Keir Starmer's Vision Statement Delivered This Week, Was Anything But That - Richard Murpy

29th August 2024

Two months into office as prime minister Keir Starmer is claiming that we should anticipate ‘more pain' under his leadership. That's unsurprising.

So far, he has provided no clue as to what he will ‘change', despite that being the theme of his election campaign. Instead, he says he will struggle to deliver what the Tories promised. As early admissions of failure go, that is spectacular.

ABOUT RICHARD MURPHY
Richard Murphy is Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog. His best known book is ‘The Joy of Tax’.