Starmer ’bomb-proofs’ policy pledges to help Labour keep promises

Leader defends lack of new announcements but says another bit of policy wasn't what was needed'

Keir Starmer has said he is bomb-proofing" all of his policy pledges to ensure a Labour government does not break promises, as he defended the lack of new announcements in his speech to the party conference.

On a broadcast round the day after his speech in Liverpool appealed to disgruntled Conservative voters to switch support, the Labour leader said his main feeling was defiance when a protester invaded the stage at the start of the address and sprinkled him with glitter.