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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Seán Clarke

Labour’s first year: from voter opinion to market reaction – in charts

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves against a backdrop of graphs, all rendered in a red tint
After Keir Starmer failed to initially voice strong support for Rachel Reeves on Wednesday, yields on UK bonds rose sharply. Composite: Reuters/The Guardian/Guardian Design

It is a year since Labour’s landslide victory on 4 July 2024, when Keir Starmer promised “to end the politics of performance and return to politics as public service … it is now time for us to deliver”. After a rollercoaster week in which the prime minister suffered a large Commons rebellion and caused bond markets to spike when he appeared not to back the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, we consider his government’s record in Westminster, Whitehall and across the country.

What do voters think?

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