Keir Starmer admits Labour’s first 100 days in power have been a ‘bumpy road’

Keir Starmer says first 100 days in power have been a 'bumpy road'Source: BBC

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00:00The other thing that I'm really pleased about is that I was firmly of the view that if we

00:07started taking tough decisions on the economy and being clear that we'd take those decisions

00:12and stabilise the economy, that will begin to trigger inward investment, which I think is

00:18vital to the growing of the economy. And over the last three or four weeks, you've seen big

00:24investment decisions, Amazon putting money in eight billion pounds, you've had Blackstone putting

00:28money in 10 billion pounds, carbon capture 22 billion pounds, half a million in Northern Ireland

00:35just the other day on buses, and then another 24 billion today, all of it leading into this

00:41investment summit. Now that, if you like, is proof to me that the steps we're taking to

00:48stabilise the economy are, and be clear about our strategy, are having an effect. And some

00:54of the investors today who put the money in made it clear it was because the government's

00:59direction of travel and clarity is what they want to see. So all of that, I mean, look, along the

01:03way, this was bumps and sidewinds, which, you know, I prefer we hadn't bumped into and been

01:10pushed by. Such as? Well, look, you know, stuff on donation, staffing issues, that sort of thing.

01:15But why do you think that's happened? Well, before, I mean, just let me, because I do think

01:19it's really important to get the balances right. In terms of the things we achieved that we wanted

01:23to achieve, the things we started, the legislation we've passed, that is all going absolutely

01:30according to the schedule that I set out.