We'll root out 14 years of rot

Starmer's Rose Garden pledge to banish Tory failure and sleaze

- DAVE BURKE and ASHLEY COWBURN

KEIR Starmer will today vow to "root out 14 years of rot" in a crunch speech at the spot where a lockdown-breaking party was held under the Tories.

The PM has invited inspirational people he met on the campaign trail to the Rose Garden behind No10.

He will tell them: "A garden and a building that were once used for lockdown-breaking parties are now back in your service."

More than 100 Downing Street staff were invited to a shindig in the garden in May 2020 when Boris Johnson was PM.

Mr Starmer will vow to draw a line under the previous regime.

He is expected to accuse Rishi Sunak and the Tories of "limping out of No10" and leaving an array of problems to clear up.

And he will pledge to push forward a raft of legislation promised in the King's Speech last month.

It will include laws to improve public transport, protect workers' rights and secure the UK's borders.