UK leader Starmer vows to take on 'alliance of naysayers' as he outlines plan for change
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic “nonsense” that have hampered construction projects in the U.K. Starmer outlined a series of new pledges that he will hope will change the narrative on his five-month-old government following a slide in its approval ratings
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Thursday to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic “nonsense” that have hampered construction projects in the U.K., as he outlined a series of new pledges that he hopes will change the narrative on his five-month-old government following a slide in its approval ratings.
In a speech at Pinewood Film Studios west of London, Starmer said his “Plan for Change” represented the next phase of his center-left Labour government, which was elected in a landslide victory in July on a promise to get Britain’s sluggish economy growing and restore frayed public services such as the state-funded National Health Service.
While Starmer's office insisted that the speech was not a relaunch, Kemi Badenoch, leader of the main opposition Conservative Party said it was an “emergency reset” by a floundering administration that "doesn’t know what it is doing.”
Starmer set out six “milestones” by which his government can be assessed by the time of the next election, which has to take place by summer 2029. They include raising living standards, building 1.5 million homes in England. clearing hospital backlogs, bolstering community policing, improving early years education and securing home-grown energy.
