economic situation that he will say is worse than after the financial crash.

The Labour leader is set to pledge that, should his party win the next general election, his ministers will be “ruthless” when it comes to prudent public spending.

Labour will face “huge constraints” on what it can spend following 13 years of Conservative mishandling of the economy, he is set to declare during a speech on Monday.

Following a cost-of-living crisis and stagnant growth, Sir Keir will use his speech to put