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| Keir Starmer sets out what Labour would do first if it wins election | Keir Starmer sets out what Labour would do first if it wins election |
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| The Labour leader says he leads a "charged party" as he outlines plans for government with six steps | The Labour leader says he leads a "charged party" as he outlines plans for government with six steps |
| The Labour leader says he leads a "charged party" as he outlines plans for government with six steps | The Labour leader says he leads a "charged party" as he outlines plans for government with six steps |
| Sir Keir Starmer has set out what Labour would do first if it wins this year's general election. | Sir Keir Starmer has set out what Labour would do first if it wins this year's general election. |
| The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six key policies, including delivering "economic stability" and providing 40,000 more hospital appointments each week. | The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six key policies, including delivering "economic stability" and providing 40,000 more hospital appointments each week. |
| Some of the pledges are more modest in scale than the five "national missions" Sir Keir announced last year. | Some of the pledges are more modest in scale than the five "national missions" Sir Keir announced last year. |
| But he said they were the "first steps" towards Labour's bigger plans. | But he said they were the "first steps" towards Labour's bigger plans. |
| Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers | Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers |
| Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers | Labour vows to fund pledges by tackling tax dodgers |
| Election poll tracker: How do the parties compare? | |
| Election poll tracker: How do the parties compare? | |
| Is Starmer right about a £46bn unfunded tax cut? | |
| Is Starmer right about a £46bn unfunded tax cut? | |
| Sir Keir's five missions include making the UK the fastest-growing major economy by the end of a first Labour term in government and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030. | Sir Keir's five missions include making the UK the fastest-growing major economy by the end of a first Labour term in government and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2030. |
| Speaking at an event in Essex, he rejected claims the party had scaled back its ambitions as an election approached, saying the party had a "big, bold plan" but "we need first steps". | |
| He also rejected being a Tony Blair "copycat" - despite handing out pledge cards, as Sir Tony did before his 1997 landslide election victory, and posing for pictures in a white shirt with rolled up sleeves. | He also rejected being a Tony Blair "copycat" - despite handing out pledge cards, as Sir Tony did before his 1997 landslide election victory, and posing for pictures in a white shirt with rolled up sleeves. |
| But he welcomed comparisons between himself and past Labour leaders who had led the party to general election victories. | But he welcomed comparisons between himself and past Labour leaders who had led the party to general election victories. |
| "Well the first thing I'd say about Tony Blair, other than he took his tie off at big events, is that he won three elections in a row," Sir Keir added. | "Well the first thing I'd say about Tony Blair, other than he took his tie off at big events, is that he won three elections in a row," Sir Keir added. |
| But he insisted the circumstances in 2024 were much different to those experienced by Labour when Sir Tony took power, describing it as a "very different moment to 1997". | But he insisted the circumstances in 2024 were much different to those experienced by Labour when Sir Tony took power, describing it as a "very different moment to 1997". |
| Sir Keir's six "first steps" are: | Sir Keir's six "first steps" are: |
| Sticking to tough spending rules in order to deliver economic stability | Sticking to tough spending rules in order to deliver economic stability |
| Sticking to tough spending rules in order to deliver economic stability | Sticking to tough spending rules in order to deliver economic stability |
| Cutting NHS waiting lists by providing 40,000 more appointments each week - funded by tackling tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes. | Cutting NHS waiting lists by providing 40,000 more appointments each week - funded by tackling tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes. |
| Cutting NHS waiting lists by providing 40,000 more appointments each week - funded by tackling tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes. | Cutting NHS waiting lists by providing 40,000 more appointments each week - funded by tackling tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes. |
| Launching a border security command to stop the gangs arranging small boat crossings | Launching a border security command to stop the gangs arranging small boat crossings |
| Launching a border security command to stop the gangs arranging small boat crossings | Launching a border security command to stop the gangs arranging small boat crossings |
| Setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power energy company | Setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power energy company |
| Setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power energy company | Setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power energy company |
| Providing more neighbourhood police officers to reduce antisocial behaviour and introduced new penalties for offenders | Providing more neighbourhood police officers to reduce antisocial behaviour and introduced new penalties for offenders |
| Providing more neighbourhood police officers to reduce antisocial behaviour and introduced new penalties for offenders | Providing more neighbourhood police officers to reduce antisocial behaviour and introduced new penalties for offenders |
| Recruiting 6,500 teachers, paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. | Recruiting 6,500 teachers, paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. |
| Recruiting 6,500 teachers, paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. | Recruiting 6,500 teachers, paid for through ending tax breaks for private schools. |
| Pledges on healthcare, policing and teaching only apply to England as powers over these matters are devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Labour will make separate policy pledges for Scotland and Wales. | Pledges on healthcare, policing and teaching only apply to England as powers over these matters are devolved in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Labour will make separate policy pledges for Scotland and Wales. |
| Sir Keir said the steps were about looking "the public in the eye" with a "down payment" on what the party would offer the country. | |
| Asked when these steps would be achieved, he said he was "not going to put a number on it" but that Labour would deliver it "as quickly and swiftly as we can" once in government. | |
| John Prescott - Labour's deputy leader from 1994 to 2007 - displaying the party's pledge cards | John Prescott - Labour's deputy leader from 1994 to 2007 - displaying the party's pledge cards |
| John Prescott - Labour's deputy leader from 1994 to 2007 - displaying the party's pledge cards | John Prescott - Labour's deputy leader from 1994 to 2007 - displaying the party's pledge cards |
| Labour has said the six steps are "not the sum total" of the party's election offer and insisted the party also stood by its other policy commitments, such as housing and workers' rights. | |
| Conservative chairman Richard Holden said the British public would not be "conned" by Sir Keir, saying the Labour leader had "dumped every pledge that he made during the Labour leadership campaign" and when he was "trying to get Jeremy Corbyn in to be our prime minister". | Conservative chairman Richard Holden said the British public would not be "conned" by Sir Keir, saying the Labour leader had "dumped every pledge that he made during the Labour leadership campaign" and when he was "trying to get Jeremy Corbyn in to be our prime minister". |
| "I think people need to take with an enormous pinch of salt anything that he is putting forward," added Mr Holden. | "I think people need to take with an enormous pinch of salt anything that he is putting forward," added Mr Holden. |
| "It's quite clear Labour don't have a cohesive plan." | "It's quite clear Labour don't have a cohesive plan." |
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| Keir Starmer | Keir Starmer |
| Richard Holden | Richard Holden |
| Labour Party | Labour Party |