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Labour won’t take on the powerful

New Statesman·Hannah Spencer·19 days ago
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Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Keir Starmer was right when he said: “The British people are tired of a status quo that has failed them.” The problem? He doesn’t seem to realise he’s talking about his own party. For all Labour’s talk of being different, for all the ways in which they talk about “change”, they’re not delivering it.  The people of the constituency I represent and the country aren’t interested in more empty promises and urges of patience, they just want action. Keir Starmer and his cabinet think they can trick us into believing they’re doing a good job by pointing to how change takes time. It’s true, of course, that the impact of good policy takes time to be felt. But they’ve had long enough to pass legislation – and have passed some that is moving us in the right direction. It’s what’s lacking from their agenda that tells the real story. If we’ve had time to end no fault evictions, why aren’t we introducing rent controls or meaningfully investing in affordable homes?…

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