Robert Jenrick promises to 'send Labour packing' if he wins Tory leadership race

Labour's first 100 days have been nothing short of a disaster.

They’ve already broken their promises, surrendered British territory and become mired in chaos and sleaze.

They’ve jeopardised our economic recovery through their doom and gloom, already forcing investment overseas.

It’s terrifying to think there are another 1,700 days to go. On this trajectory, Britain will be on its knees. For a government so new, they couldn’t look more broken.

No wonder six in 10 Brits disapprove of their record, and Labour have plummeted in the polls. Their next assault will come at the Budget. For months they have been rolling the pitch to break their promises to raise taxes and control borrowing by inventing a £22billion black hole.

No serious economist will repeat their claim. It’s a black hole of their own making: they’ve splashed out billions on a fantasy energy company and in above-inflation pay rises for their union paymasters.

And to fund it they’ve decided to scrap the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners. Those on as little as £13,000 a year could be £600 worse off, when energy bills are rising. It is indefensible, and as leader I would reverse it.

The Budget is shaping up to be the biggest democratic betrayal of modern times, a return to the dark days of Gordon Brown’s high tax-and-spend agenda.

When it comes, the new Conservative leader should be there to hold Labour to account for their appalling dishonesty.

Under my leadership I’ll end the infighting and unite my party around the serious answers to the huge challenges we face.

We will stand for ending mass migration by calling legal migration in the tens of thousands and leaving the ECHR so we deport the dangerous foreign murderers, racists and paedophiles from our country.

I will reclaim the low-tax, pro-growth agenda and restore our reputation for sound financial management. I have a proper plan for growth: getting people off welfare and into work, securing cheap, reliable energy and the biggest urban densification in a generation to build the homes we need, in places we need them.

We will once again be the party of strong public services. For too long we’ve treated the NHS like a religion to be worshipped, not a public service to be reformed.

Under my leadership we will send Labour packing. Quickly.