UK's Labour say "serious repair work" needed on public finances

The public finances a future Labour government in Britain would inherit would need serious repair work, the opposition party's leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday. "The economic inheritance from the Tories (Conservatives) will be appalling. "The public finances we inherit will need serious repair work."

The public finances a future Labour government in Britain would inherit would need serious repair work, the opposition party's leader Keir Starmer said on Wednesday.

"The economic inheritance from the Tories (Conservatives) will be appalling. A botched Brexit followed by Covid has left a big hole," he told his party's annual conference. "The public finances we inherit will need serious repair work."