LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to change the narrative on his five-month-old government after plummeting approval ratings, business anxiety over tax hikes and protesting farmers clogging London streets.
UK leader Starmer will outline his ‘Plan for Change.’ Just don’t call it a relaunch
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is trying to change the narrative on his five-month-old government after plummeting approval ratings, business anxiety over tax hikes and protesting farmers clogging London streets.
Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch calls it an "emergency reset" by a floundering administration.
But Starmer's office says the "Plan for Change" speech the prime minister will deliver on Thursday is not a relaunch or about-face, but "the next phase" in his government plan, intended to persuade voters that the government is making their lives better.
Starmer's center-left Labour Party was elected in Jul - ending 14 years of Conservative government - on a promise to get Britain's sluggish economy growing and restore frayed public services such as the state-funded National Health Service. But it has been criticized, including by Labour supporters, for failing to show people how their lives will improve any time soon.