Can Keir Starmer keep Labour's new pledges? | UK politics | The New Statesman

Keir Starmer has launched six new Labour pledges as the UK gears up for a general election. Can these new promises be kept?

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Flanked by the entire shadow cabinet at an event in Essex, Keir Starmer on Thursday launched the Labour pitch for votes ahead of the next general election. Calling the six promises "my first steps", Starmer outlined his priorities as follows:

1) Deliver economic stability
2) Cut NHS waiting times
3) Launch a new Border Security Command
4) Set up Great British Energy
5) Crack down on antisocial behaviour
6) Recruit 6,500 new teachers

George Eaton and Freddie Hayward join Hannah Barnes on the New Statesman podcast to examine Labour's new pledges and ask - can Keir Starmer keep these promises?

Read Freddie's analysis of the six pledges: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics...

Read George's feature, What is "Starmerism"? https://www.newstatesman.com/cover-st...

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