Keir Starmer denies abandoning Labour leadership pledges
by Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#694TC)
Before Manchester speech, leader says some promises made in 2020 have been adapted given global events
Keir Starmer has defended dropping key pledges made during his Labour leadership bid, saying they have been adapted given unprecedented global events, as he prepares to set out his five national missions" to voters.
Before a speech in Manchester that will reveal the building blocks of Labour's general election manifesto, Starmer sought to convince voters he would stand by the new targets, which include delivering the highest sustained growth in the G7 for Britain.
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