Labour to use ‘creative genius of scientists and universities’

Party leader Keir Starmer says Labour government would “support businesses to innovate and grow”

Keir Starmer has said a Labour government would support businesses to innovate and use the “creative genius” of scientists and universities in a conference speech dominated by the cost of living crisis.

Addressing members at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool on 27 September, the Labour leader invited UK businesses to “drive forward” the party’s new industrial strategy, unveiled yesterday by shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds.