My message to Mirror readers...

I WANT to wish every Mirror reader a very happy New Year.

- BY KEIR STARMER

However you saw it in, I hope you had a good one!The year of 2025 was one of great pride. The Lionesses stunning Euros victory. The Red Roses winning the women’s Rugby World Cup. Scotland's extraordinary qualification for the football World Cup in the summer.

But for many people it was another tough year. I know how hard Mirror readers work. And I know that it isn't much to ask to have enough for the odd meal out, a holiday, a new phone.

So my message this year is a simple one: 2026 will be the year you start to see the change we promised. You will see it in your bills, in your communities, in your public services.

More police on your streets. Asylum hotels closing. New health centres opening in your neighbourhood. Investment in community facilities - parks, piers, youth clubs, the things that give your town pride.