One thing you're confident Labour can sort/change

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Have to admit, I've never voted labour (but did change my vote this time around), have lived in a very safe Tory seat (but now LibDem) for years. Totally accept we need a change.

If you voted labour or know a lot about politics, I'd be interested to know one thing you feel confident they can sort, do better on or bring in that will be beneficial. No arguments/criticisms of others please.

The U.K. if far, far different now to 14 years ago.

I agree with this.

I’m not sure they can really do much and they haven’t offered much either. The problem is we have a huge increase in government debt post Covid and a rapidly aging population means government funds are declining and spending demands are increasing.

I will definitely be keen to give them a chance but don’t have high hopes

Yes he said his plan is the staff need to work overtime but they are so stretched as it is, and how will they pay for it?

I'm very glad of the change but yet to be convinced Starmer's Labour is the answer.

I'd like to see investment and an overhaul of social care, affordable energy and an overhaul of the NHS and better public transport in rural areas. I hope they don't get carried away with the net zero fanaticism

I guess we’ll see what next rather than 14 years ago

You think they will act as labour of old and spend all the money and increase borrowing, basically a modern day Gordon brown.?

Don’t forget to add that rural issues are now of no relevance at all because farmers are of no importance to food production or land management. Let’s just tarmac the lot and turn it into a theme park or better still, landfill but above ground and indiscriminate 😥

@EasternStandard oddly Labour couldn't have any impact on the state of the NHS or any other public service, in opposition. There's only one party responsible for the current state of the NHS. Labour are not magicians. There's a lot of damage to fix and they can't do it overnight.

I was thinking this too. There’s no need for it.

@Mainats that is my worst fear. Once people have worked out what PR would have meant with the share of the vote then we can see just what this country if thinking, well the 60% that could be bothered to vote.

This.

Agree. The one thing I’m confident labour can change is the perception that they will save the NHS.

Kirin because the NHS doesn't work very well and cancer targets are scary.
I can't see the issue with looking at what works well elsewhere and implementing it..

The French health system took no prisoners when we had an accident there during our eu pact.
Our daughter hurt herself and before a single thing washed done we were questioned (interrogated) about where we lived, our work and all sorts before a thermometer went near dd.
We received a bill a few months later.

its true that the price of electricity is set by reference to oil and gas prices. We don’t need a new energy company to fix that though especially if it’s not actually generating any energy.

I think my problem is that there is a section of Labour supporter who think Labour are miracle workers.

Some of the UK's problems are deeply structural and will take decades of cross party working across successive governments to address some of our biggest problems which aren't going to go away any time soon.

Yes it will be interesting if when we see labour fail on the NHS that we can call for it to be lifted out of politics

I'm hoping that they will hold water companies to account re dumping sewage in rivers. From what I've read the Environment Agency didn't bother going to investigate most and even when the companies were found negligent nothing happened.

That wasn’t my point. I meant we can judge as they lead rather than 14 years ago as they are now in power

I guess we will see.

I'd consider it a step forward to avert more strikes tbh.

Labour can't 'fix the NHS' without also having due consideration to lifestyle shifts.

The two are deeply intertwined.

Until you can get the families that live across the road from me, to walk their kids to school rather than drive them, there will be an issue. It often takes me less time to walk than it takes them to drive because of the route being significantly longer than the footpaths and the traffic.

Good luck with that.

Perhaps the biggest thing the new government can do then is to talk about these big issues in realistic terms.

The tie colour or blouse colour the front bench wears, I’m confident in it being largely the same old shit but in a different colour.

@whiteroseredrose yes!! Now that should be something easier and more achievable.

I think the NHS needs a completely different approach to how it spends or saves money

ATM it only seems to save money by not doing something which then leads to more money being spent in the long term

Departments getting more money than they need and spending it on wasteful projects that help no one because if they didn’t spend it they wouldn’t get the same amount of money the following year

Or just having ways of doing things that just waste money, time and resources

Whilst not helping those that need medical care