CAMPAIGNERS warned today that the government must “smash” the milestones set out in its “plan for change” to truly end stagnation. 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled six targets on Thursday, which focus on raising living standards and driving improvements in the NHS, pre-school education, housing and green energy.

The Labour government says it will raise real household disposable income by the next election, but speaking to BBC Breakfast today, Sir Keir said he wanted “people to feel better off straight away.”

He branded the plan “ambitious,” but think tank Resolution Foundation highlighted that real household disposable income and GDP per capita have risen nearly every parliament since 1955.

Mike Brewer, the foundation’s interim chief executive, said: “These new milestones are not very stretching. 

“The government will need to absolutely smash them if it is to truly end stagnation across Britain.”