Keir Starmer has outlined the first steps he would take if his party wins the next election, in a speech in Essex
The six pledges include a border security command to tackle the gangs behind small boat crossings, and recruiting 6,500 teachers in England
He tells the event in Thurrock the pledges are fully costed and "ready to go"
Last year, Starmer announced five "missions", which were broader
The Conservatives say Starmer is on his "16th relaunch" and has "no coherent plan"
There's no quick fix, Starmer says
The speeches are getting under way in Thurrock.
We'll first be hearing from some of Labour's front bench, before Keir Starmer steps up on stage a little later - at roughly 10:50 BST.
Stay with us as we bring you the latest updates. As a reminder, you can also watch the event live by pressing the Play button at the top of the page.
First up at Labour's event is deputy leader, Angela Rayner
Henry Zeffman
Chief political correspondent
Never mind the “first steps” language - today Sir Keir Starmer is unveiling a pledge card.
The idea of a pledge card has huge resonance within the Labour Party, after their successful - and pioneering - use of a credit-card sized list of five promises during Sir Tony Blair’s victorious 1997 election campaign.
Some of Labour’s efforts to repeat that success since 1997 have been a little less fruitful. Most notoriously, the ‘Ed Stone’ in 2015, when Ed Miliband carved six pledges into a slab of limestone which he said he would install in the Downing Street rose garden if he won the election. He lost.
Yet some Labour strategists scarred by that experience argue that what was wrong with the Ed Stone was not only the use of stone, but the language written onto them, which was generally vague (“an NHS with the time to care”) and unmeasurable (“a country where the next generation can do better than the last”).
Today, Starmer is trying to give voters more concrete expectations of what a Labour government would do.
Image source, PA MediaEd Miliband unveiled what became known as the 'Ed Stone' in the run-up to the 2015 general election
Image source, ReutersEarlier this week, we heard Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver his pre-election speech, which included strong criticism of his Labour opponent.
Speaking on Monday, Sunak said Starmer would make the UK less safe, and that Labour would not match his pledges on defence, including a commitment to boost defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030. Labour says it would meet the same target when conditions allow.
"We will keep this country safe and Keir Starmer's actions demonstrate he won't be able to do that," Sunak told reporters.
The prime minister also accused Labour of trying to "depress their way to victory".
Asked about the remarks, Sir Keir said security would be his "first priority".
Read more: Rishi Sunak attacks Keir Starmer over defence as election battle lines drawn
Image source, ReutersWe've just been hearing from Labour's national campaign co-ordinator, Pat McFadden, who has been defending the party's pledges on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The MP for Wolverhampton South East tells the programme economic stability is the "foundation for everything else we want to do".
He says all six steps outlined by Keir Starmer are policies for the next parliament, which, if successful in the general election, a Labour government would aim to deliver "as soon as possible after the election".
They are "changes worth voting for", he adds.
On cutting NHS waiting lists specifically, he says the party will achieve this by paying staff to work more at evenings and weekends, make the service more flexible, and to use technology better.
Chris Mason
Political editor
Hello from Essex. The shadow cabinet have piled onto a train out of London.
This event Labour are staging is all about creating a sense, they hope, of momentum and generating attention.
There’ll be videos and speeches, culminating in Sir Keir Starmer doing a turn and taking questions.
Afterwards shadow cabinet ministers will mill about sounding upbeat on camera, as happens after the leader’s speech at party conference.
The blurb we have been sent in advance shows Sir Keir minus a jacket with his sleeves rolled up.
These are branded as his first steps, rather than Labour’s.
Very personal, even presidential.
The aim of today isn’t to say anything brand new.
But to turn existing plans — set out in the party’s so called ‘missions’ for government over the last year and a bit — into sentences of digestible policy they can repeat over and over again over the coming months.
With the local elections done and dusted, the next major test of voter opinion in the UK will be the general election, writes BBC senior political analyst Peter Barnes.
It's hard to read across from voting in council, mayoral and police elections to what would happen in a general election. But overall the results were deeply disappointing for the Conservatives and do nothing to dispel the picture suggested by national polls.
They remain stable. None of the parties has seen a significant change in their level of support since early March.
Attention will turn to announcements on the economy, including growth figures and interest rates.
For more, find our general election poll tracker here.
Keir Starmer will use his pre-election pitch to outline six steps Labour will take if the party wins at the next general election. Let’s go through them:
Emily McGarvey
Live editor
Good morning and welcome to our coverage, as Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to make his pre-election pitch to voters.
At an event in Essex, Starmer will outline six steps he would take if his party wins the next election, including border security measures to tackle small boat crossings and recruiting thousands of teachers.
He’ll say the pledges will help begin "a decade of national renewal".
His speech comes after the Conservatives said Starmer was on his "16th relaunch" and had "no coherent plan".
We're also expecting to hear from Starmer's deputy, Angela Rayner, and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves.
We’ll be bringing you updates and analysis here on this page, but you can also watch Starmer’s speech live by pressing the play button at the top of this page.