Yvette Cooper defends Sir Keir Starmer amid ‘HR manager’ claims Sir Keir Starmer stands for “respect and hard work”, one of his most senior ministers has said after the Prime Minister was likened to “an HR manager”.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper described the Plan for Change – a set of milestones which the Prime Minister fronted – as “clear”, when asked about Sir Keir’s alleged lack of leadership.
The Plan for Change is a set of six objectives, including a target to build 1.5 million homes in England, achieve at least 95% clean power by 2030, and meet the NHS standard of 92% of patients in England waiting no longer than 18 weeks for planned procedures.
The Sunday Times reported that Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney had described his principal as “like an HR manager, not a leader”, a claim made in the new book Get In by journalists Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.
“It’s why he set out the Plan for Change with clear action, clear things that he’s determined to change across the country.”.
