‘No-drama Starmer’: How Labour would govern

Labour’s plan for the first 100 days in office includes axing the Rwanda asylum scheme on ‘day one’, reversing the de facto ban on onshore wind farms within weeks and bringing back top-down targets for housing delivery in every council area in England. Illustration: Guardian Design

When the exit polls are announced at 10pm on Thursday, Keir Starmer will be watching from Labour headquarters in London. “It’s just another working night,” he has told his senior team.

Putting the champagne on ice is not the Labour leader’s style. “It’s definitely not his thing,” says one shadow cabinet minister. “If he’s even tempted to have a drink on election night, it would be somebody handing him a bottle of beer.”