"Sir Keir Starmer told his political cabinet he wanted to make clear to voters that the choice was between his party "renewing the country" and Reform, who he accused of feeding on "grievance, decline and division". Labour and the PM's own personal ratings have plummeted in opinion polls since the party's landslide victory in the 2024 general election. Reform has consistently led the polls, and is hoping to make further gains in May's council elections in England, and parliamentary ones in Scotland and Wales."
"Sir Keir told a meeting of his political cabinet - which took place without civil servants, while including deputy Labour leader Lucy Powell - the government should be "relentless" in focusing on the cost of living and delivering "change people can feel". He defined the choice as being between "a Labour government renewing the country or a Reform movement that feeds on grievance, decline and division". "They want a weaker state, they want to inject bile into our communities, they want to appease [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. This is the fight of our political lives and one that we must relish," he said."
Keir Starmer set out a sharp contrast between Labour and Reform UK, framing the choice as renewal versus grievance, decline and division. Labour and the prime minister's personal ratings have fallen since the 2024 landslide, while Reform has led opinion polls and aims for gains in upcoming English council and Scottish and Welsh parliamentary elections. Starmer's political cabinet met without civil servants and urged a relentless focus on cost of living and delivering tangible change. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused Labour of having no plan and called for economic security amid claims the economy is in freefall.
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