Sir Keir Starmer has watered down promises for a prevention of military intervention act (Andrew Matthews/PA)
The proposal for a new clean air act also remains, although shadow justice secretary Steve Reed has suggested this may form part of a wider plan to extend legal protection to certain “social and economic human rights”. Sir Keir Starmer visits the Beatrice wind farm off the Caithness coast (Paul Campbell/PA) Labour also remains committed to investing in public services, although Sir Keir has said the country cannot spend its way out of its problems and denied Labour would be “getting its big government chequebook out again”, in his 2023 new year speech. Shadow work and pensions secretary Jonathan Ashworth has instead promised to “fundamentally reform” universal credit, but will keep “conditionality” as part of the system.Ī promise to scrap tuition fees has been dropped (Chris Ison/PA) Several policies under Sir Keir’s second pledge have been abandoned, including the promise to scrap tuition fees.Ībolishing universal credit and ending the current sanctions regime, described as “cruel” by the party, also appear to have been dropped or watered down. The promise to reverse the corporation tax cut is no longer relevant as the Government has already U-turned on its plans, but Labour remains committed to cracking down on tax avoidance and has pledged to scrap the “non-dom” tax status. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she has ‘no plans’ to raise income tax (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
In his first pledge, Sir Keir promised to increase income tax for the top 5% of earners, reverse planned cuts in corporation tax and clamp down on tax avoidance. Here are the 10 pledges, and whether Sir Keir is still committed to them. Those promises were set out in a list of 10 pledges as part of Sir Keir’s leadership campaign, seen by some as instrumental in securing him victory over Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey. On Tuesday, Sir Keir told the BBC’s Today programme that the “vast majority” of those promises “stand”, although he had been forced to adapt to the “different economic situation”. Labour’s decision to abandon its plan to abolish tuition fees means the party has retreated from another of the promises Sir Keir Starmer made during the 2020 leadership election.
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