The Latest Breaking News on The Guardian view on Starmer’s conference speech: national renewal needs more than rules-bound growth

Labour promised economic growth, but has struggled to deliver and inflation remains stubbornly high with a subdued economic outlook.

Keir Starmer received a huge reception from the party faithful as he gave his most impassioned speech yet as leader

At Labour’s 2025 conference, Starmer’s chosen political narrative has been to draw a line between himself and Nigel Farage, between Labour and Reform – a choice between “decency and decline”. Labour represents a progressive patriotism and national renewal – and Reform a backwards-facing “politics of grievance”.

Letters: The party must not offer a watered-down version of Reform’s policies, but instead tell the truth about immigrants, writes Guy Fassler. Plus letters from Doug Maughan, Sunil Bhopal and Dr Roger Hancock

After an action-packed Labour conference, The Independent runs through things you may have missed

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gas accused hard-right politician Nigel Farage of crossing “a moral line” with his anti-immigtration stance

The left-wing commentator had his pass to the event in Liverpool revoked on ‘safeguarding’ grounds

The Reform UK leader said Labour’s rhetoric ‘threatens the safety’ of his party’s activists

The former Commons leader challenged Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to use its position in power to ‘set the terms of the debate’.