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Labour's first 100 days: Not half as bad as it looks

Labour's first 100 days: Not half as bad as it looks

Despite several unforced errors, Keir Starmer's start is a vast improvement on his predecessors. "Worst in living memory"? Maybe if you're a toddler. The Lead's editors weigh in.

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Oct 12, 2024
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Zoe Grunewald
- Westminster Editor: So far, Labour has performed rather well on policy. They’ve stuck to their new deal for workers and fiscal discipline, with bold moves like rail nationalisation and Great British Energy—policies that show ambition the previous government could neither dream of nor deliver.

And yet, this wasn’t the smoothest…

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