Keir Starmer unveils Labour’s six general election pledges

Sir Keir Starmer has warned voters that his plans to change Britain will “take time”, as he said that a more sluggish economy means “this is a very different moment to 1997”. The Labour leader set out the six “first steps” his party would take in government but sought to manage expectations by cautioning that it would take up to ten years to fulfil his plans. “This is going to take time,” Starmer told activists at a rally in Essex to unveil his new Tony Blair-inspired pledge card. “This is a very different moment to 1997, after the damage that’s been done in the last 14 years.” Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: