Single-person council tax discount will not be axed, Downing Street suggests

Keir Starmer sets out plans to rebuild UK's public finances

Sir Keir Starmer claimed his government "have done more in seven weeks than the Conservatives have done in seven years" as he criticised the former government for "leaving a black hole in public finances." Speaking from the rose garden in Downing Street, the prime minister said: "We will do the hard work to root out 14 years of rot, reverse a decade of decline and fix the foundations." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn