Sir Keir Starmer will say Britain stands at a fork in the road as he pits Labour against Reform in his conference closing speech.

The prime minister will use his address at 2pm on Tuesday to say the UK can choose decency or division, renewal or decline, be in control of the future or succumb "to the politics of grievance".

"It is a test," he is expected to tell the second autumn Labour conference of his premiership.

"A fight for the soul of our country, every bit as big as rebuilding Britain after the war, and we must all rise to this challenge.

"And yet we need to be clear that our path, the path of renewal, it's long, it's difficult, it requires decisions that are not cost-free or easy. Decisions - that will not always be comfortable for our party."

Sir Keir will say "at the end

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