The Prime Minister has set out this government’s Plan for Change consisting of six clear milestones for change by the end of this parliament. The Prime Minister’s announcement represents the most ambitious yet honest blueprint for government in a generation and will allow the public to track our progress.
With that in mind, I am wanted to let you know that the work that is already underway to improve people’s lives in Hull West and Haltemprice.
Our Plan for Change consists of the following milestones:
- Higher Living Standards across the country, measured by Real Household Disposable Income per capita. So, working people have more money in their pocket as we deliver the fastest growth in the G7.
- Rebuilding Britain, with 1.5 million homes over the Parliament and planning decisions made on at least 150 major economic infrastructure projects.
- Ending hospital backlogs by meeting the NHS standard of 92% of patients waiting fewer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment.
- Police back on the beat, with 13,000 more officers, PCSOs and special constables in neighbourhood roles and a named officer in every community through our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee in England and Wales.
- A best start to life for children with a record proportion of five year-olds starting school ready to learn, allowing teachers to focus on the whole class. That means hitting the Early Years Foundation Standard at age 5/
- Secure, home-grown energy, with billpayers protected as we deliver Clean Power 2030.
These milestones are underpinned by our foundations of sound public finances and secure borders. We will reduce small boat crossings and net migration while restoring order to asylum and immigration systems by ending asylum hotel use and increasing returns. We will also meet our fiscal rules and strengthen national security.
While this Plan for Change sets our course for the next Parliament, we have already made great strides in rebuilding Britain after 14 years of chaos and managed decline under the last government.
We have given the NHS the biggest uplift in funding outside of Covid years since 2010 and have started a huge national conversation about the NHS to inform our 10 Year Plan for change and modernisation. We’ve kickstarted the rollout of our specialist neighbourhood police training programme and announced new Respect Orders to give police and councils the powers they need to crack down on repeated anti-social behaviour.
Tough decisions in the Budget stabilised the economy and prevented a return to austerity while protecting working people’s payslips, and we’ve already set out how we’re overhauling planning to get Britain building. The launch of Great British Energy will provide clean, secure and homegrown power. Families will soon be able to access free breakfast clubs at Primary School, and we’ve already set out funding for up to 300 new or expanded nurseries in state primary schools.
When Labour won power, we inherited crumbling public services and an economy in dire straits. We have taken immediate action to steady the course, and are now setting clear goals to galvanise work across government and make local people better off.
Labour’s Plan for Change sends a clear signal that this government chooses stability, investment and reform over chaos, austerity and decline.
As always, if you’re a resident in Hull West and Haltemprice and would like to contact me about this or any other issue then please don’t hesitate to get in touch.