Keir Starmer is in the East Midlands to launch Labour’s local election campaign, with Angela Rayner and Ellie Reeves also giving speeches. They’ll be using the government’s record on the NHS as a reason to vote Labour. Another new(ish) slogan deployed: Bring Change to Britain…
UPDATE: Starmer hits out at Reform, saying “they say they want to run the country, they can’t even run themselves”, they are“fawning over Putin” and will “charge people to use the NHS”.
Kemi Badenoch at the 1922-ConHome bash last night:
“I did praise [Burnham] for his stamina, it was amazing. All I had to do was sit back and lie there. I didn’t have to do anything at all…”