Sir Keir Starmer was in Sussex yesterday to give his first major speech of Labour’s election campaign. He told a packed Lancing Parish Hall that he “detects a yearning for change" in the county. The Labour leader has been here over the bank holiday weekend and was in Brighton on Sunday evening with the parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion Tom Gray.
A room full of Labour supporters and journalists watched yesterday as the party’s parliamentary candidate for East Worthing and Shoreham Tom Rutland opened the event in South Street, Lancing. Lancing Parish Hall was packed with Labour supporters and journalists (Image: PA) The seat has been held by the Conservatives’ Tim Loughton since it was formed in 1997. In April he announced he would be standing down at the next general election .
There were big cheers as Tom Rutland introduced himself and said: “I am welcoming you to Labour Lancing because a few weeks ago we won a Labour majority on Adur District Council for the first time ever. “People are putting their trust in Keir Starmer’s changed Labour.” Asked by The Argus why he chose to come to Sussex for the speech, Sir Keir said: “It is important to me on a number of fronts.
Firstly, I think we are making real progress here as Tom set out in his speech with the recent results. “I detect that yearning for change here in Sussex. “The South East of England is where I grew up and I am determined that we will make progress in the South East of England beca.
