Keir Starmer to tell Labour conference growth is the ‘antidote to division’

In a combative speech, the prime minister will pledge to raise living standards and face down' threats of a volatile world

Keir Starmer will attempt to brush aside critics of his economic strategy by insisting it can be the antidote to division" being sown by the populist right.

Under pressure to be more radical, the prime minister will tell the Labour party on Tuesday that economic growth can either build a nation or it can it pull it apart" depending on who and which parts of the country might benefit.