Starmer touts measurable targets ahead of new Labour plan | Global News Avenue

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said his government would begin a new phase this week under what he described as a “plan for change” for Britain.

Writing for The Sun on SundaySir Keir described the strategy as “the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation” as the government “works hard” to deliver on its election promises.

He said ministers would detail “measurable milestones” through which the public could track the government’s progress in delivering on its promises.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: “Keir Starmer has had to reboot… because Labor has no plan for government”.

Writing in The Sun, the Prime Minister accused the Conservatives of leaving a “terrible legacy of confronting crumbling public services and paralyzed public finances”.

Sir Keir said: “These are significant issues that cannot be solved overnight. I have made no secret of that and there is no point in pretending otherwise. Meaningful change is not easy to achieve.”

He acknowledged there could be “obstacles and pushbacks, maybe even protests” to his proposed reforms.

References to protests may be a nod to recent political challenges.

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Transport Secretary Louise Hague dealt a blow to Sir Keir’s cabinet on Friday Resigned over fraud charges from a decade ago.

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The Conservative leader posted on social media that Sir Keir’s first six months in office will be remembered for the free scandals, the disastrous budget, the abandonment of British territories and now cabinet ministers resigning for fraud and lies. “

Badenock added: “This is just the beginning… there will be more resets to come.”

Speaking to BBC Sunday’s Laura Kuenssberg programme, cabinet minister Pat McFadden rejected suggestions the Change Plan was a reset, saying the plan had been in development from the “early days” of government. .

“We know that events happen every week in government that will shock you, and things that will get the newspapers buzzing, and you have to deal with those things.

“But beyond that, you have to look at the long term.”

The next phase of Sir Keir’s government’s plans will include five detailed “tasks”.

When fully released on Thursday, it will highlight which measures will be prioritized politically and financially.

Government insiders believe new measurable targets are needed to ensure accountability.

Sir Keir wrote: “(The milestone) will also ensure that the Government’s attention and resources are relentlessly focused on delivering real and meaningful change.”

For example, the government has a broad mission to break down barriers to opportunity.

But under the new plan, a specific target will be set to help improve early education.

Ministers are aiming to increase the proportion of four- and five-year-olds who are fully socially and educationally ready for school from 60 per cent to 75 per cent.

Other policies, from house building to hospital waiting lists, will also be prioritized under plans announced by the Prime Minister on Thursday.

But the implication is that some of the previous promises seemed destined to slip into the slow lane of politics.

The five main tasks do not specifically address immigration, but McFadden said this would be “mentioned” in a document released on Thursday.

However, he said there would not be a “numeric target” for net migration levels, arguing that “the exact number you need is always going to fluctuate based on the needs of the economy”.

Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson Sarah Olney said the government’s goals “will be meaningless unless the catastrophic mistakes made so far are reversed”.

She says ministers should “swallow their pride” and abandon change Pay winter fuel bills and Inheritance tax for farmers.

Sir Keir experienced his first ministerial resignation on Friday, with Transport Secretary Louise Haigh quitting after it was revealed she had admitted fraud a decade ago.

Hager admitted she told police in 2013 that she lost her work phone during a robbery, but later discovered it had not been taken.

She was conditionally released by magistrates following the incident, which occurred before she became an MP.

In her resignation letter, Hager said she resigned because she did not want to be a distraction.

Opposition leader Sir Keir has frequently attacked the Conservatives over Covid-19 rule-breaking, saying “you can’t be a legislator and a lawbreaker”.

Asked whether the Prime Minister was a hypocrite in appointing Hague to the front bench, McFadden said “no, he is not”, adding that there were no rules preventing people who had broken the law from serving in Parliament.

He said he did not know the details of why Hague resigned, adding: “I’m sorry she felt she had to leave.”

Asked whether other cabinet ministers had criminal records, he said: “As far as I know, I don’t know, but I haven’t looked into all the backgrounds.”