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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is delivering a major policy speech in the coming minutes titled 'Plan for Chance'. Livestream here. In the speech, Starmer is set to outline specific targets intended to improving life in the UK focused on areas including policing, housing, education, and energy. Some headlines for the policy document: 'We will measure living standards through real household disposable income per person and GDP per capita by the end of parliament'

  • Document 'repeats long-term mission to deliver the highest sustained growth in the G7.' Policy doc: 'Autumn budget was once-in-a-parliament budget to wipe the slate clean', but also says 'we will need to make tough decisions'. The document targets working people 'having more money in their pocket'. Included in the doc is the 1.5mn house-building target and pledges to fast track planning decisions on 150 infrastructure projects.
  • The opposition centre-right Conservatives have claimed that the package marks an “emergency relaunch” amid declining polling numbers, saying that Starmer's centre-left Labour party has "no plan for government".
  • On energy policy, The Daily Telegraph reports, "Sir Keir Starmer has watered down his clean energy promise.  The document accompanying the Prime Minister’s “plan for change” speech said the UK will be “on track to at least 95 per cent clean power by 2030”.  In November 2023 Labour promised the nation would be “leading the world with 100 per cent clean power by 2030”. The party’s manifesto promised “clean power by 2030” with no conditions." 
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is delivering a major policy speech in the coming minutes titled 'Plan for Chance'. Livestream here. In the speech, Starmer is set to outline specific targets intended to improving life in the UK focused on areas including policing, housing, education, and energy. Some headlines for the policy document: 'We will measure living standards through real household disposable income per person and GDP per capita by the end of parliament'

  • Document 'repeats long-term mission to deliver the highest sustained growth in the G7.' Policy doc: 'Autumn budget was once-in-a-parliament budget to wipe the slate clean', but also says 'we will need to make tough decisions'. The document targets working people 'having more money in their pocket'. Included in the doc is the 1.5mn house-building target and pledges to fast track planning decisions on 150 infrastructure projects.
  • The opposition centre-right Conservatives have claimed that the package marks an “emergency relaunch” amid declining polling numbers, saying that Starmer's centre-left Labour party has "no plan for government".
  • On energy policy, The Daily Telegraph reports, "Sir Keir Starmer has watered down his clean energy promise.  The document accompanying the Prime Minister’s “plan for change” speech said the UK will be “on track to at least 95 per cent clean power by 2030”.  In November 2023 Labour promised the nation would be “leading the world with 100 per cent clean power by 2030”. The party’s manifesto promised “clean power by 2030” with no conditions."