Prime minister Keir Starmer has warned once again that the UK faces a “difficult road ahead” during his speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
Having previously alluded to a "painful" Budget next month, Starmer said he wanted to reassure those “nervous” over the likes of the government’s cut to winter fuel payments as it tackles a previously slated “black hole” in public finances.
“And if you can't take that on faith [...] then I get that," he said, “as I say, if this path were popular or easy we would have walked it already”.
Starmer also alluded to government plans to hasten the pace of asylum claims and tackle “dependency on net migration,” with the speech also being used to hint at helping vulnerable people out of homelessness.
Plans to headquarter new state-backed power company Great British Energy in Aberdeen were also firmed up, following speculation over the move earlier this month.