Keir Starmer will slam the door shut on the Jeremy Corbyn era as he declares winning the next election is more important than party unity.
In his first big conference speech, he will vow that under his leadership ‘Labour will be back in business’.
Allies said his message to the country will show how the party has changed since Mr Corbyn – at that time backed by Sir Keir – led it to electoral disaster in 2019.
As he attempts to present Labour as a credible government-in-waiting, he will tell supporters: ‘Too often in the history of this party our dream of the good society falls foul of the belief that we will not run a strong economy.
‘But you don’t get one without the other. And under my leadership we are committed to both. I can promise you that under my leadership Labour will be back in business.’
In his first big conference speech, Keir Starmer will slam the door shut on the Jeremy Corbyn era as he declares winning the next election is more important than party unity
Sir Keir, who served in Jeremy Corbyn's (centre) shadow cabinet, said the former Labour leader would not have the party whip reinstated unless he apologised for his claim that the extent of Labour's anti-Semitism crisis had been overstated
A source said the hour-long speech, which will be his most personal to date, will be ‘noticeably different from what you’ve heard from Labour in recent years’ and will be ‘more optimistic, more focused on the future, more outward looking’.
‘It will be a clear indication that Labour will never again go into an election with a manifesto that isn’t a serious plan for government,’ the insider added.
Trying to capitalise on the current fuel crisis, Sir Keir will describe the Government as ‘lost in the woods’.
He believes voters who had given Mr Johnson the benefit of the doubt are now concerned about his competence.
Sir Keir’s first in-person conference has been overshadowed by rows over party rule changes, splits with his deputy Angela Rayner, and the
