Didn't vote Labour, however, they are now our government, so instead of hoping they fail miserably, I actually hope they deliver some good stuff for Britain, and will judge them on what they do for us, rather than what their opposition say they will do to us.

Labour has always believed in paying for welfare out of growth. That's not new. With the exception of Blair, who preferred to pay for wars out of it.

I’m not sure that bring back expenses cheater Jacqui Smith is a sign of competence.

We're not the Tories. Award winning policy.

BBC really into Starmer now and Rishi forgot about 😂

"adults in the room" shouldn't be a relief or a shock to anyone, but somehow it is. That in itself is a testament to the incompetence of the last government...

Not a prayer 😕, anyone who thinks that the answer to small boats is to create and finance yet another "force" and layer of beurocacy when the Coast guard , uk border force, customs and exise , the police and the royal navy hasnt been enough, is completely deluded and needs a long lie down.

You have to love that framing. Labour's "tone" or this was always their "plan", cunningly appearing to be a competent and busy government by being busy and competent. It's almost Machiavellian, building public trust by getting on with their job as government. Whatever will this think of next? Clearly telling businesses what is going to happen and then not changing everything a week later?! Diabolical.

Going to be odd have a government in London that talks to Edinburgh.

Remember labour supporters wanted this

Infrastructue also means fiber-optic/faster internet.

A bit unfair to suggest planning issues are all about nimbyism. Our infrastructure is creaking on the point of collapse and that's not something that planners are generally able to force a fix for. Developers spend so much effort arguing they can't make a profit if they provide infrastructure or social housing that we end up with housing of the wrong type in the wrong places, and there's rarely a way to prevent it within planning law.

Labour have to deliver as they are held to a different standard than the former crew. Also, the press is not friendly to them too........

UK is a very small country, we are full, why is Labour making it worse..we have our own sleeping on the streets...

There are some tough years ahead of us, we have a lot of work to do to fix the Tory mess, but given the time and the room to do it and Labour are going to fix it no doubt about that. It might take 5 years, it might take 10, but we will get there!

You get the feeling that the new government hasn’t got “their hands in the till” and not enriching themselves and supporters!!!

How about lammy shocking appointment

Starmer hit the ground running because Blair just wound him up and dropped him...

Starmer will just carry on where Sunak left off, both Schwab stooges. More boats, more crime, more wasting our money.

It's in plain sight.... Exactly who... this...... main stream... So called media...................... Prop up*

‘Hits the ground running’ ‘Competence’ Sits down with Blair the war criminal to take advice 👍

Got no choice. Country's a mess.

😂😂😂😂 day 1 hits the ground running, after 1 f ing day comical media

People don't want their countryside destroyed, we're overpopulated. The rate of change too much, too quickly without adult management. Towns and cities are failed experiments with high crime, no community, rotting infrastructure. Life is more than productivity, this is why Reform will win eventually.

Are you guys just Labour Cheerleaders?

grown ups are back in charge despite how times radio hates it.

Having effectively removed the tories, Is this the part where the North Korean like Labour supporting media transitions to the next stage and become total defendants of our new ruler, only speaking positively about him? Dissent is not allowed comrade

Labour and competence do not belong in the same sentence!

One thing I think that was missed was the reason local people are against planning and building. Where I live, the Vale of White Horse, we have had several new estates built in the last few years and it's almost impossible to get an appointment at the local GP. Infrastructre that was mentioned, such as roads, electricity, buses, etc is important, but also the local services people rely on also need more funding. Don't make shops, surgeries, and other services an afterthought.

'Competence' and a Labour Government: a contradiction in terms...

Times Radio also claims Ukraine is winning.

You misrepresent Truss. She believed in magic growth through cutting taxes for the well off and the reduction of regulation. Not the same thing as "Growth, growth, growth".

There would be no nimbys if people in the local area to developments directly benefited from it. If houses are built on the edge of my town it should be the people in my town who profit from that not billionaire developers. Ooooo how radical 🙄

Always a honeymoon period with Labour, everyone will think "this is good and that is good", then 18 months in it will be "hang on what do you mean I have to pay for it, what about the feckless and the idle". 24 months in and nobody can get anything done because the Unions are now demanding payback. 48 months and we are all desperate to see the back of them. Hope I`m wrong but history tells me different.

Funny how one can be so fundamentallly competent on the weekend. I'm clearly doing something wrong!!! LOL. Let's give it until Christmas.

I looked closely at planning matters, there is no shortage of building land in every corner of the nation.

“I didn’t say growth was Liz Truss’ plan I said it was her aim” Well you said that it was what she thought would heal the nations ills which… you could argue is both. It certainly feels disingenuous to compare them because Growth is generally considered the aim of any Prime Minister/Chancellor. Sunak said he wanted growth. The difference is in how you plan to get it, and what Reeves is saying does not rhyme with Truss’ “I’ll cut taxes for the wealthy and expect it to just happen”

Labour are professional qnd its fantastic to have the Grown ups back

Good luck with planning reform! 👍

Hits the ground running! Yeah running in the wrong direction.

Truss believed in "Tax Cuts! Cax Tuts! Cax Tuts!" There are times for that. This is not one.

There will be a lot of innocent people trampled in the next few months and years. Hope things get better. They will probably tax it.

This is the end of democracy .

As a woman i am TERRIFIED 😢

Debt to GDP 2001 28.1% Debt to GDP 2008 50.6% Debt to GDP 2015 81.3% Debt to GDP 2022 95.7%

And so the hypnotists watch swings again....

Running to the coast to see the dinghies in.

Slow & steady is the best person for the job not those who hit the ground running, they will never keep up that pace furthermore, what is he running for/from& why???

I think Labour will do a good job for all of the people, not just the rich and privileged,give them a chance.

It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it. That's what gets results. Bananarama and Fun Boy Three

He's fallen flat on his face, is that what you are saying?

They polished a Td and made it pm

Finally got the liars out and now we can rebuild

He bals…d up the cps god help us as pm … I don’t think he knows what he’s up against

The poor bloke is, figuratively speaking, putting his head slowly into an open lion's mouth. The next couple of years are going to be a testing time for Labour.

ULEZ COMING TO A STREET NEAR YOU IMMINENTLY 🤡

It should not be in gov let alone pm noone voted for it

Hits the ground slithering more like..

Nonse is that starmer 😂 He knew about jimmy & co 😢

Labour voters Get used to people telling you, I TOLD YOU SO

It does feel odd but quite refreshing to not feel annoyed at new government policies and decisions anymore.

He's obviously an establishment asset, with establishment stenographers like you backing him. 😂

Keir Starmer prosecuted Julian Assarge and allowed Jimmy Saville to go scot free. Says alot about his character, and he done know what a woman is 😂😅😂😅

I thought the new Chancellor was using an ouija board to consult Anthony Crosland on economic policies.

He needs to ditch Israel and remove it from our defence industry before spending any of our defence budget. We must not allow Israel to be funded by under the table!

Such a relief to have grown ups back

Labours competence 😂😂😂 how many are dreaming

The people are fed-up with talk and no action so it will be interesting if Labour can deliver.

Build entirely new towns in development zones, and intergrate MANUFACTURING into the planning- because high quality manuafacturing creates sustainable economic hubs. ' sevice industrusies' can relocate any where on the planet.

I gave Rishi a chance and that lasted 2 hrs until she appointed Braverman. I hope this lasts longer

As a political neutral I have a genuine question - when we've just had a General Election with every seat up for grabs, why didn't people like Timpson and Vallance stand as Labour candidates if the plan was to appoint them as Ministers? Why 'parachute' them in via the House of Lords, by-passing the democratic voting system?

Wow, it seems like we really do have adults back in charge.

Serriously.... Hit the ground running 😮😮. It's all hot air , no substance. Mandate.... Only 33% of voters elected Labour. 2/3red voted for center/right wing parties. That is not an overwhelming vote of confidence , less votes than Cornyn 😂😂😂😂😂😂

he send them back yet?

He can keep his claws out of Wales, 27 years of corrupt Labour is enough.

He doesn't look fit enough to be good at jumping hurdles.

Jim will fix it!

If Stanmer is good politician, We need peace in Ukraine for global stability 😊

Truss had growth that crashed the economy, Reeves has growth that is real. Notice the difference. We do.

Welsh flag Scottish flag and the British flag in pic. Where is the English flag?

This comment is the same as saying mass immigration of low wage migrants is good for the country!

Jimmy savilles Lawyer is prime minister 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You're watching a movie NCSWIC NOTHING

Why so surprised about competence ? Johnson gutted the Cabinet of any intellectual talent and ended up with a shower of morons. Labour's front bench has been superior for the last 3 years. The Tories with their pathetic culture wars as they had nothing else. Labour slowly developing policies under an efficient if boring leader. Hoping for at least 10 years of this competence..We've just had 14 years of absolute disaster..

So refreshing to have this Labour government

Britain is utterly hooped best hope is get the property market going but honestly the old Gray Mare is just fit for the knanckers yard

Serious politicians back in charge.

The total sum of their plan is to do precisely the same as the Tories, but do it better! Does anyone really think that is going to turn into massive change?

No he didn't, ran away to Ireland.

Wish Sir Starmer and his staff well with his new venture !

Get a room radio times. 🤮

Does he though....🤷‍♂️

What a joke

Hopefully from the 12th story

Businesses have not been waiting to invest for the last 3 years - they've been waiting since 2008! Productivity growth in the UK averaged 2.0% from 1970 to 2008 and averaged 0.7% since 2008. You would expect productivity to stall for a while after a deep recession like to GFC of 2008. The Tories then applied the worst possible policy to jump start productivity when they came to power ion 2010. And then the never-ending uncertainties of Brexit since the referendum in 2016 has seen businesses putting off investments even longer. Planning reform and cutting frictions on trade with the EU are good choices for where to start trying to boost productivity. There are many others including infrastructure, education and skills training, and cutting the costs of running a business.

While there are no doubt some people who oppose everything on principle, there are too many examples of poor quality new development, with poor housing standards, lack of public open space and other facilities, lack of adequate road works and traffic management etc that mean that opposition can be well founded. Equally, lack of access to areas with real employment potential and lack of coordination, provision and financing of major infrastructure and services (schools, health care, public transport etc) see new development increasing pressure on existing communities - town "cramming" rather than town planning. De-regulation can mean "cutting red tape" or dropping valid standards - as per the Grenfell disaster - or less drastically the loss of energy efficiency standards. Finally, I fully agree with the need for an appropriate level of public value capture - rather than simply handing excessive windfall profits to developers - particularly in the "value uplift" created by rezoning, which involves no "risk" to the private sector. "Growth" for its own sake is not worth having - and proven examples of development which meet the need for well designed and affordable housing as part of sustainable communities will do more to 'defuse' the NIMBY syndrome than any amount of rhetoric.

If he loves them so much.Thry can go and llive with him

Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet…. How’s that going for you?

What competance.

THINGS 🎵CAN ONLY🎶 GET BETTER !🎶 THINGS CAN 🎶ONLY 🎶GET BETTER !🎵😂😂😂😂

Unfortunate name