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Kier - this is utterly ridiculous! Bin your pointless lists and do some governing


Published on 2024-12-05 07:31:02 - Brian Stokes, N@N
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  • This time it's: Raising real household disposable income, ensuring 75% of children are "school-ready" by reception, recruiting 13,000 police officers, building 1.5 million homes, decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, and treating 92% of NHS patients within 18 weeks of referral.

The article from Express.co.uk discusses Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's six key pledges aimed at addressing the cost of living crisis in the UK. These pledges include stabilizing the economy, reducing NHS waiting times, establishing a new border security command, setting up Great British Energy to lower energy bills, cracking down on anti-social behavior, and recruiting 6,500 new teachers. Starmer's strategy is to present these commitments as practical solutions to immediate public concerns, contrasting with what he describes as the Conservative government's failures. The pledges are part of Labour's broader campaign to regain voter trust by focusing on tangible improvements in everyday life, with Starmer emphasizing the need for a "decade of national renewal" to fix the country's issues.

Read the Full Daily Express Article at:
[ https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1984925/Keir-Starmers-six-milestones ]