Starmer brings the steel – and draws up battle lines with Reform UK

<p>Prime minister answers his critics in conference speech but the real challenges still lie ahead</p><p>When Keir Starmer sat in the chair for his broadcast interview at the start of the Labour conference on Sunday, he already had a clear idea of what he wanted to pull off during the four-day political gathering in Liverpool.</p><p>With the historic Liver Building behind him, he told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg: “At the end of it people can agree or disagree, but they can’t say they don’t know what we stand for, what this government is trying to achieve.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/30/starmer-brings-the-steel-and-draws-up-battle-lines-with-reform-uk">Continue reading...</a>