Starmer warns Labour: ‘Don’t get giddy over prospect of election victory’

In an exclusive interview, the party's leader says it is on course for Downing Street, but must not repeat past opposition mistakes

Keir Starmer interview

Keir Starmer on Sunday warns his party not to become giddy" about the prospect of power, as he declares that Labour is bang on schedule" to win the next general election.

After his party's stunning win over the Scottish National party in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection, the Labour leader uses an exclusive interview with the Observer to spell out how a Labour government will power" economic growth across the country by training up hundreds of thousands of workers in a new nationwide network of skills colleges, geared to the needs of local economies and industries of the future.