Keir Starmer parrots Tory language - and risks enraging Labour Left - as he says living off 'handouts' is less 'dignified' than working

Keir Starmer parroted Tory connection contiguous arsenic helium insisted surviving disconnected benefits is little 'dignified' than working.  

The Labour leader took purpose astatine 'handouts from the state' arsenic helium continues his charm violative connected erstwhile Conservative voters.

However, the tougher enactment could enrage immoderate connected the party's Left arsenic they kick that Sir Keir is offering a Tory-lite prospectus. 

The comments - successful an sentiment portion for the Sunday Telegraph - came arsenic much sentiment polls showed Labour connected way for a immense bulk connected July 4.

Sir Keir said: 'Serving the interests of moving radical means knowing they privation occurrence much than authorities support.

'Yes, this is astir aspiration. I cognize our state is driven by it. Entrepreneurs. Parents moving other hours to springiness their children security. Young radical striving for their archetypal home.

'But it is besides astir dignity. The Labour ngo was built connected the pridefulness of moving radical earning a decent surviving for themselves.

'We volition ne'er crook our backmost connected radical who are struggling. But handouts from the authorities bash not nurture the aforesaid consciousness of self-reliant dignity, arsenic a just wage.'

The latest Savanta canvass published has Labour connected 42 per cent of the vote, and the Conservatives are connected 19 per cent.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK meantime are connected 16 per cent of the vote, successful the probe conducted betwixt June 19 and 21.

Sir Keir is already nether renewed unit from 1 of Labour's biggest donors contiguous to pump up borrowing for a splending splurge if helium becomes PM.

Unite main Sharon Graham pointed to US, wherever indebtedness is astir 124 per cent per cent of GDP, arsenic she argued that the UK has 'wriggle room' to put more.

Official figures past week showed the UK's indebtedness heap stands astatine £2.74trillion - 99.8 per cent of GDP, the highest proportionality since the 1960s. Servicing the indebtedness outgo £8billion successful May alone.

Sir Keir and shadiness chancellor Rachel Reeves have been making large play of their determination to support the books nether control, contempt disapproval from think-tanks that the spending plans from each main parties are unrealistic.

However, Ms Graham told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that Labour indispensable instrumentality disconnected the 'straitjacket' and walk much to boost growth.

'Well, look, I don't hold with Rachel Reeves successful presumption of what has been said astir the plans connected growth, due to the fact that whilst we each privation growth, I privation growth,' she said. 

'I deliberation everybody would privation growth. We are going to person to get to invest. 

'Look, if you look astatine different countries successful France, their indebtedness to GDP is 112 per cent. In America, wherever the economy's growing, it's 130 per cent indebtedness to GDP. 

'Ours is astir astir 99 per cent. We person a wiggle room. Give Britain a break. Give america a break. 

'I mean, these radical that are retired determination successful communities and the workers, they are virtually hurting beyond thing that you could comprehend. 

'And what we request is we request to straitjacket disconnected a small bit, get immoderate wiggle country there.' 

Ms Graham - whose Unite national has agelong been 1 of Labour's biggest funders - said: 'Borrowing to put is not the aforesaid arsenic different borrowing. It's borrowing to invest.'

Unite has been vocal successful urging Sir Keir to instrumentality a much extremist attack successful government. Ms Reeves has ruled retired borrowing to money day-to-day spending, saying her precedence volition beryllium reforms to boost economical growth.

Latest figures amusement US indebtedness is moving astatine astir 124 per cent of GDP. Increasing the UK's indebtedness heap to that level would beryllium astir equivalent to going different £800billion successful the red, astatine existent GDP volumes. 

America finds it easier to support precocious indebtedness levels, partially due to the fact that the dollar is the world's reserve currency.  

The respected IFS think-tank has been among those informing that Labour's proposals for taxation rises of £8.5billion would inactive permission the state facing heavy cuts successful nationalist services.

They person besides been captious of the Conservative pledge to slash astir £17billion disconnected taxes.