Starmer Reset Bid Underscores UK Government’s Early Struggles
- Prime minister announces goals on planning, police, housing
- He denied watering down manifesto pledges on energy, growth
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Keir Starmer pledged to fast-track the approval of at least 150 major infrastructure projects as one of a series of milestones he wants his new UK government to be measured by, as the prime minister tries to reset the political narrative after just five months in power.
But following a major speech in Buckinghamshire on Thursday, Starmer was repeatedly forced to deny his language around the clean energy transition and the government’s growth targets represented a watering of key pledges in the Labour Party’s general election manifesto.