‘Unambitious’, ‘careful’, ‘authentic’: what

The Labour leader has said he believes in the UK’s public services. But do public service workers believe in him?

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, promised in an interview with Sky News last month, that a Labour government “will properly fund our public services. I believe in our public services.”

But to what extent do public sector workers believe in him? The Guardian has spoken to health workers, teachers, social workers and local government officials who mostly expressed muted support for Starmer. Many said they wanted a bolder and more radical vision from Labour after years of austerity.