PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer says Britain will enjoy “rediscovering the great nation that we are” under his leadership in 2025.
In a New Year’s Eve message, the Labour leader said his party had begun to change Britain since it won a landslide majority in July’s election — though on a smaller vote than when losing in 2017 and 2019.
He made a pitch for national unity around the 80th anniversary of victory in the second world war, saying this would provide an opportunity for Britain to “come together.”
Labour had a “clear plan for change,” he insisted, but listed just one specific target (building 1.5 million new homes), with even that dependent entirely on for-profit house-building firms with a vested interest in maintaining scarcity.
His other targets included “children starting school ready to learn,” “waiting lists cut dramatically,” “immigration — reduced” and “more cash in your pocket,” though Labour has removed cash from pensioners by means-testing winter fuel payments and declined to compensate the Waspi women over changes to the pension age.