Labor leader says he has no “magic wand” for the UK

UK Labor Party leader Keir Starmer said he does not have a “magic wand” to solve the country’s problems, after three opinion polls put Labor on track for a historic victory in the 4 December general election. July.

The Labor leader is expected to become prime minister with a lead of at least 200 seats, the biggest for any party in a century, according to the latest YouGov poll.

The poll suggests Labor will win 425 parliamentary seats, while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will have just 108, down from the 365 they won at the last election in 2019, with a number of ministers expected to lose their seats .

A Savanta poll for the Telegraph newspaper projected 516 seats for Labor and just 53 for the Conservatives, a result that would make Sunak the first British prime minister in history to lose his own seat in a national election.

Many voters have told pollsters that their main motivation is to get rid of the Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years during a period of political and economic turmoil.

Starmer, who has pledged not to increase taxes paid by workers, has sought to reject any suggestion that a Labor government could have a major immediate impact on issues such as the cost of living and the standard of public services.

“There is no magic wand that we can wave the day after the election and solve all of the country’s problems. And no one would believe us if we said it existed,” he told ITV’s Peston programme.

He said his focus will be on expanding the economy and not raising taxes.

“If all you do is tax the existing pie or cut spending on the existing pie, which is always shrinking, you are going in circles,” he said.

The Conservatives have tried to shift the focus back to taxes, saying a Labor government would cost families more.