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<\/picture><\/span>EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nSir Keir Starmer will pledge to “build a new Britain” with extra powers for housing and local mayors if Labour wins the next election.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Speaking at the party’s annual conference on Tuesday, the Labour leader will promise to accelerate building on unused urban land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n He will also say Labour would build the “next generation of New Towns” near English cities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n And he will say extra police will guarantee patrols in town centres. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Suggesting Labour is aiming for two terms in power, he will say a Labour victory would herald a “decade of national renewal” after 13 years of Conservative-led government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “What is broken can be repaired, what is ruined can be rebuilt,” he will tell delegates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sir Keir’s speech in Liverpool could be his last before a general election, expected next year, and could be his final opportunity to make a speech to a conference audience setting out his pitch to be prime minister to the country. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In talking of a decade of renewal, he will seek to show his confidence and to evoke memories of post-Second World War PM Clement Attlee by emphasising the theme of rebuilding. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Pat McFadden, Labour’s national campaign co-ordinator, told BBC Breakfast Sir Keir was “assuming nothing”, but was “levelling with the public” about the challenges the country faced. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “What he’s doing is he’s setting out realistically that after 13 years of the Conservatives, it’s going to take time to turn things round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “He’s saying we can’t solve everything overnight but what we can do is turn the page and begin a process of national renewal,” Mr McFadden added. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The speech, expected to last around an hour, will set out plans for a wave of new towns near England’s cities, echoing those built by the first majority Labour government after World War Two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The party wants to build an unspecified number of “large-scale” settlements on land acquired by dedicated state-backed companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n They would have powers to buy land at lower prices, without having to factor in the increase in the value of land for potential planning permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n