Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer

Labour — Holborn and St Pancras

Speaking in the House of Commons on 29 January 2025

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I think the proposition that the Conservatives left a golden inheritance was tested on 4 July, which is why they are standing over there. The Leader of the Opposition asked what we are doing. The Office for National Statistics says that we have the highest investment for 19 years. PwC says that this is the second-best place to invest in the world. The International Monetary Fund has upgraded our growth, predicting that the UK will be the fastest-growing major economy in Europe. Wages are up and inflation is down. However, there is more to do. We are reforming planning and regulation, building the new homes that we need, and supporting a third runway at Heathrow. As the Leader of the Opposition admitted to the CBI in November, “there is no point in me just complaining about Labour when it was obvious that we Conservatives lost the confidence of business.” We are not taking lectures from them.

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