Sir Keir Starmer has been left red-faced after one of his own frontbenchers made an embarrassing gaffe during his speech at the Labour Party conference on Monday.
During a speech to the party, Labour MP Peter Kyle pinned the blame on Labour for squandering the UK’s potential since 2010.
The Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology said: “Our potential has been squandered by 13 years of Labour Government.”
The blunder is likely to have caused embarrassment for the party’s leader, who is expected to address members later today.
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