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A year of Labour in power - the report card, part I

We rank how Keir Starmer and the government is performing against a progressive agenda on the economy, NHS, housing and education and you give your ratings too

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Jul 03, 2025
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Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria arriving at Downing Street on July 5 last year Pic UKPrimeMinister/Flickr

Once Keir Starmer had dusted the remnants of the confetti bomb from his grey suit and measured up the Downing Street curtains, the brand new Labour government got to work.

Inheriting a battered economy, broken public services, and the uneasy h…

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