2 July 2025, 22:30 | Updated: 2 July 2025, 22:38

By Sir Keir Starmer

One year ago, the nation voted in the General Election.

They voted to rebuild Britain with new homes and new hospitals.

They voted to restore trust in politics after fourteen failed years of Tory government.

And they voted to renew our country, fixing our NHS, securing our borders and getting our economy back on track.

Above all, people voted for change.

There was a sense that the country simply didn’t work for most people anymore.

That those who were doing everything right were always at the back of the queue.

A lack of fairness – a core British value – that undermined our society.

That is what I have been focussed on fixing ever since I first walked into Downing Street.

The first phase of government was about fixing the foundations and levelling the playing field.

That meant making some really tough decisions and asking the more fortunate to pay their fair........

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