Starmer Pledges ‘Plan for Change’ in Bid to Reset Government

-- Prime Minister Keir Starmer will spell out a set of targets on the UK economy, health care and crime over the coming week as he seeks to reset his fledgling administration following a turbulent return to power for Labour. The British premier will unveil a “Plan for Change” setting out “measurable milestones,” adding flesh to the bones of the five core missions he outlined during this year’s general election campaign, his office said late Saturday in a statement. “It means relentlessly driving real improvements in the lives of working people.” Just five months after sweeping to power in a landslide election win, the British premier is seeking to turn the page on a rocky start beset by revelations about ministers accepting freebies while in opposition and unpopular tax and spending decisions by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves that have alienated pensioners, farmers and businesses. “What we’re doing this week is setting out a plan for change over the next few years to tell the public what the key priorities are in these areas, but also to galvanize the government system,” Labour Cabinet minister Pat McFadden said in an interview with the BBC Sunday. While Starmer’s office provided no details on the new targets, it said the premier will spell them out “later this week” and that they will allow working people “to hold government to account on its progress.” The government’s stated missions are to kick-start economic growth, turn the country into a clean energy superpower, reduce crime, reform childcare and education, and restore the flagging fortunes of the struggling National Health Service.