Keir Starmer's Government-Wide Plan with Measurable Milestones Announced in December 2024
In December 2024, Keir Starmer announced a government-wide plan for change featuring measurable milestones across several key areas including housing, NHS waiting times, living standards, crime, education, and clean power, which will be tracked publicly.
The housing target aims to deliver 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England by 2029, measured by net additional dwellings. Currently, the pace is just over 200,000 homes per year, which is below the pace needed and lower than in the final years of the prior Conservative government. Progress is tracked using net dwelling additions, with a housebuilding tracker using first Energy Performance Certificate data as a proxy; full-year results are published after the year-end each November.
For the NHS, the target is for 92% of patients to be seen within 18 weeks by the end of the Parliament. However, October 2025 data shows only 61.7% were seen within 18 weeks, with 2015 being the last year the target was met.
Living standards are pledged to improve based on real household disposable income per person growing over the Parliament, with the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasting about 0.5% per year, and GDP per head rising, forecasted at about 1% growth in 2025.
In crime, the government aims to add 13,000 additional policing roles—comprising officers, Police Community Support Officers, and volunteers—in neighbourhood policing by the end of the Parliament. As of 31 March 2025, there were 17,175 full-time equivalent roles in neighbourhood policing. Detailed figures are due January 2026 and will be updated semi-annually.
The education target is for 75% of five-year-olds to reach a good level of development. Data for 2024-25 show 68.3% achievement, up slightly from 67.7%, with figures for 2027-28 expected in November 2028.
Finally, the clean power pledge targets at least 95% clean power generation by 2030, a slight revision from the original zero-carbon electricity target. The National Energy Statistics Office in 2024 stated achieving 2030 clean power is feasible but at the limit. Data from 2024 show 73.8% of electricity generation coming from clean sources, with updates provided quarterly via Energy Trends.
