Opposition leader expected to turn fire on predecessors in speech in which she will try to break with the past
Here are more lines from the “Rebuilding Trust” speech that Kemi Badenoch will deliver later. (See 9.36am.) They came from the extracts sent out by CCHQ in advance. I’ve included some analysis.
Badenoch will argue that politicians of all parties have failed to tell the public the truth about what is happening in the UK. She will say:
Politicians across all parties have not told the truth about this and instead keep prescribing solutions that are actually making things worse.
This problem is broader than one party, one leader, or one period of government. Generations of leaders and entire ranks of senior managers have been trying and failing for a long time. Many have not been honest with the public about the challenges we face. And others have not even been honest with themselves.
She will claim that, unlike Keir Starmer, she is willing to admit her party’s mistakes.
The public will never trust politicians unless we can accept our mistakes.
Labour are making a lot of mistakes. But the difference between me and Keir Starmer is that he doesn’t believe he’s ever made a mistake.
She will identify at least three mistakes made by the last Conservative government. (See 9.36am.)
She will stress that the Conservative party is under “new leadership”.
She will claim that she is committed to telling the truth.
For the next four years and beyond we are going to be telling the British people the truth, even when it’s difficult to hear.
The truth about the mistakes we made
She will say Britain is “getting poorer”.
She will claim that Labour does not have proper plans for what it wants to do.
Labour are having even worse problems than we did, because they announced policy without a plan.
Policies without a plan are not policies … they’re just announcements.
She will criticise Rachel Reeves for being bounced into agreeing policies favoured by Treasury officials that they have been trying to sell to ministers for years.
That’s why Rachel Reeves announced mad and bad ideas on snatching winter fuel and taxing family farms.
Those options were presented to us, time and time again by officials, and we rejected them time and time again because they would hurt so many people for so little benefit.
She will condemn Labour’s plans to reduce some of the freedoms enjoyed by academy schools.
The schools bill going through parliament now has one or two bits on safeguarding that may be good … the rest of it is worse than garbage. It is pure vandalism. The new Labour government will not fix any of the problems we have faced for decades. Because they wasted their time in opposition.
It is right that Mike Amesbury has taken responsibility for his unacceptable actions. He was rightly suspended by the Labour party following the announcement of the police investigation. We cannot comment further whilst legal proceedings are still ongoing.
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