Keir Starmer speech latest: Labour leader promises new towns and 1.5m homes at Liverpool conference - BBC News
After being disrupted by a protester, the Labour leader tells his party's conference he would focus on NHS reform and home building as PM.
Things are going well for Starmer - and his confidence showed

In his three and a half years as Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer has slowly established near-total authority over his party. Today’s conference speech exemplified that. Praising Tony Blair, vowing reform of the NHS and leading a standing ovation in support of Israel - this was not a leader trying to nudge his party out of its comfort zone, but drawing attention to how far its comfort zone has already moved. It was also a testament to Starmer’s current boldness. Those who work with him closely say that he is a confidence performer - that he loosens up and takes risks when things are going well for him, but that he can lose a bit of his mojo in adversity. With a persistent lead over the Conservatives in the polls, things are going well for Starmer at the moment. That confidence showed in his speech. Though the promise to build a generation of new towns is eye-catching, it’s fair to say Starmer resisted calls from some in his party to unleash a torrent of policy in the speech. But those around him say that was less important than formulating an argument about why Starmer wants to be prime minister and why Labour deserve the voters’ trust.