To the people they are exploiting, you have never met a criminal gang. Those gangs are vile, they are making a huge amount of money. They are putting people in boats that they shouldnt be. We have to be serious about smashing those gangs and taking them down. That is where the Border Security command comes in. New command, new resources and new powers, including counterterrorism powers. We talk about small boats. That is the language that is used. If you look at the bouts that are being used these days, they are not that small. They are being made to order, stored in europe and moved up to the north coast of france. Vulnerable people are being put in them for money by violent gangs. I worked for years as a prosecutor and i worked with police and law in florence Law Enforcement across europe to take down these gangs. They are sophisticated gangs, by the way. I would never accept that it is impossible to take down the vile gangs that bring people in small boats to cross the channel. We will smash it applause step four, Great British energy. The problem here is obvious. It is the classic example, the textbook example, of master politics. About ten years ago, the tories and this government said cut the green clap. And so they cut investment in green british power. They scrapped Home Insulation and that left us really badly exposed. So when world events changed and russia invaded ukraine, your bills went up more than they should have done. I am not prepared to let that happen under a Labour Government. We will set up Great British energy, harness clean british energy, harness clean british power, owned by the taxpayer, making money for the taxpayer, making money for the taxpayer and investing in the future and keeping bills down for good. Applause step five, cracking down on anti social behaviour. All my working life, when i was chief prosecutor and since i have been a politician, people say to me care, this is a low level socialism, not that important. Wrong. If you feel that important. Wrong. If you feel that you cannot open your front door at night and go out. If you feel that you cannot walk down your high street, that is a big inhabitant of so many people. It is not low level, it is really important. That was brought home to me in stoke when i was at sixth form college. I was talking to 16 and i7 year olds, these were girls and young women. We were actually talking about something else, and they brought up anti social behaviour. They said to me, we do not feel safe walking down our own high street in broad daylight. That is massive for those young women. They dont feel safe on their own high street, in daylight, because of anti social behaviour. That is what losing control of your streets feels like. We have to crackdown on anti social behaviour. 13,000 officers in your community with new powers keeping your streets safe. Applause and finally, step six. 6500 extra teachers, paid for by removing tax breaks in primary schools. We have to prepare our children and young people for the work that they are actually going to do and the lives they are actually going to live. That will require reform to make sure the skills they get, they are taught, are the skills they are actually going to have in life. It also means we need to concentrate on creativity, confidence, what a difference that will make. Resilience for all young people. We need to get the basics right. Our Prime Minister is very fond of lecturing us that we need maths until age 16. Lecturing us that we need maths untilage 16. Given lecturing us that we need maths until age 16. Given the billion pounds tax that is unfounded he is probably right. We havent got enough maths teachers, pe teachers. That is shocking. I was the first in my family to go to university, i know the power that education can give us. An area in my constituency, between Euston Station and kings cross, it is one of the most deprived areas in the country, probably in europe. And the children in the schools in this town can look out of their school window, out at the playground, to the back of kings cross huge corporations there, google is there. The Guardian Building isjust there, they there, google is there. The Guardian Building is just there, they can see it but they can never imagine that thatis it but they can never imagine that that is where they will work. That is a few hundred yards that but they cannot make that leap. I want every child, whatever their background, to think that success belongs to them. That they dont have to change who they are to get on. And this labour party will fight every day to give those children a future that is fit for them. Applause thank you. So here we are. One card, six steps, in your hand a plan to change the country. This is a message that we can take to every doorstep across the country. Every doorstop across the country. Every doorstop across the country. Every doorstop across the country. I make that argument, decline is not inevitable. Politics can make a difference, britain will have a Better Future and you can chooseit have a Better Future and you can choose it with labour. Stop the chaos with labour. Turn the page with labour. Return politics to service with labour. And with patience, determination, with these first steps we can bet rebuild our country with labour. Thank you very much. Applause there we have keir starmer setting out the first steps that he would take if his party wins the next election. There were six of them. He ended there by holding up a card which he said, one card, six steps, in your plan a in your hands a plan to change the country. He said those were the steps that they would take to every doorstep saying that politics can make a difference. He is now going to answer some questions from the media. From the bbc, questions from the media. From the sac, chris. Questions from the media. From the bbc, chris. Thank questions from the media. From the bbc, chris. Thank you. Questions from the media. From the bbc, chris. Thank you. You questions from the media. From the bbc, chris. Thank you. You have bbc, chris. Thank you. You have talked about bbc, chris. Thank you. You have talked about being bbc, chris. Thank you. You have talked about being held bbc, chris. Thank you. You have talked about being held accountable. Lets talk talked about being held accountable. Lets talk about a deliverable that you talked about this morning and when you talked about this morning and when you you talked about this morning and when you will deliver it. You talk about when you will deliver it. You talk about extra when you will deliver it. You talk about extra 40,000 appointments in the nhs about extra 40,000 appointments in the nhs every week, how many weeks into the the nhs every week, how many weeks into the Labour Governments do you et into the Labour Governments do you get into into the Labour Governments do you get into those figures . We into the Labour Governments do you get into those figures . Get into those figures . We will get to it as swiftly get into those figures . We will get to it as swiftly as get into those figures . We will get to it as swiftly as we get into those figures . We will get to it as swiftly as we can. To it as swiftly as we can. Obviously, to make that happen you have got to operate at weekends and evenings, we have to pay staff for the shifts. That is why we have already had discussions with the staff about how that will work. I dont want to waste any time in the first 800 days of the Labour Government on discussions i could be having now. The idea is to get that p having now. The idea is to get that up as quickly as possible. I will not put a number on it but i will make sure we are doing the work now to make sure we hit the Ground Running as soon as the election is called. Those will make a huge difference. Imagine you are one of the 40,000 people each week, what a difference it will make it to you. That is the difference that these first steps can make. Thank you very much. ,. ,. , first steps can make. Thank you very much. ,. , i. ,. ,. , much. Keir starmer, you set out to our five much. Keir starmer, you set out to your five missions much. Keir starmer, you set out to your five missions in much. Keir starmer, you set out to your five missions in january much. 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Is it for fear of breaking promises or is is it for fear of breaking promises or is it is it for fear of breaking promises or is it because is it for fear of breaking promises or is it because you is it for fear of breaking promises or is it because you are is it for fear of breaking promises or is it because you are so is it for fear of breaking promises or is it because you are so far or is it because you are so far ahead or is it because you are so far ahead in or is it because you are so far ahead in the or is it because you are so far ahead in the polls or is it because you are so far ahead in the polls you or is it because you are so far ahead in the polls you are or is it because you are so far ahead in the polls you are lowering the bar . Ahead in the polls you are lowering the bar . I ahead in the polls you are lowering the bar . , ahead in the polls you are lowering the bar . ,. ,. , the bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition the bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition at the bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition at all. The bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition at all. It the bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition at all. It is the bar . I am not. I am not scaling back our ambition at all. It is very l back our ambition at all. It is very important, thank you for raising this. That is the way i have set this. That is the way i have set this out, it has been a strategy i have been operating for four years. It is a strategy which was first to recognise the scale of the defeat of the labour party at the last General Election and so stage one will change the labour party, change it and turn it inside out. Next stage is to expose the government as incompetent, ably assisted by several of their Prime Ministers. The next stage, which you and others push me too, well now it is clear that you chose the labour party, what are your big ideas for it . That is the missions we set out last year. This is not to reduce the mission, it is to say what is the first down payment on the delivery of those missions . What are the first steps we can take . They are not the only steps, they are the first steps. This is the tangible steps that we will take to deliver on those missions. We are not reducing them, we are putting pressure on those by saying these are the first steps we will take in order to deliver the missions. They are there as a long term ambition, goal, targets, the Driving Purpose of the incoming Labour Government. We want to deal with the waiting list but we have still got to change the nhs and make it fit for the future. British energy is one of the first steps towards that. This is absolutely consistent with the strategy i have been operating two forfour strategy i have been operating two for four years. Applause i appreciate. So, applause iappreciate. So, beth, that is the way this fits into the missions we want to deliver in government. Thank you very much. Robert . Absolutely everybody was moved by what we absolutely everybody was moved by what we heard from nathanial. And his catt what we heard from nathanial. And his call for what we heard from nathanial. And his call for hope. We havent seen any rise his call for hope. We havent seen any rise in his call for hope. We havent seen any rise in living standards, negligible rises in living standards, for 16 years. Your cotteague standards, for 16 years. Your colleague gordon brown points out that children living in poverty are still at that children living in poverty are still at absolute record levels. We have got still at absolute record levels. We have got the most dangerous world that anyone of us have lived in since that anyone of us have lived in since the that anyone of us have lived in since the second world war. We have an al since the second world war. We have an Ai Industrial revolution that may be for an Ai Industrial revolution that may be for better or for worse. What will you be for better or for worse. What will you say to those that what you call your will you say to those that what you call your first steps simply arent ambitious call your first steps simply arent ambitious enough . Call your first steps simply arent ambitious enough . Robert, two things about that. Ambitious enough . Robert, two things about that in ambitious enough . Robert, two things about that. In relation ambitious enough . Robert, two things about that. In relation to ambitious enough . Robert, two things about that. In relation to your about that. In relation to your first point about hype, i think it is a serious challenge in politics. It is notjust the is a serious challenge in politics. It is not just the failure of the last 14 years, it is that i think they have beaten the hope out of people. They have beaten the hope out of people that politics can be a force for good and that change and hope is possible. That is why we have to rebuild that trust and that confidence. And put serious long term proposals on the table and point out the first steps we are going to take. This is going to take time rebuilding that hope and trust. This is a very different moment to 1997 after the damage that has been donein 1997 after the damage that has been done in the last 14 years. Their first steps towards the missions, which are huge will stop imagining nhs fit for the future, imagine clean power by 2030. These are big changes for our country, an economy that works, for everyone in all parts of the country. This is big bold change but it needs first steps. I dont think they are small first steps. If you are on a waiting list, this is a change that matters, it makes a massive difference to you. If you cannot pay your bills, these are huge changes. These really matter. The way i look at it, people say, what drives your politics . The answer is that all the people i spoke about, the people it i have in my mind when i make a decision, when i think about these 40,000 positions for the nhs, i am thinking about that particular woman. She was pleading with me not to have to wait another 12 months for her operation. That is a simple example of what everyone is experiencing. That is hype, and that is why these first steps are so important. Keir starmer. Steps are so important. Keir starmer. A steps are so important. Keir starmer, a lot steps are so important. Keir starmer, a lot of steps are so important. Keir starmer, a lot of people steps are so important. Keir starmer, a lot of people thought they knew starmer, a lot of people thought they knew what starmer, a lot of people thought they knew what they starmer, a lot of people thought they knew what they we