"We can all see our country faces a choice. A defining choice. Britain stands at a fork in the road. We can choose decency or we can choose division, renewal or decline. A country proud of its values, in control of its future, or one that succumbs, against the grain of our history, to the politics of grievance. It is a test. A fight for the soul of our country every bit as big as"
"The prime minister will now turn to the difficult economic choices ahead in the autumn budget, which is set to be another politically perilous moment. It doesn't get easier from here. And the tough decisions, they will keep on coming, he warned, dismissing calls for a wealth tax. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, faces the prospect of having to find up to 30bn in tax rises or spending cuts next month."
Keir Starmer warned that Britain faces an era-defining choice between Labour and the populist right, accusing Nigel Farage and Reform UK of neither liking nor believing in Britain. He framed the country as standing at a fork between decency and division, renewal or decline, and described the contest as a fight for the nation's soul. Starmer adopted a sharper, more combative tone amid weak polling and calls for a clearer vision. The autumn budget will require difficult economic choices, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves facing the prospect of finding up to 30bn in tax rises or spending cuts. Ministers are exploring lifting the two-child benefit limit via a tapered system.
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