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Sir Keir Starmer was accused of plotting to concrete over the green belt after he vowed to \u201cbulldoze\u201d through planning laws
if he wins power.<\/p>\n

After a dramatic start to his conference speech when a protester stormed the stage and covered him in glitter, the Labour leader set himself up as the heir to Sir Tony Blair with promises to renew the country after 13 years of Tory rule. But he failed to mention any plan to deal with the small boats crisis during the \u00adhour-long speech.<\/p>\n

And he lifted the lid on Labour\u2019s plans to tear up planning rules to end the \u00ad\u201cblockage\u201d on major new developments.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cLet\u2019s get to work, because there is one barrier so big, so imposing that it blocks out all light from the other side. A blockage that stops this country building roads, grid connections, laboratories, train lines, warehouses, wind farms, power stations.<\/p>\n

“An obstacle to the aspirations of millions \u2013 now and in the future \u2013 who deserve the security of home ownership. A future hidden by our restrictive \u00adplanning system. Conference, we must \u00adbulldoze through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Keir said Labour would build new towns as part of his plan for 1.5 million more homes in five years.<\/p>\n

The locations will be chosen based on housing need and transport access in the first six months of a Labour government. Thousands of new pylons and wind farms are also being planned as well as \u00adwarehouses and power stations.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir insisted that he will not be \u201ctearing up the green belt\u201d and claimed that no party \u201cfights harder for our environment\u201d than Labour.<\/p>\n

But he attacked so-called \u201cnimbys\u201d who oppose developments, telling the \u00adconference there would be \u201cno more inertia in the face of resistance \u2013 and there will be resistance from people who say, \u2018No, we don\u2019t want Britain\u2019s future here\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

Critics warned the plan will leave local communities at the mercy of developers. Senior Conservative Sir John Hayes said: \u201cIt\u2019s now clear that Keir Starmer would destroy our green and pleasant land.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would concrete over the green belt to build new homes for the thousands of illegal immigrants he will let into this \u00adcountry. The campaign begins now to save Britain from Starmer\u2019s bulldozers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rosie Pearson, who runs the Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk Pylons Action Group, said: \u201cKeir Starmer\u2019s speech is a call to arms to those who believe that \u00adcommunities should be in control of their own destiny, and that the environment and nature are in desperate need of protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThreatening to bulldoze through the planning system and support the builders amounts to lining the pockets of \u00addevelopers, project promoters and their shareholders. The Great Grid Upgrade can and should be done in a way that benefits consumers, communities and the environment. Drawing battle lines helps no one and will not deliver projects faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the disruption at the start of Sir Keir\u2019s speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, a 28-year-old man from Surrey was arrested on suspicion of assault, breach of the peace and causing public nuisance.<\/p>\n

The protester was wearing a T-shirt \u00adlinking him to a group called People Demand Democracy, which has named him as Yaz Ashmawi. The interloper shouted \u201ctrue democracy is citizen-led\u201d as he threw glitter at the Labour leader.<\/p>\n

The group, who were described as \u201cfriends\u201d by Just Stop Oil, are calling for \u201ca fair, proportional voting system for Westminster elections\u201d, as well as a \u201clegally binding national House of Citizens\u201d to be selected by \u00addemocratic lottery.<\/p>\n

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Sir Keir responded by saying \u201cprotest or power, this is why we changed our party\u201d before removing his jacket, rolling his sleeves up and beginning his speech.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the \u201cdangerous\u201d Tories would \u201cscorch the earth just to get at us\u201d and said the scale of the challenge would be immense compared with that of his predecessors.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think our job in 1997 was to rebuild a crumbling public realm, that in 1964 it was to modernise an economy left behind by the pace of technology, in 1945 to build a new Britain out of the trauma of collective \u00adsacrifice, then in 2024 it will have to be all three,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Labour leader said he is fighting for a \u201cdecade of national renewal\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a nod to New Labour, Sir Keir said the country had \u201c13 years of \u2018things can only get better\u2019 versus 13 years of \u2018things have only got worse\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

A senior Tory source said: \u201cHe didn\u2019t \u00admention illegal immigration. He doesn\u2019t care, anyone is welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Conservative Party chairman Greg Hands said: \u201cOnce again Sir Keir Starmer showed he would take the easy way out on Britain\u2019s long-term challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn two of the biggest issues facing our country, Labour has nothing to say. Just as Rachel Reeves failed to mention inflation once in her speech, Sir Keir failed to say anything about how he would tackle illegal immigration.<\/p>\n

“Instead, he committed Labour to more borrowing, which would increase inflation, and reversing Rishi Sunak\u2019s more proportionate approach to net zero, forcing millions of families to pay up to \u00a315,000 to upgrade their homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSir Keir just offers more of the same short-term political decision-making of the last 30 years that has failed Britain \u2013 all \u00adglitter, no substance.<\/p>\n

\u201cRishi Sunak and the Conservatives are working to halve inflation, grow the \u00adeconomy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats. And only Rishi Sunak will take the long-term decisions needed to build a brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n

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