Sir Keir Starmer will warn this week that he inherited a “rot deep in the heart” of British politics and institutions, and that the UK’s economic situation will get worse before it gets better.
“When there is rot deep in the heart of a structure, you can’t just cover it up . . . You have to overhaul the entire thing. Tackle it at the root. Even if it’s harder work and takes more time,” Starmer will say on Tuesday. “This project has always been about fixing the foundations of this country.”
In his first keynote speech since walking into Downing Street on July 5, the new Labour prime minister will say that his government has done more in seven weeks than the former Conservative government did in seven years.