‘Keir Starmer has to dilute Labour Party’s budget because Tories crashed the economy’

Keir Starmer and his Labour Party will inherit a dismal legacy if they come to power because, Voice of the Mirror argues, the Conservative Party has been careless with our money

The economy has been wrecked by the Tories, Keir Starmer says

Keir Starmer has shown he is serious about winning power and serious about managing the economy.

The Labour leader would far rather have fought the election promising billions for home insulation, green jobs and clean power.

But the economic outlook has completely changed since he announced his £28billion green plan. Labour will have less to spend because the Tories crashed the economy with Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget.

As the party of economic responsibility, Labour is having to pay the price and tailor its plans to reflect the dismal legacy it will inherit. This is why Mr Starmer has taken the difficult decision to dilute the £28billion pledge.

No politician likes having to make u-turns and the scaling back of Labour’s green ambitions will disappoint many. But Mr Starmer has shown that, unlike the Tories, he won’t take risks with our money.

Rotten deal

Tooth decay is now the single biggest reason for children needing hospital care.

The number requiring extractions in hospital rose 17% in the last year to 48,000. As is so often the case, children in the poorer parts of the country are most likely to suffer.

They are paying the price for the Tory decision to cut funding for dentistry and persist with flawed contracts which have driven dentists from the NHS to private practices.

Once all kids had access to a dentist. Now 70% of practices no longer accept under-18s on the NHS. It’s’ even worse for adults with nine out of ten surgeries refusing NHS work.

They include the one PM Rishi Sunak visited to promote his useless dental rescue plan. He could have seen for himself the dire state of dental care…if he had bothered to look.

Bags of hope

Scotland fans can play the bagpipes at the Euros in Germany this summer. There were fears Uefa would ban the instruments but they’ve now relented. Which will be music to the Tartan Army’s ears.