has refused to say whether a labour government would spend more money on public services. he said while the party would always invest in public services, it needed to be laser focused on growing the economy first, and prioritise big reforms, not big spending. here s our political correspondent ione wells. labour will not be a party of big spending. that was the message of its leader keir starmer today. the goal: make voters see labour as a party of economic responsibility. the challenge: convincing voters you re different enough from government on the big issues of the day. union chanting. he refused to say if labour would offerjunior doctors a higher pay offer to end strikes. we would be around the table negotiating and settle this dispute. many people would say, why has it taken this long even to have one step towards progress? many people have had their operations cancelled, people have been deeply affected by these strikes. he refused to say whether labour would spend more mone
the labour party leader, sir keir starmer, has refused to say whether a labour government would spend more money on public services. he said while the party would always invest in public services, it needed to be laser focused on growing the economy first, and prioritise big reforms, not big spending. he was speaking to sunday with laura kuenssberg. the last labour government through the economy and had tens of billions of pounds more to spend on our public services. that s what i want to replicate, to grow our economy so that we got that yield to put into our public services but that has to start with responsible economics and it has to be coupled with reform. emergency services remain at the scene of a fire at a 200 year old hotel in brighton on the south coast of england. high winds have hampered efforts to put out the blaze at the royal albion hotel, after crews were called to the scene on saturday. no one has been injured, but buildings nearby were evacuated.
states. there is no end in sight at the moment. states. there is no end in sight at the moment- states. there is no end in sight at the moment. thank you very much indeed. the labour leader sir keir starmer has refused to say whether a labour government would spend more money on public services. he said while the party would always invest in public services, it needed to be laser focused on growing the economy first, and prioritise big reforms, not big spending. here s our political correspondent ione wells. labour will not be a party of big spending. that was the message of its leader keir starmer today. the goal: make voters see labour as a party the goal: make voters see labour as a party of economic responsibility. the challenge: convincing voters you re different enough from government on the big issues of the day. union chanting. he refused to say if labour would offerjunior doctors a higher pay offer to end strikes. we would be around the table negotiating and settle this d