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Struggling Starmer relaunches with new policy list
Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech in Buckinghamshire setting out his Government's "plan for change" promising a shift away from Whitehall's "declinist mentality", December 5, 2024
“At local level, it’s different."
PRIME Minister Sir Keir Starmer bid to relaunch his floundering government today with a new focus on living standards.
Speaking in a tent at Pinewood film studios, Buckinghamshire, the Prime Minister delivered his latest attempt to explain his purpose by unveiling six “milestones” to gauge delivery on key issues.
Amid declining poll ratings, plunging personal popularity and increasingly restive Labour MPs, the latest initiative is an acknowledgement that the government has fumbled its first months in office.
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