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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Policy editor

Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank

Keir Starmer during a Q&A session.
Keir Starmer and Labour have slumped in the polls. Photograph: Frank Augstein/Reuters

Keir Starmer is failing to make major improvements to public services partly because he did not plan properly while in opposition, according to a report from the Institute for Government (IfG).

The prime minister went into government without a clear idea about how to achieve his targets, the IfG found, resulting in haphazard attempts to reform various sectors, from the health service to the courts.

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