Keir Starmer’s five ‘national missions’ mark a turning point for his Labour party

Shrugging off his cautionary-turned-complacent approach, Starmer has finally offered a real glimpse into what a future Labour government might do

For much of the last three years since Keir Starmer took over as Labour leader, the party’s approach has been characterised by a caution that, when they finally took the lead in the polls, morphed into warnings about complacency.

After suffering their worst electoral defeat in more than 80 years in 2019, some MPs were so demoralised they questioned whether they would ever make it back to power in their working lifetimes.