PM hits back at Tory and Reform ‘scaremongering’

Sir Keir Starmer has criticised “scaremongering” from Reform and the Tories as he promises his government will make people “feel better off and more secure” as MPs return to Westminster.

- BRYONY GOOCH DAVID HUGHES

The prime minister has said he is “rolling up my sleeves to deliver change” as he seeks to fight back after a summer which has seen protests over the use of hotels to host asylum seekers and a surge in small boat crossings, causing Labour's poll ratings to tumble.

Sir Keir used a column in The Mirror to turn his fire on Reform and the Tories while promising he will deliver "national renewal".

"While Reform and the Tories talk down the country at every turn, we're doing the work to make people's lives better," he said. "I'm not interested in scaremongering from the sidelines. I'm rolling up my sleeves to deliver change that makes a difference to you and your family."