Daily Mirror – Starmer’s Promise: Tough Love
Sir Keir Starmer said Labour will create a country “built to last” by stabilising the economy and stopping “Tory rot”, reports the Daily Mirror.
The front page reports on Britain’s warning to Brits in Lebanon to leave the country now. The paper reports the army is on standby to help evacuate Britons in the region as fears of an all-out war continue to grow.
8 key moments in Keir Starmer’s Labour Party Conference speech – from heckler to Winter Fuel update
Keir Starmer gave his keynote speech to Labour Party Conference this afternoon – hoping to cheer up party faithful at a rainy, gloomy gathering in Liverpool.
Despite much of the speech being sober and serious – he managed to some much needed optimism and enthusiasm into the crowd.
There were a couple of new policy announcements in the speech – and even a couple of good jokes.
And a heckler failed to knock the Prime Minister off his stride – even injecting a little nervous energy into the room for the PM’s final flourish.
Lebanon all-out war fears as Keir Starmer tells Brits ‘leave now’ and warships on standby
Brits are being ordered to leave Lebanon and warships are being put on standby amid fears of an all-out war following catastrophic Israeli airstrikes.
Keir Starmer has told British nationals in Lebanon “now is the time to leave” after 558 people were killed in Monday’s attack as fighting intensified between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Ministry of Defence are putting warships on standby and around 700 UK troops are being deployed to Cyprus as they prepare to support British nationals in the region.
Israel claimed it had hit hundreds of Hezbollah sites and on Tuesday the Israeli military killed the head of Hezbollah’s rocket after accusing the the group of hiding weapons in residential areas.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
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.