UK's Starmer says firm and fair decisions needed to control debt

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that firm and fair decisions were needed to bring national debt under control, warning that unfunded pledges could put the economy at risk.

"A world as volatile as ours, that's dangerous," Starmer said in a speech during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. "It demands firm and fair decisions to control our debt. This is the responsibility of government, I don't complain about it. I expect to be judged on my ability to deal with it."

Starmer also said fiscal rules were non-negotiable.

(Reporting by Alistair Smout, Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper; Writing by Catarina Demony; Editing by William James)