RUSHES: Local elections 2025: Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner speeches at Labour campaign launch

Local elections 2025: Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner speeches at Labour campaign launch; Part 3 of 10 ENGLAND: Derbyshire: Chesterfield: PCT Healthcare Peak Pharmacy: INT Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT. In background are Lilian Greenwood MP, Natalie Fleet MP, Amanda Hack MP, John Whitby MP, Steve Yemm MP, Gen Kitchen MP and others - "Thank you, what a brilliant Deputy Prime Minister she's turning out to be. Thank you Ellie for leading this campaign and thank you all for the warm welcome. It's brilliant to see you all in the room today and, as others have said, fantastic to be here in Derbyshire. What a beautiful place and a beautiful day It is, and it hardly seems possible, but if you combine Believe it or not, this weekend, this coming weekend, is nine months since the general election. Nine months since the nation voted overwhelmingly for change. I stood on the steps of Downing Street, I think it was the day after the election, and I promised that this Labour government would be on the side of working people. And mark my words, with our plan for change, we will turn things around and get our country back on track. But look, I know people are still struggling with the cost of living. You know that. You see it every day. I see it every day. But the difference, the difference between us over the last nine months and 14 years of Tory government. The difference is night and day. per day. They spent £700 million of taxpayers' money to deport four volunteers to Rwanda. We've sent more than 24,000 people back home with no right to be here. That's the highest rate in almost a decade. They crashed the economy and sent interest rates through the roof. We've laid the groundwork for free interest rate cuts. They set the minimum wage. What did they say? They said it was a burden. We know the difference it makes to millions of people. That's why I was delighted to announce the increase in the National Living Wage earlier this week. That's a...