Keir Starmer praises Margaret Thatcher for bringing ‘meaningful change’ to UK

Labour leader says former PM set loose our natural entrepreneurialism' in appeal to Tory voters to back him

Keir Starmer has praised Margaret Thatcher for effecting meaningful change" in Britain in an article directly appealing to Conservative voters to switch to Labour.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader said Thatcher had set loose our natural entrepreneurialism" during her time as prime minister.