But the Labour leader would not commit to "turn the taps on" to help local councils fill their funding black holes.
Sir Keir suggested the local elections were a chance for voters to send "another message" to the Conservatives, as he urged Rishi Sunak to call a general election.
Ahead of the May 2 polls, the Labour leader touted his party's "local growth plan", and suggested he favoured longer-term funding deals for councils if his party were to win power at a general election.
At the launch alongside his deputy Angela Rayner, Sir Keir appeared to praise the sentiment behind the levelling up agenda, but suggested his party would drive a "fundamental shift" in politics through devolution.
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