Keir Starmer sets out plans to rebuild UK's public finances
Sir Keir Starmer claimed his government "have done more in seven weeks than the Conservatives have done in seven years" as he criticised the former government for "leaving a black hole in public finances." Speaking from the rose garden in Downing Street, the prime minister said: "We will do the hard work to root out 14 years of rot, reverse a decade of decline and fix the foundations."
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00:00We've done more in seven weeks than the last government did in seven years, and
00:07these are just the first steps towards the change that people voted for, the
00:12change that I'm determined to deliver. I won't shy away from making unpopular
00:18decisions now if it's the right thing for the country in the long term. That's
00:24what a government of service means. So when I talk about the inheritance the
00:31last government left us, the 22 billion pound black hole in our finances, that
00:37isn't about a line on a graph. That's about people's lives, your lives.
00:46The Tories are still not being honest. They know their recklessness cost them the
00:51election, but they won't accept the cost that they've inflicted on the country,
00:56and they won't apologize for what they've cost you. We will do the hard
01:02work to root out 14 years of rot, reverse a decade of decline, and fix the
01:08foundation. This is our country. Let's fix it together.