Labour's change plan

SIR Keir Starmer is due to set out an "unrelenting" approach to ensuring the public feel the benefits or economic growth and improved public services.

The Prime Minister Will deliver a major speech on Thursday following a backlash to the Budget, plummeting poll ratings and the first resignation from his Cabinet.

Ministers and officials have insisted the "Plan for Change" is not a reset after just five months in office, but an attempt to show how the Government will deliver on the five "missions" set out in the Labour manifesto.

"We've been clear that this marks the next phase of our mission-led Government," the Prime Minister's official spokesman said yesterday.

Recent weeks have seen farmers and business leaders criticise the Budget's tax rises and Louise Haigh forced to quit as Transport Secretary over a fraud offence before she became an MP.