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Watch live: Keir Starmer delivers Labour’s ‘plan for change’ in major speech

Lucy Leeson
Thursday 05 December 2024 11:01 GMT
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Watch as Sir Keir Starmer delivered Labour’s major “plan for change” speech on Thursday (5 December).

The prime minister addressed several milestones during his speech at Pinewood Studios, including raising living standards, ending hospital backlogs and putting more police on the beat.

Sir Keir promised a named, contactable police officer for every neighbourhood in England and Wales, who will be focused on dealing with local issues.

The prime minister described the move as “a relief to millions of people scared to walk the streets they call home”, and promised a range of policing reforms to improve performance alongside £100m to support neighbourhood policing.

In a speech billed as setting out the “next phase” of his government, the PM detailed ambitious “milestones” for achieving the five missions laid out in Labour’s manifesto.

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