Labour 'not scaling back on ambitions' - Starmer

SIR Keir Starmer has denied he is scaling back Labour's ambitions as he launched the party's doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election.

The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six "first steps" his party would take if it were to win power as he spoke at a campaign event in Essex.

The steps include measures to invest in the NHS, education and policing, to set up a new national energy company and an elite border force, and to promote economic stability.

Sir Keir hit back at suggestions the pledges were a scaled-back version of his party's ambitions for government set out previously in five missions for renewal".