Labour are promising to “get Britain’s future back” as the party meets for its annual conference.

Proceedings get under way in Liverpool on Saturday with Labour’s women’s conference, before the full summit starts on Sunday.

It follows the Tory conference last week, which was beset by leaks about the scrapping of HS2 – as those hoping to succeed Rishi Sunak made a splash.

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Labour will be hoping to capitalise on its recent win in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, which deputy leader Angela Rayner called a “seismic result”.

She told Sky News: “One of the challenges we face – because the Conservatives crashed the economy and the situation we’re going to inherit – is that we won’t be able to reverse everything that the Conservatives have done over the last 13 years.

“But we’re very determined to give Britain its future back.”

Asked about her own ambitions, Ms Rayner said: “I would have an absolute honour and a privilege if I was able to be the deputy prime minister of this country.

“That’s my ambition and my ambition is to get into government, not for me, but for the people out there who deserve that change.

“The Conservatives have delivered chaos for people.

“I want people to have the opportunities that the last Labour government delivered for me, and I’m determined to make sure that we get into government to deliver that for people.”

Ms Rayner is promising a government that will “deliver the biggest boost to affordable, social and council housing for a generation” and prevent developers “wriggling out of their responsibilities”.

Housing is one of many areas that party members will be hoping to hear more details on, with some accusing the party of being light on detail with its policies, including issues such as the cancellation of HS2.

Business and the economy are other areas where Labour want to show they are ready for government.

The party is keen to show it has companies such as Gatwick Airport, Scottish Renewables, Specsavers, Ikea and McVities hosting stands for the first time – with the likes of John Lewis and Mastercard speaking to a “sold-out” business forum.

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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper will also announce a plan to require police to target the most dangerous abusers and sex offenders using counter-terror style tactics.

“Under Labour, the police will be asked to relentlessly pursue the perpetrators who pose the greatest risk to women, and use all the tools at their disposal to protect victims and get dangerous offenders off the streets,” she said.

“The police should be exhausting every opportunity for enforcement, prevention and protection – too often failure to do so has had devastating and fatal consequences.” 

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Meanwhile, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting renewed his pledge to “modernise or die” in an interview with The Times, promising a Labour government would funnel £171m a year into a “fit for the future” fund for purchasing new equipment to cut NHS waiting times.

He said the money would be enough to double the number of CT and MRI scanners over a parliament so that patients can get diagnosed earlier.

After Ms Rayner’s speech on Sunday, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will speak on Monday, with party leader Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday.

It’s during this speech he will “outline plans to get Britain’s future back” – a slogan he has used before.

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Another policy pledge expected to be announced by Ms Rayner is the “biggest-ever transfer of power out of Westminster”, a policy touted last year at an event with former prime minister Gordon Brown.

Speaking on Friday, Ms Rayner said: “Rishi Sunak and the Tories have time and time again taken a sledgehammer to the foundations a good life can be built upon. Decent jobs, secure homes and strong communities are being snatched away from people.

“With five prime ministers in seven years and constant chaos and instability, Britain’s future has been left to take a back seat. The Tories’ legacy is national decline – a nation levelled down and starved of hope.

“While the Tories have stolen Britain’s future, it’s Labour that will give it back with our plan to make working people better off by securing growth for all people and in all places.”

Anneliese Dodds, the chair of the Labour Party, said her party had “the plans to unlock growth, make our streets safe, secure the future of the NHS, break down barriers to opportunity and make the UK a green energy superpower”.