Sir Keir Starmer visits West Sussex and discusses Gatwick, health, homes and roads.

Sir Keir Starmer visited Siemens at Three Bridges, Crawley and spoke about Labour's position on important issues in Sussex. Video SR staff

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00:00 Sukiya Starmer visited a factory in Sussex this week. The Labour leader spoke to the

00:05 media during a visit to Seaman's Free Bridges train care facility in Crawley to find out

00:10 about the company's tailored health support to keep employees in work.

00:15 Sukiya was joined at the factory by Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz

00:19 Kendall to discuss Labour's plans to help Britain's 2.8 million long-term sick get

00:25 back to work. Labour said the number of people off work due to long-term sickness reached

00:30 a record high on recent data. The party said millions of people are left languishing due

00:36 to the unprecedented NHS backlog of failing mental health service and failing employment

00:41 support tied up in red tape-ridden jobcentres. Labour said measures would include scrapping

00:47 the non-DOM tax loophole to fund 2 million more operations, scans and appointments a

00:53 year and by reforming jobcentres to support people who could work.

00:58 During his visit, the Labour leader discussed many issues in Sussex including the A27, homelessness,

01:03 NHS waiting times and plans for a second runway at Gatwick Airport. To find out more, visit

01:09 Sussexworld.co.uk