Keir Starmer will today launch a weekly “Call Keir” listening exercise as he begins the task of winning back the trust of voters.
The new Labour leader had planned to spend his first months in charge travelling to seats the party lost across Britain to convince voters it now offered a credible alternative.
But, while we are still in lockdown, he will tour the country virtually instead, taking questions at town hall-style meetings on Zoom.
His first meeting will take place in key Red Wall seats in Bury and the Tees Valley, that Labour needs to win if it is ever going to form a government, before heading to Scotland next week.