Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says the new milestones laid out during a speech in Buckinghamshire will allow the public to "hold our feet to the fire". Sir Keir says the plan will amount to a "gauntlet being thrown down" to Whitehall to change the way the administration of government works. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00No, the path of change is long, it's hard, there are a few thanks in the short term.
00:08But mark my words, with this plan for change, we will stick to it, country first, party
00:15second.
00:19Yes, some will say, we've heard these missions before, where's the rabbit out the hat?
00:31In Westminster they always say that.
00:35But I make no apologies for sticking to our plan, and no apologies for fixing the eyes
00:40of Whitehall, not on the distraction of Westminster, but on the long term good of our country.
00:49However, to drive those missions forward in this Parliament, and show our progress towards
00:55them, today we publish new milestones, measurable milestones, that will also give the British
01:04people the power to hold our feet to the fire, because that accountability, that is part
01:11of how we shift the focus in Westminster towards long term change.
01:18And our plan commits Whitehall to mission led government, an approach to governing that
01:24won't just deliver change, but also change the nature of governing itself, fix the foundations
01:32and find new tools for the job.
01:36Make no mistake, this plan will land on desks across Whitehall with the heavy thud of a
01:44gauntlet being thrown down, a demand, given the urgency of our times, for a state that
01:52is more dynamic, more decisive, more innovative, less hostile to devolution and letting things
02:00go.