Will this 'plan for change' reverse Labour's fortunes?

Sir Keir Starmer's time in government was summed up yesterday by Sky's Trevor Phillips as "the Taylor Swift tickets, the suits, the dresses, the glasses, the No 10 passes, the chief of staff sacked inside six months".

- ARCHIE MITCHELL

And, alarmingly for the prime minister, it is these issues many will remember of Labour’s early record – as well as the decision to scrap pensioners’ winter fuel payments, hike national insurance contributions and levy inheritance tax on many family farmers for the first time.

So, after five months of plummeting popularity, it is no surprise Sir Keir will launch a major reset of his government in a speech on Thursday. He is planning to set numerical targets for the economy, the NHS, public safety, energy security and social mobility against which the public can judge him and his government at the next general election, expected in 2029.