'If you spend money on one thing, you can’t spend it elsewhere' - How Labour's Plan for Change became almost immediately undone
The government's reset ‘Plan for Change’ last week was a “critical” moment according to Labour insiders.
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In the palliative stage of Rishi Sunak’s premiership, it became farcical for how many resets to the ‘Comms Grid’ were required.
Accounts from those closest to those involved in Starmer's reset speech suggest that it was always the plan to give the speech because it was etched into the diary around two weeks after Labour were elected.
These claims emerged out of Downing Street after the government faced criticism: it seemed like another reset to its operations.
The response to Labour's milestones that came as part of its “new phase”, however, was mixed.
In some ways, it was perhaps even worse than expected for Labour: despite however “critical” the speech was for its operations, the response was muted and almost deathly silent. Few cared, and in the world of politics, there is nothing worse than your core message failing to ‘cut through’ with voters.