Sir Keir Starmer to outline his 'plan for change' focusing on schools,

Sir Keir Starmer is set to reveal his Labour’s “plan for change” as he looks to draw a line under a tough first five months in office amid public anger over budget proposals.

The prime minister will set out milestones in key policy areas to achieve the targets laid out in the manifesto.

Sir Keir has described it as the “next phase” of government that will allow the public to hold him and his team to account on their promises and will be reached by the end of the parliament.

The milestones will run alongside public sector reform, Downing Street said.

Writing in The Sun on Sunday, the prime minister compared “focusing the machinery of government” to “turning an oil tanker” and said that “acceptance of managed decline” has “seeped into parts of Whitehall”.

“The British people aren’t fools. They know a ruthless focus on priorities is essential,” he wrote.

Labour’s missions, as laid out in their July election manifesto, focus on economic growth, energy security and cleaner energy, the NHS, childcare and education systems, as well as crime and criminal justice.