At a significant address in Essex starting at 10 a.m., the leader will elaborate on his five “missions” for power, which include promises to shorten NHS waiting lists, crack down on anti-social behavior, and hire 6,500 more teachers.
During 14 years of a Conservative government, he told his shadow cabinet, now was the time to demonstrate “a powerful direction of travel” that would “chime with voters aspirations” and offer “a down payment on change [and] on our determination to begin a decade of national renewal”.
The major speech is being given as Labour continues to lead the Conservatives in surveys and following a series of local elections in which they won crucial battleground seats, including wresting the mayoralty of the West Midlands from their opponents.
