What are Labour’s six pledges and how likely is their success?
by Kiran Stacey Political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#6MVSS)
Commitments range from cutting NHS waiting times to delivering economic stability - and are united by a lack of detail
Keir Starmer has unveiled six commitments which, he said, would constitute the first steps taken by a Labour government. The Labour leader was reluctant to use the word pledge", but the six statements inevitably drew comparisons with Tony Blair's 1997 pledge card.
Unlike Labour's promises going into that election, however, the steps Starmer outlined were generally vague and their success is likely to prove difficult to measure.
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