How is this to be measured? In living standards, most importantly of all. Starmer wants living standards to improve, which will be the felt impact of his government by the end of his term in office. /10
Interestingly, there are hints of the Johnson "Levelling Up" strategy running through this section - the idea that growth is unequally distributed in terms of geography. But it feels rather more fleshed-out. /11
There's a focus on pursuing business investment, which makes sense given government simply doesn't have the necessary funds to do what needs to be done. /12
I do have huge concerns that the "fundamentals" stressed here aren't as bright as Labour say. "World-class universities," for example, are struggling. /13
We then move on to housebuilding, and Starmer links this to failures in the planning system. Interestingly, this was something the Tories identified too, but they were unable to agree what to do about it. /14
There are very ambitious targets here. Note they're "by the end of this Parliament" - Starmer expects to have to fight through for a while to get this moving. He's probably right. /15
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