26 Sep 2024

UK: Starmer's suits + tough love conference speech

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 26 September 2024
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference. Photo: OLI SCARFF

UK correspondent Dan Bloom looks at the troubles facing the new Labour government, as PM Keir Starmer faces stories about the "freebies" he's accepted - including suits and an £18m penthouse flat during the election campaign.

At his Labour conference speech on Tuesday the PM continued the "tough love" theme, telling the public it would have to accept prisons and pylons in places they might not want them.

And Dan looks ahead to next week's Tory conference - who's likely to take the reins after the party's crushing election defeat?

Dan Bloom is senior author of Politico's London Playbook 

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