Speeches

Keir Starmer – 2021 Comments on Business Start-Ups

The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, on 19 April 2021.

The drop in business birth rates is in no way symptomatic of a drop in ideas, drive, creativity, or commitment from British entrepreneurs. But under this Conservative government, the next generation of business founders are being let down.

Business growth is the engine of our economy and it is only by backing aspiring founders that we can create jobs and rebuild a secure economy. Labour backs business and will provide start-up loans to create 100,000 new businesses across the UK over the next parliament.