The Prime Minister has taken to the stage at the Labour conference in Liverpool, where he claimed that Nigel Farage hates Britain as he boasts that his party is proud of our flags.
The keynote speech comes as Keir Starmer faces plummeting poll results, showing that he is the most unpopular Prime Minister in British history and that the majority of Labour members don’t want Keir Starmer to lead the party into the next General Election.
In his speech, Sir Keir took a swipe at Reform's "path of division" and warned that Britain stands at a "fork in the road".
He claimed that Nigel Farage never says anything positive about Britain's future.
The Prime Minister said: "When was the last time that you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain’s future?
"He can’t. He doesn’t like Britain. Doesn’t believe in Britain. He wants you to doubt it as much as he does. So he resorts to grievance."
Mr Starmer then went on to explain that Britons have been "ground down" through Brexit, austerity and Covid.
Halfway through the speech, the Labour conference erupted into a hall of flag-waving after the Prime Minister vowed "we will never surrender them".
Sir Keir explained that the Government made "difficult decisions on taxation" at the last budget to "choose investment over austerity".
The Prime Minister branded the Reform UK leader as the "enemy of renewal" in a fiery attack on Reform UK as he approached the end of his speech.
Nigel Farage accused of being a 'snowflake' by Wes Streeting and Mike Tapp
Labour MPs have hit out at Nigel Farage's response to Sir Keir Starmer's comments, branding the Reform UK leader as a "snowflake".
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: "For someone who is so plain speaking, Nigel Farage has this knack, when he's called out, of acting like the biggest snowflake."
He accused Mr Farage of having "main character energy", meaning he cannot let someone be the centre of the news.
Mike Tapp chipped in, writing on X: "Oh come on! Peak snowflake right there."
Rachel Reeves to scrap two-child benefit cap in major Budget move
Rachel Reeves is set to lift the two-child benefit cap in next month's Budget, answering one of the biggest demands from Labour MPs and child poverty campaigners.
The cap, which currently affects 1.7 million children across Great Britain, limits support to the first two children in most households.
The Chancellor and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have signalled they will respond to the child poverty taskforce's recommendations when the Budget is announced in November.
Nigel Farage 'more determined than ever' to beat Labour in elections next year
Nigel Farage has said he is "more determined than ever" to beat Labour in elections next year.
The Reform UK leader stated his party will "teach Keir Starmer and the Labour Party a lesson" next May.
He said: "We will teach Starmer a lesson next May that British political history will never forget.
"I am now, as a result of this week, of the abuse that has been heaped upon our supporters and our voters, more determined than ever. Don't underestimate that."
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Nigel Farage hits back at 'obsessive attacks' from Sir Keir Starmer
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has hit back at what he called "obsessive attacks" from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Labour's conference.
Mr Farage said he had "never before seen one individual so dominate" a rival party's gathering, adding that Labour had launched "a constant attack" on him, his party and its policies.
He said that Mr Starmer's branding of Reform's policies "immoral" meant "Reform UK voters are immoral and racist".
The Reform UK leader accused Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet of "descending into the gutter" because they could not defeat Reform "on the arguments".
WATCH - GB News' Christopher Hope speaks to Rachel Reeves, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband after Sir Keir Starmer's speech
Watch as GB News' Christopher Hope speaks to Rachel Reeves, Shabana Mahmood and Ed Miliband after Sir Keir Starmer's speech.
Britain is not ‘broken’, declares Starmer
Keir Starmer declares Britain is not ‘broken’
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Sir Keir Starmer has rejected the claim that Britain is "broken".
The Prime Minister talked up record inward investment into Britain, asking: "Is that broken Britain, conference?"
He added: "Those three trade deals we struck, with India, with the US, with our fellow Europeans, a signal to the world that Britain is back, that stability has returned. Is that broken Britain, conference?
"Or our iron-clad and never-wavering support for the brave people of Ukraine, the yellow and blue flag flying on churches and village halls the length and breadth of the country. Is that broken Britain, conference?"
Ending his speech, the Prime Minister said: "I will fight with every breath I have, fight for working people, fight for the tolerant, respectful Britain that I know.
"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.”
Applause broke out in the hall as Sir Keir concluded his speech.
Sir Keir Starmer brands Nigel Farage ‘enemy’ of renewal
Sir Keir Starmer has branded Nigel Farage as the "enemy of renewal" in a fiery attack on Reform UK.
He said: "Controlling migration is a reasonable goal. But if you throw bricks and smash up private property, that is not legitimate, that is thuggery.
"Free speech is a British value and we have guarded it for centuries. But if you incite racist violence and hatred, that is not expressing concern, that is criminal.
"And this party, this great party, is proud of our flags but if they’re painted alongside graffiti telling a Chinese takeaway owner to go home, that’s not pride, that’s racism."
He added: "If you say they should now be deported, we will fight you with everything we have because you are the enemy of national renewal."
Throwing bricks is "thuggery", says Sir Keir Starmer
Throwing bricks in an apparent protest is "not legitimate – that is thuggery", Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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.”Throwing bricks in an apparent protest is “not legitimate – that is thuggery”, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
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.”
Granting asylum for people 'genuinely fleeing persecution' is 'the mark of a decent, compassionate country', says Keir Starmer
Granting asylum for people "genuinely fleeing persecution” is "the mark of a decent, compassionate country", Sir Keir Starmer said as he repeated his pledge to "smash the gangs".
He told the Labour Party conference that the public’s desire for secure borders was "a reasonable demand".
He said: "We should always say plainly and with pride that asylum for people genuinely fleeing persecution is the mark of a decent, compassionate country.
"But, conference, secure borders are also vital for a decent, compassionate country, controlling who comes here is an essential task of Government.
"There’s nothing compassionate or progressive in a vile trade that loads people into overcrowded boats, puts them in grave danger in the channel and ultimately exploits human desperation and hope.
"So, mark my words, we will stop this. We will smash the gangs. We will crack down on illegal working, we will remove people with no right to be here and we will secure Britain’s borders."
Labour has 'backed' young people with its education policy, says Keir Starmer
Labour has backed young people with its education policy announcements during the party’s Liverpool conference, Sir Keir Starmer has said
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Labour has backed young people with its education policy announcements during the party’s Liverpool conference, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
He said: "I can also announce that further education – so long a Cinderella service – ignored, because politicians’ kids don’t go there, we will make it a defining cause for this Labour Government with higher standards in every college. The quality of teaching? Raised.
"More apprenticeships, more technical colleges – technical excellence colleges – qualifications linked to jobs, rooted in their communities.”
Sir Keir said that his announcement amounted to "young people, backed".
He continued: "The class ceiling? Smashed. The grafters? Finally included in our country’s highest aspirations."
Sir Keir Starmer has recalled a trip to Oldham when he became an MP
The Prime Minister has recalled a visit he made to Oldham just shortly after he became an MP.
"Soon after I became an MP, I went to Oldham for a biology club. I was taken to a street to meet a woman who I was told had strong views on immigration.
"I knocked on the door. She invited me in. We had a cup of tea and a rich tea biscuit. And then, as we sat there, she got her photo album out and showed me pictures of her at the wedding of her Asian neighbour.
"She was proud that she was her neighbour and her friend. Now, I'm not the most patient person as anybody in my family will tell you. I started thinking, ‘What is going on here?’ And then we finally got to it.
"She told me that a group of men from Eastern Europe had recently moved into her street.
"They sat on her wall, didn't put their rubbish out at the right time, and spat on the ground
"To her, that broke the little, but important rules of her street. She didn't like it. Then I realised what was really happening. And conference, what was really happening is that she, an ordinary working-class woman from Oldham, a Labour voter, felt that she had to prove to a Labour politician that she wasn't racist before she could even bring up the issues in her community.
“I've carried that with me through all the bar years conference.
"Whatever our intentions, we had become a party that patronised working people, and that is why we changed the party.”
Keir Starmer said Government made 'difficult decisions on taxation' at last budget to 'choose investment over austerity'
Sir Keir Starmer said the Government made "difficult decisions on taxation" at the last budget in order to "choose investment over austerity” and "rebuild our public services."
The Prime Minister told the Labour conference he had chosen to “confront the cottage industry of blockers that strangle a thriving private sector".
"You can choose to challenge the outdated dogma – say with one clear voice that public investment does not crowd out the private,” he said.
"We should invest more outside of London and the South East … a more secure labour market with stronger worker rights that will be better for productivity.”
He added: “And, conference, you can choose to rebuild our public service, choose investment over austerity. That’s the choice we made at the last budget.
"A hard choice. Difficult decisions on taxation. But conference – that’s the choice that we made."
He said the Government had taken "a huge step on the path of renewal", adding: "A firmer foundation to take our country forward."
"More security, more respect, more opportunity – a Britain built for all.”
Labour Conference erupts into proud flag-waving
Labour Conference erupts into proud flag-waving
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The Labour conference has erupted into a hall of flag-waving after the Prime Minister vowed "we will never surrender them".
"I’m not just proud of the Union Jack and the Cross of St George, I’m also proud of the Saltire, of the Red Dragon.
"I’m proud of our union. The astonishing relationship between our four great nations.
"Four different nations, yes, but four nations that time and again have been through fire together, have built so much together.
"Let’s flag all our flags conference, because there are flags, they belong to all of us, and we will never surrender them.”
Keir Starmer says two-thirds of young Britons should go to university or pursue apprenticeships
Sir Keir has said two-thirds of young Britons should go to university or pursue apprenticeships in a bid to update a measure of success that’s "right for our times”.
Speaking about his brother, who had learning difficulties, Sir Keir said he was “badly failed by the education system”.
"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.
"So conference, you will never hear me denigrate the aspiration to go to university.
"I don’t think the way we currently measure success in education, that ambition to get 50 per cent of kids to uni, I don’t think that’s right for our times.
"If you choose an apprenticeship, what does that say to you? [...] Today I can announce we will scrap that target and replace it with a target that two-thirds of our children should either go to uni or pursue a gold-standard apprenticeship.”
PM jokes about his father’s toolmaking past
Sir Keir has made a small joke about his father’s occupation and how many times he’s mentioned it in the last few years.
"People like my dad, I think by now you know what he did for a living.
"But then again, do you?"
The conference hall erupted into a titter of laughter.
"Do you really know the skill, the craft, the precision that goes into tool-making?"
He added: "The thing is he always felt disrespected... because he worked with his hands, and I can see why.
"He worked hours and hours at night school when he was an apprentice. I went to Leeds University, had a good time, it’s a good place to have a good time is Leeds.
"And when I came back I officially became the first in my family to go to university, I was put on that pedestal. Working-class families know exactly what I mean."
PM recalls recent trip to primary school - ‘We must end inequality’
Sir Keir Starmer has recalled a recent trip to a primary school where a reception teacher told him that some children could read while others were still in nappies.
"Inequality at aged just four baked in for life. So our childcare provision is a game-changer, giving every child the best start in life.
"Every single child equal at the starting line of their education.
"That’s national renewal, conference, that’s why I make the tough decisions, and I make no apologies if they tilt towards working people, because it’s working people who paid the price of Tory decline.”
Sir Keir Starmer has described economic growth as the 'antidote to division' after taking a swipe at Reform UK
Sir Keir Starmer has described economic growth as being the “antidote to division” as he continued his pitch for “national renewal” at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
The Prime Minister told delegates and activists: "So much of it comes back to economic growth.
"In fact, I’ll say it now, so there’s no doubt: The defining mission of this Government is to grow the economy, improve living standards and change the way we create wealth.”
Sir Keir later added: "Growth is the pound in your pocket, it is more money for trips, meals out, the little things that bring joy to our lives, the peace of mind that comes from economic security.
"But it is also the antidote to division – that’s the most important aspect of national renewal."
He also said: "The way you grow an economy – not just how much but who and where benefits – that can either build a nation or it can pull it apart."
Sir Keir called for "an economy that unites” people and communities, able to face down “the threats of a volatile world”.
Keir Starmer has hailed Britain’s defence investment as ‘vital for national security’
The Prime Minister has said Britain must throw away the “old mentality” of building ships anywhere rather than taking pride in British manufacturing and defence investments.
"Take our investment in defence, undeniably good for growth, vital for national security and the whole of the continent. Impossible without really tough decisions on aid.
"Just look at the new deal ot build Norwegian frigates, that doesn’t happen without our investment.
"A decade of shipbuilding on the Clyde. That heritage, that pride, secure for future generations.
"Now, those frigates could have been built anywhere, but that was the old mentality. That it didn’t matter. But we want to build them here."
Recalling a visit to a shipbuilding yard on the Clyde after the frigate deal was announced, he continued: “I stood in front of them and said thank you for your hard work and your reputation that helped us win that detail.
"They were being judged against other countries, France, Germany and the US, and they won. They were proud.
"They said this was the answer to the mantra that they heard, people who said British shipbuilding was dead. They told me how much it meant to their communities.
"And they were proud to contribute, they were proud that they were chosen by an ally looking for a partner to defend our continent from Putin’s aggression.”
Keir Starmer supports Donald Trump's plan for Gaza
Sir Keir Starmer has welcomed Donald Trump's plan for peace in Gaza.
He told the Labour Party conference: "I welcome the new US initiative to bring peace to the Middle East.
"I strongly support efforts to end the fighting, release every hostage and urgently scale up aid into Gaza.
"All sides must now come together to bring this initiative into reality, because we must restart the hope of a two-state solution, a safe and secure Israel alongside the long-promised Palestinian state, a state that this country now recognises."
The US President's plan comprises 20 steps for peace, including the introduction of a temporary transitional governance, featuring Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.
PM: ‘New Britain should have been built after 2008 financial crash’
Sir Keir Starmer has said that following the 2008 financial crash, a 'new Britain' should have been built
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Sir Keir Starmer has said that following the 2008 financial crash, a "new Britain” should have been built.
He said: "Complacent, that’s the only way to describe it, complacent. We placed too much faith in globalisation.
"The establishment across so many institutions is hock to its lazy assumptions that immigration is all we need to give us the workers, infrastructure will always be there because we built it decades ago, the world is always on hand to give us the goods.”
He added: "In our age of insecurity we can see now that it does matter, we do need to put our security first, we do need to unlock the potential of every community, we do need a more muscular state free from the red tape that stops us building, growing our economy from the grassroots, renewing every town and city on these islands."
Sir Keir Starmer warns Britons have been ‘ground down’
Sir Keir Starmer warned that Britons have been "ground down" during his speech at the Labour conference.
The Prime Minister said: "I owe everything to this country and its values. But working people are ground down.
"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.
"But time and again, politics avoided the path of renewal…
"We must never, never find ourselves defending a status quo that manifestly failed working people."
'When was the last time that you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain’s future?' asks Starmer
The Prime Minister has questioned why Nigel Farage doesn’t say positive things about Britain.
In his speech, he took aim at the Reform UK leader saying: "When was the last time that you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain’s future?
"He can’t. He doesn’t like Britain. Doesn’t believe in Britain. He wants you to doubt it as much as he does. So he resorts to grievance."
Keir Starmer claims britain standing at ‘fork in the road’
The Prime Minister has said Britain stands at a crossroads where we can “choose decency or division, renewal or decline”.
He said: "We can all see that the country faces a defining choice, a fork in the road. We can choose decency or 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.
"But at the end of the road, there will be a new country, a land of dignity and respect. Everyone seen, everyone valued, working people in control of their services, the mindless bureaucracy that chokes businesses removed... Our flags flying proudly as we celebrate difference and oppose racism."
Pictured: Keir Starmer arrives on stage
Keir Starmer addresses Labour members amid plummeting poll results
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Keir Starmer speech begins with Hillsborough justice campaigner - 'I thank you all'
Hillsborough justice campaigner, Margaret Aspinall, has taken to the stage to introduce Sir Keir Starmer
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A Hillsborough justice campaigner, Margaret Aspinall, has taken to the stage to introduce Sir Keir Starmer.
Ms Aspinall lost her 18-year-old son at Hillsborough.
She added that she had met "so many wonderful people" whose loved ones had also died.
A new law, the Hillsborough law, was recently announced by Sir Keir Starmer, which will give officials a duty of candour.
"Those MPs who were for this law, I thank you; those MPs who were against this law, shame on you, shame on you."
She then went on to thank Sir Keir for "keeping his word", adding: "It wasn't easy."
'We need her back' line by Wes Streeting 'was not cleared by No 10'
Wes Streeting’s call to bring back Angela Rayner was reportedly not cleared by No 10.
The Health Secretary called for Ms Rayner’s return just weeks after her resignation in his conference speech.
A source close to Mr Streeting told The Telegraph that the line was "ad-libbed”, meaning it wasn’t cleared by Downing Street beforehand.
However, they said they were "sure" that No 10 would be "happy with it".
No 10 are refusing to say whether Wes Streeting’s call to bring back Angela Rayner was cleared by the Prime Minister’s office, adding that they had "no update” on whether Ms Rayner could return to Government.
During his speech, the Health Secretary said: "There’s someone else who’s made a real difference too, who understands the struggle care workers face because she was one.
"She brought that experience to the Cabinet table as the care worker who became our country’s deputy prime minister. Angela Rayner, this achievement is yours. Thank you.”
"We want her back. We need her back."
Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary after failing to pay enough tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove.
PICTURED: Keir Starmer greeted by supporters as he arrives to deliver keynote speech
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and wife Lady Victoria, are greeted by supporters as he arrives to deliver his keynote speech
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Labour can't 'out-Reform Reform', says Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell said Labour is "pleasing no one" by "trying to out-Reform Reform”.
The deputy leadership hopeful said: “We’re pleasing no one by on the one side trying to sort of out-Reform Reform, and then on the other side we’re kind of losing our more progressive voters to the left, and we see that in the polling figures.”
At an event on the fringes of Labour conference, she added: “As the Government and as the Labour Party, we should be a lot clearer about setting the terms of the debate.”
Lucy Powell welcoms Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza
Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell has welcomed Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.
Asked whether she agreed with the proposals, she told an event on the fringes of the party’s annual conference: “I welcome a peace plan that seems to have widespread support, because I think that’s the most important thing isn’t it?”
She said she was "not going to pass judgment" and wanted to focus on getting to a place "where we can start getting aid back in" and "stop the killing".
The US President's plan comprises 20 steps for peace, including the introduction of a temporary transitional governance, featuring Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Wes Streeting effectively just launched his bid for the Labour leadership after upstaging Sir Keir Starmer - analysis by Jack Walters
Wes Streeting won over the Exhibition Room with a standing ovation
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has put his cards on the table.
While the focus for much of the 2025 Labour Party Conference has been on Andy Burnham, it was Mr Streeting who won over the Exhibition Room with a standing ovation.
But the ambitious 42-year-old was putting forward his own message for the Labour leadership, refusing to back down against health unions and calling for Angela Rayner to return to the Cabinet.
While other Cabinet Ministers have been pushing out No10 instructed lines, Mr Streeting's attacks on Reform UK appeared even more pointed.
Keir Starmer to ask: 'Nigel Farage and Reform, do they love our country?'
Sir Keir Starmer will suggest Nigel Farage does not love Britain in his Labour conference speech, GB News understands.
The Prime Minister is expected to say: "For me, patriotism is about love and pride, about serving an interest that’s more than yourself, a common good. And the question I ask, seriously, of Nigel Farage and Reform, is do they love our country?
"Do they want to serve our country – all of it, our beautiful, tolerant, diverse country. Every region, nation and city or do they just want to stir the pot of division, because that’s what works for their interests.
"Do they truly believe in our potential? In our brilliance, in all the innovative wonders of our economy from clean energy to the creative arts?
"And when push comes to shove, do they really want to fix our problems and renew Britain? Or – as we’ve seen time and again – whether it’s the SNP, the extremes of the Left or Reform and the Tories now, do they actually want Britain to fail?
"I think we know the answer to that question."
Delegates told to be on ‘heckler watch’ ahead of Keir Starmer’s speech in bid to stop protesters
With just over an hour to go until the Prime Minister's speech, Labour activists and delegates have been told to be on "heckler watch" and remain "vigilant" in a bid to stop protesters.
The party’s conference arrangements committee chairwoman, Lynne Morris, made the announcement as she opened the third day of the Labour Party conference on Tuesday.
It follows a one-man pro-Palestine protest during Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s speech on Monday.
She said: "In order to deliver a safe conference, we would ask you to be vigilant and to report any concerns you have to a member of staff or steward immediately.
"If there is someone sitting with you in your delegation or in a seat near to you that you do not recognise, or that are concerned about in any way, please inform the regional, Scottish or Welsh teams."
The audience for Keir Starmer's address has been restricted, with only those with tickets, which includes several journalists, able to be in the hall, says Ms Morris.
Concerns over hecklers are heightened due to the public and activists in Labour increasingly losing faith in the Prime Minister, according to polls.
'NHS must always be changing and improving', says Wes Streeting
The NHS "must always be changing and improving", the Health Secretary has said as he argued modernising Britain's health service is "not a betrayal" of Aneurin Bevan’s legacy.
Speaking at the Labour Party conference, he said: "My ambition isn’t just to recover the NHS, but to rebuild it to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
He added: "Modernisation is not a betrayal of Bevan’s legacy, it is fulfilment.
"Because as the great man himself said, the NHS must always be changing and improving.
"The truth is this, the next 10 years won’t just bring a decade’s worth of change in healthcare, it will bring centuries' worth."
Mr Streeting added: “We will not flinch, we will not fail. We will rebuild our National Health and rebuild Britain for our time, for all time, for everyone.”
Wes Streeting issues warning as he announces NHS reform - 'We won’t back down'
The Health Secretary Wes Streeting has issued a warning against giving in to the "forces of conservatism" as he announced an NHS reform.
He warned it risked “turning the NHS into a museum of 20th century healthcare".
It comes as changes to online access at GP surgeries are set to come into force from October 1, which the British Medical Association (BMA) is disputing.
Mr Streeting said: "Tomorrow, we’re reforming general practice so patients can request appointments online at any point during the day.
"Many GPs already offer this service because they’ve changed with the times.
"Why shouldn’t be booking a GP appointment be as easy as booking a delivery, a taxi or a takeaway? And our policy comes alongside a billion pounds of extra funding for general practice and 2,000 extra GPs.
"Yet the BMA threatens to oppose it in 2025. Well, I’ll give you this warning; if we give in to the forces of conservatism, they will turn the NHS into a museum of 20th century healthcare.
"We will always stand up for the interests of patients, and we won’t back down.”
'We need her back!' Wes Streeting praises Angela Rayner
Wes Streeting has praised Angela Rayner in his speech, telling the Labour conference: "We need her back".
He said: "There’s someone else who’s made a real difference too, who understands the struggle care workers face because she was one.
"She brought that experience to the Cabinet table as the care worker who became our country’s deputy prime minister. Angela Rayner, this achievement is yours. Thank you.”
"We want her back. We need her back."
Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary after failing to pay enough tax on her £800,000 flat in Hove.
She was found to had breached the ministerial code
'At the next election we’ll send Farage packing', claims Wes Streeting
The Sealth Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed that Labour will "send Farage packing" at the next Genreal election.
"Friends, we must win another fight too. One against the poison of post-truth politics. At Reform’s conference, a discredited doctor claimed the Covid vaccine gave the Royal family cancer. And this man wasn’t just a fringe figure, he’s Reform’s health adviser.”
Mr Streeting said "anti-vax lies have consequences", calling him "anti-reason", "anti-health" and "the snake oil salesman of British politics".
"But it’s just not the NHS he’s coming for, it’s the people who make the NHS. If you earn less than 60 grand a year and came from abroad, Farage wants you gone. The doctors, the porters, the nurses. The people who care for us in our hour of need and kept our country going when everything else stopped. Tearing families apart, our friends, our neighbours."
He added: "Farage says ‘go home’, I say ‘you are home’. I’ve got your back, we’ve got your back and at the next election we’ll send Farage packing."
"Here’s the challenge we’ve got. Farage is counting on us to fail. He wants to say if a Labour Government can’t deliver on the NHS, it’s time to do away with Labour and the NHS. Well, I’ve got bad news for you, Nigel. Delivering on the NHS is what Labour governments do and this Labour Government is delivering the change we promised.
"We promised two million more appointments, we’ve delivered five million. We promised an extra 1,000 GPs, we’ve delivered 2,000. We promised to cut waiting lists and they’re falling for the first time in 15 years [...] That is the difference a Labour Government makes and we’re only just getting started.”
Nigel Farage compared to Andrew Tate by Government minister
Nigel Farage has been compared to Andrew Tate by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones.
When asked if Mr Farage had a big following among young people, particularly young men, Mr Jones said: "So does Andrew Tate, but that doesn’t mean it’s ok.
"And I’d put them in similar categories, quite frankly. They’re snake oil salesmen that are misleading people and taking down a dark path for them and for our country.
"We have to bring a light into that debate and show the way towards a Britain renewed... where everybody gets the chance to succeed. And that’s the battle that we will step up into and win."
Keir Starmer to take swipe at Reform's 'path of division' as he warns Britain stands at 'fork in road'
Keir Starmer will take a swipe at Reform's "path of division" as he addresses the Labour Party conference in Liverpool in just over two hours.
The Prime Minister will take to the stage shortly after Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, will deliver his keynote address at 11.50am.
Mr Streeting is expected to further criticise Nigel Farage and Reform UK after suggesting earlier today on GB News that Mr Farage was "racist".
In the Prime Minister's speech, he will warn that Britain stands at a "fork in the road" and is expected to outline what he sees as the differences between Labour's vision for Britain and Reform UK's.
Taking to the stage later today, Sir Keir is expected to say: "It is a test. A fight for the soul of our country, every bit as big as rebuilding Britain after the war, and we must all rise to this challenge," he will say, warning that the goal will not be achieved without a cost.
"We need to be clear that our path, the path of renewal, it's long, it's difficult, it requires decisions that are not cost-free or easy," he is expected to say.
"Decisions - that will not always be comfortable for our party. Yet at the end of this hard road there will be a new country, a fairer country, a land of dignity and respect."
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has attracted significant numbers of former Labour voters, according to polls, with Keir Starmer branding the party's deportation policy as "racist" at the beginning of the conference.
In his speech, the Prime Minister will add: "We can all see our 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."
Two Reform councillors suspended amid investigation into conduct
Northumberland County Councillors Patrick Lambert and Nicole Brooke | FACEBOOKTwo councillors have been suspended by Reform UK "pending an investigation into their conduct".
Northumberland County councillors Nicole Brooke and Patrick Lambert have both had the "whip suspended pending investigation for breaching the Reform council group rules".
"In a manner that could be detrimental to the party's interests," a statement indicated.
Keir Starmer rallies Labour activists for ‘fight’ against Nigel Farage but insiders admit ‘crucial’ battle is Reform’s for the taking
Sir Keir Starmer has issued a rallying cry to Welsh Labour activists as Reform UK launches its campaign to snatch Caerphilly in next month’s Senedd by-election.
Making a surprise appearance at the Welsh Labour fringe event on Sunday night, Sir Keir failed to mention the threat posed by pro-independence challengers in Plaid Cymru.
The Prime Minister instead renewed his assault against Nigel Farage and Reform UK, mentioning either the Clacton MP or his party four times in the last minute of his speech.
Sir Keir appeared to double down on his previous attack lines against Mr Farage, accusing the Reform UK leader of “cosying up” to Vladimir Putin, voting against workers’ rights and bringing about division through his policy to end Indefinite Leave to Remain.
Labour can win the next General Election despite 'adversity', claims Labour minister
The Northern Ireland Secretary, Hilary Benn, believes that Labour can win the next General Election despite the "adversity” it is currently facing.
During his speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, the Northern Ireland Secretary said: "The story of Labour Governments of the past – of which we are now so rightly proud – and the story of this Government when it comes to be written in the years ahead are about what we achieved in the face of adversity.
"Everything that is worthwhile involves effort, determination and never, ever giving up. After all, just remember from whence we have come.
"1945. Clem Attlee. Debt was well over 200 per cent of GDP, rationing continued after the war, there was an energy crisis, the freezing cold winter of 1947.
"And yet that Labour government created the National Health Service, legislated to preserve beauty for posterity through the National Parks Act and helped to establish NATO which to this day remains the bedrock of our security.
"1964. Harold Wilson’s great victory and a Labour government that changed society for the better [...] Go forward to 1997. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. So, so much achieved including that Good Friday Agreement.
"And now the Government of 2024 and our Prime Minister Keir Starmer. We know that we are – once again – living in tough and difficult times. But our history teaches us that we have succeeded before and we will, conference, do so again.”
'Too slow!' Keir Starmer finds delivery harder than expected, admits PM's new Chief Secretary
Darren Jones suggested his move to the new role of Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister was borne of “frustration” at the pace of delivery and a sense that “the machine is too slow.”
Asked whether the changes Sir Keir Starmer had made to his Government team came from a frustration that delivery was proving harder than expected, he told a Labour conference fringe event: "Yeah, and the machine is too slow. It still is too slow, we’ve got to fix it."
He said progress was too "sluggish" and the Government would be looking at introducing more measures like taskforces, as "timebound" projects to speed up delivery.
Mr Jones, who is also Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster, also revealed the Prime Minister had moved back the No 10 morning meeting by 15 minutes so that he could drop his children off at breakfast club and do the morning run.
Mr Jones, a former solicitor, said the Prime Minister, a former barrister, addresses problems "like a lawyer”.
Referring to their previous roles, he joked: "In the old days that would mean I instruct him, not the other way round."
Nigel Farage leaving the ECHR would undermine the Good Friday Agreement, says Northern Ireland secretary
Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, was the first minister to address the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today
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Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland secretary, was the first minister to address the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today.
Mr Benn took direct aim at Reform UK's Nigel Farage, accusing him of "undermining" the Good Friday Agreement.
The Northern Ireland secretary said: "What does Nigel Farage want to do?
"He actually wants to undermine the Good Friday Agreement by walking away from the European Convention on Human Rights.
"After all that the people of Ireland have been through, I cannot think of anything more irresponsible.
"It's wrong, it's reckless and we've got to make sure it never, ever happens.
"How do we do that? By taking on Reform for their revelling in grievance, their relentless desire to divide and their willingness to tear things down."
'Letting the side down!' Wes Streeting hits out at BMA following latest dispute over GP online access
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said that the British Medical Association is "letting the side down" due to the latest dispute over GP online access.
He told GB News: "I think the BMA are letting the side down, to be honest, because they’re giving people the impression that GPs are opposed to online access, and actually, loads of GPs are already doing it, we just want to make sure it’s happening everywhere.
"They’ve got to work with us, not against this. I mean, it’s been, it’s been a running theme of my first year as Health and Social Care Secretary, that the BMA kickoff from one week to the next, and I’d rather we work together as partners. I really, I really do.
"And the alternative is, we either get, we get the NHS back on its feet with a Labour Government and we’ll be proud of that achievement for years to come, or if the BMA hold us back and the forces of conservatism win, there’ll be a Reform government with Nigel Farage, who doesn’t believe in the NHS, wants an insurance system that will check your pockets before your pulse and your credit card before you care.
"That’s not a future I want to see, but that is going to be the choice of the next general election, and there isn’t a more pro-NHS, more pro-doctor, pro-patient, health secretary or government waiting in the wings.”
Keir Starmer will 'confound his critics', claims Wes Streeting amid leadership debate
Health Secretary Wes Streeting said Sir Keir Starmer would confound his critics when he addresses the Labour Party conference later on Tuesday.
Mr Streeting said: "I actually think this Labour conference has been really important for the party and for the Government.
"I feel like we’ve got a spring in our step, I think people have come together at this conference.
"We’re proud of what we’ve achieved in our first year as a Labour Government, but we know there’s so much more to do to rebuild our economy, rebuild our public services and rebuild trust in politics.
"That’s the challenge that we’re facing, that’s the fight we are up for.
"Keir Starmer has confounded his critics and confounded expectations before, and he will do it again today."
Wes Streeting furiously hits out at Nigel Farage amid 'racism' row: 'We've got to call it out'
Wes Streeting furiously hits out at Nigel Farage amid 'racism' row.
Speaking on GB News, Mr Streeting said: "I don't have a window into Nigel's soul, but I did see the leaflet that Reform put out in a by-election in Scotland that basically said that Anas Sarwar would prioritise the interests of the Pakistani community and Pakistanis living in the country.
"And why was that? Well, because as well as being a proud Scot, Anas is also a proud Pakistani, and I thought that was a racist leaflet. I really did, and it went out in Reform's name.
"If Nigel Farage doesn't agree with that, why did he let it go out? And if he did agree with that, well, what does that make him?"
The Health Secretary later added: "I want this to be a country where people can express their concerns and can speak up and can exercise free speech. I don't think the people, for example, are concerned about the security of our borders, the small boats or levels of legal, let alone illegal migration in our country are racist.
"I don't think that at all. But we do have racism in our country, and where we see it, we've got to call it out. I don't want to turn the clock back."
It follows Sir Keir Starmer describing Reform’s plan for the mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of legal migrants as "racist", although he insisted not all Reform supporters were.
Labour 'stands with Hamas', says Israel
The Israeli Government have called it a disgrace that Labour runs Britain following a motion that called on the Prime Minister to accept the findings of a recent United Nations report, which concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.Benjamin Netanyahu’s Government claimed Labour “stands with Hamas”.
Labour members voted in favour of a motion which also backed a full arms embargo.
Keir Starmer and the Government’s official position remains that the Israeli Government’s actions do not amount to genocide, although they did recognise Palestine as an official state earlier in September.
The Israeli foreign ministry said: "While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump are working tirelessly in Washington to end the war in Gaza, the Labour Party chooses to embrace Hamas and fully adopt its lies, including the fake genocide campaign.
"The world stands with the US and Israel in their efforts to end the war. Labour stands with Hamas. It is a disgrace for Britain that this is the party in power."
Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned world nations, including Britain, that have recognised Palestine as an official state, claiming many contries were quick to forget the horrors of October 7.
Labour forced to ask 'who their core voters really are' as new poll shows Nigel Farage winning stunning share of seats
Labour headed into their 2025 annual party conference with several damning polls suggesting Kier Starmer's premiership is under siege.
GB News spoke to Britain's top election gurus on whether Nigel Farage's Reform UK poses a real threat to the current Government ahead of 2029.
James Crouch, head of policy and public affairs at Opinium, told GB News: "Reform’s rise puts the whole party system on notice."
"Reform UK’s surge is being fuelled by both Labour and the Conservatives facing their own existential crises, and it should force all three parties to ask who their core voters really are."
Millions to be slapped with tax raid as Rachel Reeves targets VAT in Autumn Budget
Britain's middle classes face a significant financial blow as the Chancellor prepares to extend VAT to previously exempt services.
Treasury officials are actively exploring options to impose the tax on private medical insurance and financial services, according to reports
This move, which would directly affect up to eight million households that rely on private medical coverage, represents a reversal of Rachel Reeves's earlier commitment to avoid further tax increases.
The Chancellor had previously assured business leaders that last year's Budget would be a singular event, promising no additional borrowing or taxation.
Nigel Farage's Reform UK is an 'existential threat' to the NHS, says Wes Streeting
Health Secretary Wes Streeting will also take to the stage, where he is expected to outline the "existential threat" facing the NHS from Nigel Farage's Reform UK.
He will also set out social care funding plans and stress the need for NHS modernisation and the embrace of new technology.
Ahead of his speech, the Health Secretary said: "Our health service and our social care services need to change with the times, in order to ride the wave of that revolution, rather than see our people victims of it."
He told Times Radio that Nigel Farage’s party is "anti-science, anti-reason and anti-health".
Mr Streeting added: "We’ve seen Nigel Farage advocating an insurance-style system. He will check your pockets before your pulse."
Pressed on why that is a threat to the BMA, he said: "I think Reform UK is a threat to everything the BMA wants to see from the NHS.
"Similarly, do they really want in power in this country a prime minister in Nigel Farage who, when asked if he’s on the side of doctors and the medical advice they give on paracetamol to pregnant mothers who will be worried about what they’d heard, said, ‘I don’t side with anybody’.
"I mean, that’s anti-science."
Reform UK has said it is committed to keeping the NHS free at the point of delivery, as stated in its 2024 election manifesto, and has said it will “never” charge people to use the NHS.
Keir Starmer set to announce major overhaul of the NHS - 'A new chapter'
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer rehearsing his Labour Party conference keynote speech with his wife Lady Victoria Starmer
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Sir Keir Starmer will today announce a major overhaul of the NHS in his keynote address to the Labour Party conference.
The Prime Minister will promise an "online hospital" that will deliver millions of extra appointments and help cut long waiting times, as he outlines his vision for a "fairer" Britain.
The Prime Minister will outline plans for an "online hospital", NHS Online, which aims to deliver millions of extra appointments and help reduce long waiting times.
The service, which is due to launch in 2027, will allow patients to access prescriptions, book scans and tests, receive clinical advice, and manage appointments through the NHS app.
Labour claims the initiative, which the Prime Minister will describe as "a new chapter in the story of our NHS", will provide up to 8.5 million extra NHS appointments in its first three years.
UK GDP growth SLOWS to 0.3% ahead of Rachel Reeves's Autumn Budget
The UK's gross domestic product (GDP) rate is estimated to have grown by an unrevised 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2025, April to June, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This comes after an unrevised increase of 0.7 per cent between January and March, meaning the UK' economy has grown by one per cent in the first half of the year so far.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made bolstering economic growth as central to her agenda, however has faced hurdles since the Labour Government came into power last July.
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