Keir Starmer has vowed to rebuild Britain as Labor steps in after the Second World War as he enters his early pivot year.
The prime minister said in his New Year’s message that 2025 would be a year of rebuilding as his government looked to turn the corner after a turbulent first six months in power.
Starmer invoked the upcoming 80th anniversary of VE Day in May to compare his government role with that of the Attlee government in 1945.
Labor ends 2024 with its vote lower than in any other year since the war, since suggestive surveys He would lose 200 seats if another election were held now. But Starmer’s staunch voter advisers are changing their minds as they increasingly feel the impact of reforms to public services over the next few years, starting in 2025.
Starmer said: “This is what we’re going to be in: a rebuilding year. But also, that we are a great nation, which has achieved any hard or difficult things.
“It will be time to reflect on this year, the fall, the 85th and 55th anniversary days, to cherish the greatest victories of this country and the greatest age it has achieved.
“And that victory, indeed, and the peace and prosperity which followed, all rested on the same foundation, and we must restore it today.” The security of working people, that is the goal of this government, is the goal of our change plan. And we want to push in 2015 “
The Prime Minister is taking a New Year’s Eve holiday with his family, the first since the Prime Minister left, abandoning plans for the summer when the riots broke out. Starmer delayed the journey of the day after death of his brother Nick on Boxing Day, but flew out to join his wife and children over the weekend with friends, saying he badly needed a holiday.
He will face a backlash when he returns this week, including the prospect of more difficult months for the NHS, over-crowded prisons and people crossing the Channel every week in their hundreds. of labor on 27% for the republic, the Conservatives on 25% and UK Reform on 22%.
May’s local elections are likely to prove a major test for Labour. The reform hopes for significant gains, especially in the majority of Labor areas that voted Labor in 2024.
Some of Starmer’s colleagues have urged him to make a better mark after months of negative news about the state of Britain’s economy and public services, which some economists believe has contributed to his work. the weaker the growth than expected.
But despite the relationship to labor radicalism in the postwar period, the prime minister struck a particularly cautious note in the new year’s news, pointing to the economic pain he said people continue to feel.
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“I know there’s still so much more to do, and for many people it’s hard to think about the future when you spend all your time during the week fighting,” he said. “So I want to be clear. Until you can look forward and believe in the promise and prosperity of Britain again, this government will fight for you.”
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, gave only a brief New Year’s message. “The Conservative Party is also going through a period of change,” he said.
“This renewal process will be a long-term project. Things may be rough along the way, but the party I am leading now is going to do it differently.
“Watch this space.”