Government Targets Key Milestones for Housing, Health, Living Standards, Crime, Education, and Energy by 2030
The government has set several ambitious targets across housing, health, living standards, crime, education, and energy sectors to be achieved by the end of the current Parliament and beyond.
In housing, the goal is to deliver 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England by 2029, measured as net additional dwellings. Currently, the annual building pace is around 200,000 homes, with plans to ramp up production later in the Parliament. Progress on housing will be tracked via the first EPC-based tracker, with full-year figures to the end of March released in November each year.
In health, the government pledges that 92% of patients will be seen within 18 weeks by the end of Parliament. As of October 2025, 61.7% of patients met this target, an improvement from 58.8% when Labour last held power. The 92% standard was last achieved in 2015.
Regarding living standards, real household disposable income per person is forecast to grow by approximately 0.5% annually over the Parliament. GDP per head is expected to rise around 1% in 2025. Both metrics are measured quarterly, albeit with a several-month lag.
In crime reduction efforts, there is a target to add 13,000 additional frontline policing roles focused on neighbourhood policing. As of 31 March 2025, there were 17,175 full-time equivalent officers in neighbourhood policing. However, the breakdown by force varies and is not fixed. Detailed figures on neighbourhood policing are due in January 2026, with updates every six months thereafter.
Education aims include ensuring that 75% of five-year-olds are ready to learn by 2027-28. Data from 2024-25 show that 68.3% of children had good development. The next set of figures is expected in November 2028.
In the energy sector, the government has pledged to achieve at least 95% clean power by 2030, a slight revision from the previous goal of zero-carbon electricity by the same year. The National Electricity System Operator (NESO) indicated this is possible but at the limit. As of 2024, clean electricity contributed 73.8% of Great Britain's generation. Progress will be tracked regularly through quarterly Energy Trends data.
