Keir Starmer's 2024 Plan for Change Sets Milestones Across Housing, Health, Living Standards, and Crime
Keir Starmer's 2024 plan for change outlines measurable milestones across housing, health, living standards, and crime to be tracked through the Parliament to 2029.
The housing target aims for 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England by 2029, measured as net additional dwellings. The current pace is around 200,000 per year, which is short of the 300,000 per year target. A ramp-up is expected in later years. Full-year housing data are released in November, while progress is also tracked using a timelier proxy based on the first Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for new homes.
The health target is to have 92% of patients seen within 18 weeks by the end of the Parliament. As of October 2025, 61.7% were seen within 18 weeks, up from 58.8% when Labour took power in July 2024. The 92% target was last met in 2015.
Living standards aim to grow real household disposable income per person (RHDI) across the Parliament. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts about 0.5% average annual growth, with GDP per head projected to rise about 1% in 2025. RHDI and GDP per head figures are published quarterly, with RHDI data released roughly three months after each quarter and GDP per head about six weeks after each quarter.
The crime pledge targets 13,000 more officers, PCSOs, and volunteers in neighbourhood policing by the end of the Parliament. The Home Office has not detailed the breakdown of this number. As of 31 March 2025, there were 17,175 full-time equivalent neighbourhood policing personnel, an increase of 214 from 31 March 2024. Detailed figures are due in January 2026 and will be updated then.
