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Angela Rayner says next Labour government will make misogyny a hate crime
Sir Keir Starmer said a Labour government would reverse the Conservatives’ Rwanda policy even if sending asylum seekers to central Africa is judged legal and small boats crossings decline.
Grilled on the small boats crisis on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, the Labour leader was asked if he would stop Rwanda flights if they had already started up and Channel crossings had been reduced.
“Yes – I think it’s the wrong policy. It’s hugely expensive. It’s a tiny number, a tiny number of individuals who go to Rwanda. And the real problem is at source.”
He also claimed a Labour government could boost the UK’s economic growth “within months” of taking office, said nurses and doctors would be willing to do more overtime to fulfil his NHS plan, and vowed to get 1.5m homes built in five years.
Sir Keir also warned his party not to become “giddy” at the conference today despite the by-election triumph this weekend.
“It is not going to be giddy, it is not going to be ‘job done’,” Sir Keir told the Observer.
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‘Let’s stare right back’
Angela Rayner said a council house “saved my life” as she said: “The Tories look down on people living on council houses.”
Speaking to the conference, she said: “Let’s stare right back and never be ashamed.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:59
‘The dream of home ownership is slipping away’- Rayner
Talking about housing, Angela Rayner said: “Too many people are stuck paying private rent.
“The dream of home ownership is slipping away,” she added.
“Over the last 13 years, Tories ministers sold or demolished more than double the number of homes than they delivered.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:55
‘We need to raise the floor on wages’
Angela Rayner said: “We believe everyone deserves a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.
“We need to raise the floor in wages and make lasting change.
“It’s only Labour that can make that work.”
(Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:50
Sunak’s housing policy is same as his smoking policy
Angela Rayner said the prime minister’s policy on housing “is the same as his smoking policy” as she said he wants to “increase the pricing year on year until nobody cannot afford it”.
She said: “Rishi Sunak cannot understand how young people can’t get on the property ladder.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:46
UK ‘not a trickledown nation’
Britain “is not a trickledown nation,” Angela Rayner said.
She added: “In my lifetime, growth used to be in the hands of the communities of Britain. In their graft, came wealth.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:45
‘Labour is already delivering in power’
Angela Rayner told the conference: “The reality is that Labour is already delivering in power.
“Our movement has never been so unified, so focused in one aim: to give Britain its future back.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:43
Sunak is ‘just Ken’ in Truss’s Barbie world- Rayner
Angela Rayner began by making digs at the Tories.
Speaking to the conference, she said: “Now we have a prime minister refusing to hand over his WhatsApp messages.
“Throughout all of it, the PM simply can’t stand up to his country against his Party. He’s apparently planning another reshuffle.
“And of course, Liz Truss was back. One thing was clear last week. We all know he’s just Ken in her Barbie world.”
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:42
Labour Party conference begins
The Labour Party conference has begun as Angela Rayner takes the stage.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:40
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner is due to speak imminently. Stay tuned while we give live updates.
Maryam Zakir-Hussain8 October 2023 11:25
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