Starmer tells Big Tech ‘the free ride is over’ in speech on crime and policing

The Labour leader also pledged to halve levels of violence against women and girls.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Port Vale FC (Stefan Rousseau/PA) (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has told the Big Tech industry a Labour government would “find ways to make them accountable” if their platforms were used to spread online hate and misogyny.

Outlining the party’s crime and policing agenda, the Labour leader also promised to “reverse the collapse in the proportion of crime solved” and halve levels of violence against women and girls within a decade, if he wins power at the next general election.

He also pledged to halve serious violent crime and raise confidence in the police and criminal justice system after the damning report by Baroness Casey into Scotland Yard.