Things will get worse before they get better, Starmer to warn in first major speech as PM

Since coming to power in July, Labour has sought to emphasise the challenges it faces in government and pile blame on the Conservatives (Picture: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street)

Sir Keir Starmer will warn that life in Britain ‘will get worse before it gets better’ in his first major speech since becoming prime minister.

He is set to mark a week before Parliament returns from a shortened summer recess by ramping up attacks on the Conservatives, saying things are ‘worse than we ever imagined’.