“Hard-working Brits are going out grafting every day but are getting short shrift from a politics that should serve them.
“They reasonably want a stable economy, their country to be safe, their borders secure, more cash in their pocket, safer streets in their town, opportunities for their children, secure British energy in their home, and an NHS that is there when they need it.”
But despite the talk of secure borders, Starmer is not expected to set out a target on migration — another issue that bedeviled Biden.
On the economic front, the OECD’s economic outlook, published Wednesday, contained one reason why Starmer might want to set aside the G7 target: The U.S. and Canada are forecast to significantly outperform Britain when it comes to GDP growth.
Government advisers insist the shift doesn’t mean they are accepting defeat on a virtually impossible target, and say that top-of-G7 growth remains the U.K.’s ambition. But they readily accept a pivot is needed.
A second Labour official said it’s “not helpful” for a government to tell voters “actually things are going great” when they just aren’t feeling it.