Keir Starmer faces calls from within his own party to resign or set a timetable for stepping down after his party suffered a crushing election defeat.
In a speech on Monday, the Prime Minister said he “takes responsibility for the changes we promised to make Britain stronger and fairer”.
In December 2024, he set out a series of “measurable milestones” that included targets for building homes, hospital waiting times and living standards.
So what’s the status of his government’s meeting with them?
build house
Starmer’s plan is to build 1.5 million “safe and decent homes” in England.
The plan will be delivered by the end of this parliament – in 2029.
The government is measuring progress by looking at net new dwellings, the difference between houses and apartments built (or renovated) and those demolished.
There is no annual target, but acquiring so many homes would average 300,000 a year.
Labor is currently adding just over 200,000 people a year.
Ministers said they were always on track to hit the 1.5 million target by the end of parliament.
But it’s worth noting that delivery rates so far are actually down from the final years of the last Conservative government.
Rising building material costs and rising energy costs due to the Iran war will make this goal even more difficult to achieve.
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When will we find out? Data for the full year to the end of March will be released in November.
BBC verify’s Housebuilding Tracker uses a more timely metric: the number of new homes receiving their first Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). These numbers are released approximately one month after the end of each quarter.
hospital waiting time
On the health front, the commitment is to cure 92% of patients in England within 18 weeks before the end of Parliament.
There are already some signs of progress.
The latest data from the UK’s NHS shows that in February 2026, 62.6% of patients due for surgery were seen within 18 weeks.
When Labor comes to power in July 2024, the proportion will be 58.8%.
The government has set an interim target of 65% by March 2026 and we will have that number on Thursday 14 May.
The last time the 92% target was reached was in 2015.
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When will we find out? Waiting list numbers will be released approximately six weeks after the month ends. You can use this tracker to check wait times in your area.
living standard
Starmer’s plan aims to “raise living standards across the UK”.
The government says real household disposable income (RHDI) per head – a rough measure of what’s left after tax and benefits, as well as the impact of inflation – will grow during this parliament.
According to analysis by the Resolution Foundation, the measure did not increase in parliament between 2019 and 2024 – the first time this has happened since the 1950-51 parliament.
In 2024-25, the first year of this government, RHDI per capita grew strongly by 3.1%.
But the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) forecasts for the measure are much lower, with growth expected at 0.1% in 2025-26 and around 0.5% per year over the next five years. The forecast was published in March 2026, just days after the war with Iran broke out.
Another measure of living standards used by the government to track its goals is GDP per capita – the size of the economy divided by its population.
The Office for National Statistics said there would be growth of 1.1% in 2025 and no growth at all in 2024.
When will we find out? RHDI data is released approximately three months after the end of each quarter of the year. GDP per capita data is released approximately six weeks after the end of each quarter.
police number
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The pledge is to “re-energise the police” by adding 13,000 police officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and volunteer special constables across England and Wales before the end of parliament.
The Home Office has not yet detailed the figure but said it would “work with police forces on the mix of roles”.
The Home Office published community policing figures in April, measuring growth from 31 March 2025. The research found that the first-year target of 2,972 additional full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers and PCSOs was exceeded in January 2026, with the figure at 3,123 on February 28.
But the total number of officers has been declining. As of 30 September 2025, there were 145,550 full-time police officers in England and Wales, 2195 fewer than on 31 March 2024 (shortly before Labor came to power).
When will we find out? Community police strength data as of March 31, 2026 will be released in July 2026.
educate
The pledge is that “75% of five-year-olds in England start school ready to learn”.
The government defines it as having a “good level of development” in the Early Years Foundation Stage assessment, which is based on teacher assessment in areas such as language, personal, social and emotional development, and mathematics and literacy.
Official data from the British Department of Education shows that in the 2024-25 school year, 68.3% of children in England have a good level of development.
This is up slightly from 67.7% last year.
When will we find out? Data for the 2025-26 school year will be released in November 2026.
clean energy
The commitment is “at least 95% clean energy by 2030.”
This is a slight drop from the election manifesto pledge to achieve zero-carbon electricity by 2030.
In November 2024, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) – the government’s independent system planner and operator responsible for the energy transition – concluded that “it is possible for the UK to build, connect and operate a clean electricity system by 2030 while maintaining security of supply”.
However, it added that achieving this would be “within the limits of practicability”.
According to government data, clean energy will account for 73.3% of UK electricity generation by 2025, slightly lower than the previous year.
When will we find out? Figures for the proportion of electricity generated from low-carbon sources across the UK are published in the Energy Trends publication on the last Thursday of each quarter each year, where figures for the previous quarter are given.
Additional reporting by Daniel Wainwright, William Dahlgreen, Mark Poynting, Gerry Georgieva and Tamara Kovacevic
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