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Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new “plan for change” for Britain, marking a new phase for his government. In a column for The Sun on Sunday, the UK Prime Minister outlined the strategy that he described as “the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation”. He stated that his government was “knuckling down” on delivering the promises made in its election manifesto. The new plan will include “measurable milestones” to allow members of the public to track the government’s progress towards its commitments.
However, the Conservative Party criticised the plan, stating that it would not conceal what it referred to as “the chaos” that Starmer’s government has unleashed in the past five months since the general election. Nigel Huddleston, co-chairman of the party, dismissed the idea as “Keir Starmer’s 17th relaunch”, saying that “the British people will rightly be wondering why they have been short-changed by the party that claimed to offer change”.
In his column, Sir Keir reminded readers of the state of public services when the Conservatives were in power before his government took over in July. He acknowledged that the problems they inherited “can’t be fixed overnight” and may face “obstacles and blockers – maybe even protests”. The mention of protests may have been a reference to the recent uproar from some farmers over proposed changes to inheritance tax rules and protests for a change to Britain’s support for Israel in the war with Gaza. The Cabinet was also hit with a blow after Transport Secretary Louise Haigh stepped down over a fraud charge from a decade ago.
Sir Keir’s plans for the next phase of his government will include five “missions” designed to highlight which measures will be prioritised both politically and financially. It will create specific targets, such as increasing the proportion of four-year-olds and five-year-olds who are fully ready to start school, socially as well as educationally, from 60% to 75%. The government also plans to focus on other policies such as housebuilding and hospital waiting lists, which will become priorities under the new plan to be announced on Thursday. Ministers will be made accountable by the creation of milestones they must meet to deliver “real and meaningful change”.
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