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— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) February 6, 2020. But before the election, Sir Keir said Labour was “not changing” the Tory policy if Labour wins power. ... 10 pledges. Sir Keir’s bid to ...
In the 2020 Labour Party leadership election, Starmer ran on a pledge to renationalise rail, mail, water, and energy back into common ownership; he dropped this pledge in July 2022 and said he would take a "pragmatic approach" to public ownership.
In 2022 Starmer was alleged to have broken his pledge on "common ownership" of rail, mail, energy and water companies. [134] [135] In February 2020, Starmer announced that he would continue the policy introduced under Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell to raise taxes on the top five per cent of earners with incomes of more than £80,000. [136] [137]
Leftists say Starmer first betrayed them in 2020 when he ran for the Labour leadership. He campaigned on a now notorious set of “10 pledges,” which included reviewing arms sales, taxing the ...
Sky News political editor Beth Rigby stated that "even the most loyal cabinet members would quietly admit it's been a rocky run for Sir Keir Starmer and Labour" in the first five months of Starmer's government and that the speech aimed to give "clear markers on which to measure this government and Whitehall - a sharp navigation tool for a government that has been somewhat buffeted by side ...
Sir Keir Starmer is under fire after failing to mention the “epidemic” of violence against women in a major speech designed to relaunch his struggling government.. During the election campaign ...
From the lead: "After Jeremy Corbyn resigned following Labour's defeat at the 2019 general election, Starmer won the party's 2020 leadership election on a platform of 10 Corbyn-style socialist pledges, including promises to bring rail and utilities into public ownership and to defend freedom of movement within the EU. [1]
Sir Keir Starmer’s 10 pledges (archived version from April 2020) Owen Jones: Op-ed on cancelling Labour membership, the Guardian ( archived ) Sir Keir Starmer steps down as director of public ...