Keir Starmer has said he wants a decade in Downing Street and will fight anyone who challenges him for the Labour leadership.
The prime minister described his government as a “10-year project of renewal”. Asked whether he would definitely lead his party into the next general election and serve a full second term, he said: “Yes, I will.”
In an interview with The Observer, he promised to set out “with clarity” his values and convictions with an optimistic message focused on the future.
After historic losses at local, Welsh and Scottish elections, Starmer will this week seek to regain the initiative with a speech on Monday, followed by the unveiling of the government’s legislative programme in the king’s speech on Wednesday.
In his interview, Starmer also pledged to put Europe at the heart of his premiership.
He revealed that the government is close to agreeing the terms of a youth mobility scheme with the European Union.
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