Since coming to power in July, Labour has sought to emphasise the challenges it faces in government and blame Tory ministers for failing to address those problems prior to the election.
In an opinion piece for the Times on Monday, external, the PM wrote about how the very setting of his forthcoming speech, the Downing Street rose garden, may have become a “symbol of the rot at the heart of their government” for members of the public under prior Conservative leadership.
Sir Keir referenced the press conference given by Dominic Cummings, the former aide to Boris Johnson, where he defended his decision to break Covid lockdown rules and travel 260 miles (418km) from London to County Durham, before taking a drive to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight.
He also wrote of the photographs taken near the rose garden of Mr Johnson and his staff with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard at a time of strict restrictions on social mixing during the Covid pandemic. Boris Johnson said at the time that the photos showed “people at work”.
The PM’s speech on Tuesday will be in front of some 50 members of the public whom he met on the election campaign trail, including small business owners and public servants.
He will promise “no more politics of performance” and to do “the hard work needed to root out 14 years of rot and reverse a decade of decline”.
“We’ll fix the foundations, protecting taxpayers’ money and people’s living standards. We’ll reform our planning system to build the new homes we need,” Sir Keir will say.
“We’ll level up workers’ rights so people have security, dignity and respect. We’ll strengthen our border security. We’ll crack down on crime. We’ll transform public transport. And we’ll give our children the opportunities they need to succeed.”
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