The Independent – Starmer tells the party: It won’t be easy but we’ll face the storm
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer said the difficult decisions that are being taken by his Government will result in ‘a country with its future back’.
The front page features a large image of the prime minister and his wife Victoria on stage in Liverpool yesterday.
There’s also an interview with Tracey Beaker author Jacqueline Wilson.
Starmer promises to ‘rise above challenges’ to deliver new Britain
Sir Keir Starmer said people must “face the storm” in order to make a “Britain built to last” as he warned of further tough decisions to turn the country around.
In his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister, Sir Keir set out plans to “clear out the Tory rot”, with a new era of political leadership creating a country “renewed by respect and service”.
In a speech briefly disrupted by a pro-Palestine heckler, he said the “wounds of trust” left by the Conservatives needed to be healed as he acknowledged that addressing that legacy would require unpopular decisions.
“If they were popular, they’d be easy.
“But the cost of filling that black hole in our public finances, that will be shared fairly,” he told activists in Liverpool.
Jacqueline Wilson: ‘There’s such a lot of pressure on teenage girls – but I feel sorry for boys too’
For the Jacqueline Wilson generation, there’s a new, tongue-in-cheek way to indulge in some nostalgia. With a splash of wry humour and a huge dollop of affection, readers on TikTok have begun to rank her books in order of how “traumatic” they were. “Oh, do they?” the author says, glowing (I think with curiosity rather than delight), before asking, “Which would be the ones they think are the most traumatic?” Before I can respond, the author is gamely taking up the challenge herself. “My Sister Jodie [in which Jodie falls to her death from a tower], I would think that would be one. Vicky Angel [where Vicky is killed by a car and then haunts her best friend Jade as a ghost] is also a worrying one. And probably The Illustrated Mum [a heavily tattooed single mother is sectioned and her children go into foster care]?”
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
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Editorial 25 September 2024.
“The state will take back control” – Wednesday’s front pages reflect on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s party conference speech. The Labour Party conference, being held in Liverpool, marks the first Labour conference in power in more than 15 years.
Away from the party conference, several front pages report on plans to evacuate Britons stuck in Lebanon amid rising violence in the region.
A handful of newspapers lead with showbiz and royal news.