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Starmer says a Labour government ‘would not turn on public spending taps’

Source: PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer will warn that a Labour administration will not be able to “turn on the spending taps” and the party must have an “obsession” with economic growth to raise living standards.

The Labour leader will say that a government he leads would be “ruthless” when it comes to prudent public spending.

He will address a conference hosted by the think tank, which has a report out saying the UK has seen 15 years of relative decline,

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