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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Alun Evans

Voices: After Labour’s first year, Starmer could still learn from ‘one-term Attlee’

On the first anniversary of Keir Starmer’s general election win, there will no doubt be much comment about what his government has achieved in its first year – and, more likely, where it has fallen short of expectations.

The general feeling appears to be one of disappointment, with Starmer’s net approval rating at a record low, after the first double-digit decline in public support since a general election since John Major's Conservative administration in the 1990s.

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