Sir Keir Starmer outlined his five long-term goals for a New Labour-style administration on Thursday (February 23), outlining his battle lines for the upcoming election.
The Labour leader promised to restore Britain's “confidence, hope, and future” through a historic overhaul of the way the country is run, in a major speech delivered in Manchester. His plan for a “mission-driven” government lacked specifics on how he would carry out his main objectives.
What are Keir Starmer’s ‘five missions’?
Its aims, which will be the “backbone of the Labour manifesto” and the “pillars of the next Labour government” will be:
Economic growth
By the end of Labour’s first term, Starmer says he will secure the highest sustained growth in the G7.
“Our mission on growth comes with a second yardstick. It must be powered by good jobs and stronger productivity in every part of the country.”
Make Britain a green energy superpower
The Labour Party has presented a proposal to boost the generation capacity of technologies like offshore wind and solar in order to make the UK a clean energy superpower by 2030.
During the next decade, householders in the UK could save a total of £93 billion, according to Labour. This translates, on average, into a yearly saving of £475 for each household.
Healthcare
Starmer would, “Build an NHS fit for the future by reforming health and care services to speed up treatment, harness life sciences and technology, reduce preventable illnesses, and cut health inequalities.”
The Labour government is hoping to oversee the biggest expansion of the NHS workforce in history. The party is promising to double the number of medical school places, train 15,000 new doctors a year, create 10,000 new nursing and midwifery placements, double the number of district nurses qualifying every year, and recruit 5,000 new health visitors.
Safe streets
The Labour Party wants to make Britain’s streets safe and tackle violence against women and girls.
It previously accused the Government of “treating victims of violence as an afterthought” because the administration is yet to publish its own strategy in response to a wave of allegations that emerged in the wake of the MeToo movement and Sarah Everard’s killing in 2021.
The Labour Party is making sure it will toughen sentences for rape, stalking, and domestic murder, and review all sentences for domestic abuse.
Removing barriers to opportunity
Starmer has said he would, “Break down the barriers to opportunity at every stage, for every child, by reforming childcare, reforming education, raising standards everywhere, and preparing young people for work and for life.”
Labour’s “Breaking Down Barriers” is aimed at creating a society that adheres to the social model of disability by removing the obstacles that handicapped persons have while trying to access independent public services, including housing, education, work, and transportation.
