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Keir Starmer dismisses approval ratings slump, saying ‘all that matters’ is delivering change by next election – UK politics live

PM says he will be ‘judged at the end of the five-year term’

This is how some of the morning papers in London have covered Keir Starmer’s Plan for Change speech yesterday.

In his London Playbook briefing for Politico, Dan Bloom has a good summary of the attack lines being used by the rightwing press.

While few quibble the aims behind the six targets, glum reactions generally fall into … accusations that Starmer’s previous missions have been “watered down” (Telegraph splash) … complaints about his techy rhetoric (Mail splash) … a focus on what’s left out of the hard targets, i.e. migration (Express splash) … claims that the new “milestones” are too easy … *and* that they’re unachievable as there isn’t a clear plan to get there.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More PM says he will be ‘judged at the end of the five-year term’This is how some of the morning papers in London have covered Keir Starmer’s Plan for Change speech yesterday.In his London Playbook briefing for Politico, Dan Bloom has a good summary of the attack lines being used by the rightwing press.While few quibble the aims behind the six targets, glum reactions generally fall into … accusations that Starmer’s previous missions have been “watered down” (Telegraph splash) … complaints about his techy rhetoric (Mail splash) … a focus on what’s left out of the hard targets, i.e. migration (Express splash) … claims that the new “milestones” are too easy … *and* that they’re unachievable as there isn’t a clear plan to get there. Continue reading…