SIR Keir Starmer is signing up veterans to stand for Labour in more than two dozen key target seats.
The Labour chief wants to park his tanks on Tory lawns and woo disaffected former voters back with a new defence offensive.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is targeting defence seats across the UK with a new hit list
The Labour boss has made a push to woo the forces and their supporters – and try and win them back
The party are targeting a string of areas where they think vets and serving personnel could swing back to red in the next election.
They already have several ex-forces candidates lined up in a number of crucial constituencies – such as Dover, Plymouth and Hastings.
Teams are flooding the areas with visits and targeted leafleting in a bid to win back lost voters alienated by peacenik Jeremy Corbyn.
One source said: “No-one used to wear armed forces badges at Labour conference under Corbyn. Now they do.”
Seats are being targeted based on their populations of serving personnel, veterans or defence and aerospace workers.
A Labour source added: “The first duty of any government is national security, and this has been central to the changes Keir Starmer has made to the Labour Party under his leadership.
“The Conservatives like to talk up their support for our forces, but they are failing our troops and taxpayers.
“So whether it’s serving personnel and their families, veterans or defence workers, we are reaching into service communities across the UK as we make the case for a Labour government.”
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