'How different was it to Sunak's?' Starmer's pre-election pitch analysed | LBC

"Child poverty isn't even mentioned in the six pledges and a lot of people are wondering to themselves how much real social conscience a Labour government will have."

00:00 Andrew Marr's initial reaction.
03:00 Input from Gordon Brown and Chris Packham on poverty and sewage.
05:08 LBC's Political Editor Natasha Clark's analysis.
07:32 The view from inside Labour with Alison McGovern.

Keir Starmer has unveiled six pledges to voters for changes he will make if he is elected as the Labour Prime Minister at the next general election.

Speaking at an event in Essex on Thursday, the Labour leader promised to deliver economic security, cut NHS waiting times, create a new border security command, set up a nationalised energy company, crack down on anti social behaviour, and recruit 6,500 new teachers.

They will be the first things the party will do if Labour wins the keys to power at the upcoming election.

Starmer said in a speech that Labour wants to show voters that "decline is not inevitable" and that "politics can make a difference".

He told Labour activists: "One card, six steps, in your hand - a plan to change the country. This is a message to take to every doorstep in the country."

Asked by LBC's Natasha Clark if his six pledges were similar to Rishi Sunak's five pledges, he said they were "fundamentally different" and that he brought a "seriousness" to politics, in contrast with the Conservatives.

He added: "I'm not prepared to do gimmicks - I'm only prepared to do the hard yards of serious change, with a serious plan for five or ten years of change in this country."

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