The Prime Minister will today (Tuesday 27 August) make clear that
the return to Parliament next week will not mark the return to
business as usual.
Speaking to 50-strong audience of familiar faces met throughout
the campaign in the Rose Garden of Downing Street, he will thank
them for their tireless work in all corners of society – from
businesses, to education, to public service – and say his
government will do everything in the service of working people.
In a clear message to the British people to expect the
return of a government working for them, Starmer will say the
politics of performance is over:
“Next week, parliament will return. The business of politics will
resume, but it will not be business as usual.
“Because we can't go on like this anymore. No more politics of
performance, papering over the cracks, or division and
distraction. Things are being done differently now.
“When I stood on the steps of Downing Street two months ago, I
promised this government would serve people like you:
apprentices, teachers, nurses, small business owners,
firefighters - those serving the community and the country every
day. I promised that we would get a grip on the problems we face,
and that we would be judged by our actions, not by our words.”
Setting out his government's priorities and jam-packed
agenda ahead of the return to Parliament, the Prime Minister will
say his focus is fixing the foundations of the country to make
working people better off:
“We will do the hard work needed to root out 14 years of rot and
reverse a decade of decline.
“We'll fix the foundations, protecting taxpayers' money and
people's living standards. We'll reform our planning system to
build the new homes we need. We'll level up workers' rights so
people have security, dignity and respect. We'll strengthen our
border security. We'll crack down on crime. We'll transform
public transport. And we'll give our children the opportunities
they need to succeed.
In a stark contrast to previous administrations, will tell the hard-working
apprentices, small business owners and public servants invited to
the Rose Garden that his government won't get everything right,
but that everything it does will be with them and people like
them in mind:
“This government won't always be perfect, but I promise this: you
will be at the heart of our government and in the forefront of
our minds, at the centre of everything we do.
“That's why I wanted to invite you here today. To show that the
decent, hard-working people who make up the backbone of this
country belong here and that this government is for you. A garden
and a building that were once used for lockdown breaking parties,
are now back in your service.
Looking back on the summer's riots, the Prime Minister
will also say they betrayed not just the sickness, but the
cure.
“The riots didn't just betray the sickness, they revealed the
cure, found not in the cynical conflict of populism but in the
coming together of a country the morning after and cleared up
their community.
“Because that is who we are, that is what we stand for. People
who cared for their neighbour. Communities who stood fast against
hatred and division. Emergency services who did their duty - even
when they were in danger. And a government that put the people of
this country first.”
