Yesterday we saw Prime Minister Rishi Sunak give his first speech of 2023. If you missed it, you didn’t miss much. Amongst vague policy ideas for the future, Sunak announced a more immediate “five-point plan” to grow the economy, shrink inflation, reduce national debt and NHS waiting lists, and pass new laws to stop the small boats crisis. Hardly ambitious – and in the words of the Labour Party – “so easy it would be difficult not to achieve them”. My full analysis is here.
Today it’s Keir Starmer’s turn. The leader of the opposition will deliver a speech setting out his vision for the country in Stratford, east London, at around 10am. He will argue the case for a Labour government and promise to deliver “a decade of national renewal” and “the economy and the politics Britain deserves”.
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