One year in: Did the work greeted?

Nearly a year ago, Sir Kerr Starmer announced that “the work of change begins immediately.”

He stands on the steps of the Downting Street just hours after becoming prime minister, making bold plans – to revive NHS To reform the British economy to stimulate home building – and asked people to judge his government on “actions, not words.”

After the turbulent first year in his post, the Vinanchel Times times are looking at the Labor Party government’s record so far.

Economic growth start

The work reached power in July 2024, pledging to make growth “its first mission.” But after a year has passed, the business was optimistic, and the economy decreased in April at the fastest pace since 2023, paving the way for economists’ slowdown in following the expansion of 0.7 percent registered in the first quarter.

The government has pledged to make people “in a better position” and real high wages since mid -2013 helps families. However, the employment of salary statements decreases, and its pressure due to the high costs of employment after April in the national living wage and national insurance contributions to employers.

The costs of borrowing and rental rental continues to influence home financial affairs. Productivity growth is still necessary for sustainable improvement in living levels – out of reach. Companies have taken some hearts of commercial agreements with the European Union, India and the United States, but the feelings are still defeated and investment is restricted by the first government’s focus on the “black hole” in public financial affairs and the high post -election tax.

“Instead of riding a wave of optimism after the elections, the advisor settled it,” said Paul Dalis, the Capital Economics Company, said.

Building NHS is suitable for the future

The health service received an annual batch of 29 billion pounds, while it faced many areas of daily spending in reviewing the spending of Chancellor Rachel Reeves in June, which confirms the importance of improving NHS services for the political project in favor of the Labor Party.

There are signs that this helps, with approximately 4.2 million optional operations, dates, tests and tests in England during the first nine months in his position. This contributed to reducing the waiting list to 7.39 million, in April, less than its record in the record in September 2023 but is still much higher than the levels of prenatal.

However, Andrew Weizart, an economist at the investment bank in Brinberg, said that the progress made in cleansing accumulation came at a high financial cost. “

He added: “There is a need for improvement in productivity, perhaps it has become possible by investing in diagnostic equipment, to continue to improve without resorting to high tax or borrowing.”

Get a British building again

The Labor Party pledged to obtain “Britain’s construction again”, with comfortable planning rules and more funding to build homes, as it pledged to build 1.5 million homes over a period of five years.

Although the recovery in the construction of homes will take time with the expansion of the width, the latest data does not encourage, with planning applications in England She fell to her lowest level in 13 years.

In line with its pledges, the Labor Party has also reformed the financial rules to support more general investment that includes more than 100 billion pounds of capital spending, announced a 10 -year infrastructure strategy, and launched GB Energy to invest in renewable energy and created a national wealth fund to stimulate private capital in priority sectors.

Experts say these policies have the ability to enhance economic growth. But “the challenge, of course, is still funding,” Sandra Horsfield, an economist economist at the Financetec.

Public financial affairs reform

In its budget in October, Reeves pledged to “restore stability to our public funds”, but the reality was a series of rotation on luxury and unexpected financial unification in its spring statement.

Analysts now see a growing possibility of a new round of tax increase this fall, as the growing defense spending, weak economic growth, higher expenses on fuel payments in the winter and luxury features on public financial resources. The Labor Party pledges not to raise fees on workers a small percentage of the tax base at risk of having to pick up the bill.

“A lot of things will have to go properly for the government to avoid having to break some inter -pledges, yet presenting all the” change “you want,” Horsfield said.

Securing the borders of Britain

The Labor Party established a new security agency and strengthened cooperation With France on people, he gives.

The returns have reached the highest level in seven years, but the young boat, and their total Nearly 5,000 immigrants In the month ending on June 27and “It is clear that” the wrong direction, “said Peter Walsh, the first researcher at the Oxford Immigration Observatory.

The government also pledged to “end asylum hotels and provide billions of pounds from taxpayers.” However, the latest official figures for the number of migrants in hotels show that it was higher than it was when the Labor Party reached power, as it is 32345 on March 31, 2025 compared to 29,585 on June 30, 2024.

The government also began reforming the migration rules to reduce net immigration, which has already began to decline as a result of the measures taken by the previous government. Official estimates indicate that the Labor Party plans will reduce the number of expatriates to the United Kingdom About 100,000 per yearBut the effect on clear immigration is less clear.

Enhancing public service standards

Improving public services was at the heart of the Labor Party election statement, with a set of obligations to raise standards and increase employment in schools and police.

The Ministry of Interior has allocated 200 million pounds to submit a pledge of 13,000 neighborhood police officers, but theThe National Police Leaders Council said Police settlement in reviewing spending “is much short” for what is required to meet this promise.

The government has already completed the VAT exempting for private schools, but it is too early to know whether it will achieve more ambitious goals such as half of the serious violence crimes and ensure that 75 percent of children aged five years are ready for school.

Vacancies in education and public administration have decreased since the spring of 2024, but the National Bureau of Auditing raised questions about whether the commitment to employing 6,500 new teachers go to some extent enough to address the severe shortage.

Jack Worth, the main economist at the National Educational Research Corporation, said that facing the pledge will be a “great challenge.”