More energy, more passion: The five big tests for Labour in 2026
The government must think bigger and braver than they did in 2025.
Keir Starmer will be glad to see the back of 2025.
It was meant to be a gentle year: a chance for a new Labour government to settle in, and for the country to take a breath after more than a decade of chaos. But voters weren’t quite so forgiving. Cost-of-living pressures remained stubb…





