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LIVERPOOL, England - Britain's opposition Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Liverpool, setting out details of the policy platform it hopes will propel it to victory in a national election expected next year.
A former human rights lawyer who rose to become Britain's top prosecutor, Starmer was elected to parliament in 2015 and served in Corbyn's team as the spokesperson for Brexit.Rayner, 43, was elected as deputy leader by party members in 2020. Often outspoken in her attacks on the governing Conservative Party, she is seen as an important link to the party's grass roots thanks to her former career as a care worker and trade unionist prior to being elected in 2015.
She has argued in favour of government intervention in the economy to shape strategically important markets, echoing the"modern supply side economics" policies advocated by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.Lammy, 51, represents an inner-London constituency and has spent much of his political career campaigning for social and racial justice. In 2017, he published a critical review of the treatment of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the British justice system.
Miliband would play a central role in delivering Labour's plan to make Britain a"clean energy superpower" through targeted investment, planning reform and an overhaul of long-term strategic infrastructure priorities.Cooper, 54, was elected in 1997 as part of a landslide Labour election victory under Tony Blair and went on to serve in senior ministerial roles.
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