welfare

He also promised to push ahead with reforming the welfare system, which he said had "trapped people in poverty" and "wrote young people off as too ill to work".

Earlier this month, a spokesman for Job&Talent said: "We prioritise the rights, welfare, and safety of our workers and maintain regular communication to ensure they feel supported."

Five years on, the Ministry of Justice's plan to repeal the presumption means courts would make decisions based on the consideration of a child's safety and welfare - without a default assumption.

It told the BBC that legislative changes over the past year served the best interests of "public welfare".

Referring to the welfare system, Starmer added: "We need to remove the incentives which hold back the potential of our young people."