Starmer urges party not to ‘run away from mainstream’ as he looks to centre

Sir Keir Starmer has urged party members not to chase “political purity” at the expense of winning elections, as he made a push for the centre ground. Speaking at his first in-person Scottish Labour conference since becoming leader, Sir Keir was explicit in his desire to pull the party back from the leftward shift seen under Jeremy Corbyn, as he stressed his party could return to power after the next election.