Sir Keir Starmer’s speech at the Lord’s Supper mentioned the word “thousand stones” eight times and “missions” 13 times. There were also three “promises” and “arra”.
All this added up to one big thing: the prime minister is trying to turn the tide after a difficult start in government, with the goals set to reach the end of this council.
The “plan of change” speech focuses on six well-discussed themes.
1) Above the standards of the living
Starmer pledged “higher living standards in every part of the country. So working people have more money in their pocket … the burden of the cost of living crisis … no longer intrudes on the joy of family life.”
Analysis: Critics of Labour’s first budget argue that this objective has been made more difficult by measures announced, including increases in employers’ national insurance contributions. The Confederation of British Industry has already warned that “expectations of growth have taken a decisive turn for the worse” and that the larger budget will make it more difficult for firms to hire new staff. The Council described the Foundation’s targets as “the bare minimum for any government service”.
2) Building 1.5m houses in England
Starmer committed to fast-tracking the decisions of at least 150 major economic infrastructure projects, saying: “Of course, if the turbocharger is not built with reform, we will not meet that milestone. And if this level of candor surprises you, then honestly, it shouldn’t. After all – what is to set a target point that you can boldly deliver without action?”
Analysis: This may be the most difficult challenge of all. The financier was clearly on the job and went on in July Hugo Bessis He explained how difficult this problem has become for all administrations. “Research by previous governments suggests that building enough – not just more – new homes is an almost impossible challenge due to a variety of financial, planning and social barriers,” he said. Last year, more than building fell 5%, the lowest in eight years.
3) Ninety-two percent of patients in England wait no longer than 18 weeks for the treatment of choice
Starmer said NHS“perhaps more than any other institution … it means the greater ‘us’. And yet here we are with the NHS – even the NHS has lost the trust of the British public, but not beyond repair.”
Analysis: This was another obvious commitment. At the moment less than 60% operations or other procedures were performed within the 18-week period. Siva Anandacivaan expert on health and charity society The King’s Fund, a review of the NHS commissioned by Mr Darzi, from Labour, appeared to temper expectations about waiting lists, but the government “doubled down and promised to go to hell with leather with all targets met”. Starmer chose a The “reform or die” policy, a target reached by the end of the congress that has not been done for a decade.
4) Deploying the police force with a designated officer for each community and 13,000 additional officers, PCSOs and special constables.
Starmer promised more police to crack down on and stamp out anti-social behavior in every community as he said “no one should feel unsafe on the streets they call home”.
Analysis: In terms of implementation, this is one of the easier ones. He said the Labor Tories had concocted the figures by claiming that “fewer than a third of Labour’s 13,000 police officers are actually new police officers”.
There is another concern, however, which has been raised by Richard Atkinson, president of the Law Society of England and Wales. He warned that the focus on crime and justice was welcome, but needed to be placed across the board.
“There will be a need for increased funding for more capital officers to be invested in legal aid, the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts. It puts more police officers on the streets and means a huge impact on the rest of the system.”
5) A record 75% of five-year-olds in England are ready to learn when they start school
Starmer said one in three children “were not ready for school five years ago”. He said the students at the reception “are not starting to read … trying to speak.” The goal of the effort is to reach the development goals of an additional 40,000 to 45,000 children per year.
Analysis: According to Schools Week, this year 67.7% of children judged to have a “good” level of development in areas such as language, personal development, maths and literacy. Nick Harrison, chief executive of the Sutton Trust, 75, saidThe % target was “absolutely the right ambition … but it will be important to achieve this if the status quo remains in early education for poor children.
“The gap between children eligible for free school lunches and their peers in meeting these learning goals has widened since 2017 and there is no sign of this trend reversing.”
6) Energy security, guarantees and financial protection of climate security
In his speech, the prime minister promised “clean power from 2003.
Analysis: Labor talks about clean energy making the UK a superpower, but this will cost money. The money will be needed to renew the energy infrastructure and for carbon capture and storage – a very controversial area. Alice Delahunty, head of UK electricity transmission at National Grid, he told the FT * in October as a target to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030 that “incredibly stretching” and ” it would be effected only with great amendments to the plan. “If he had gone through the current regime perfectly, he would not be there. Therefore, it is necessary to go completely through the reformed government.