A government promising change has changed a lot. The problem is it is mainly change for the worse. People wanted more jobs not more unemployment. They wanted more successful businesses not more failures. They wanted cheaper energy, not dearer, fewer illegal migrants not more and lower not higher taxes.
To get out of the mess the government needs to start with U turns in most policy areas. I list the crucial ones.
Restore the Rwanda scheme backed by ECHR proof UK law so we can deport illegals, creating a deterrent.
Remove the National Insurance tax on jobs
Remove the IHT attack on small businesses and larger farms
Accelerate plans to help people into jobs whilst limiting sick notes for life to just very disabled people
Dilute the damaging impact of the Employment Rights Act which is hitting jobs
End the EU re set, taking back control of our fish to build a bigger fishing and food processing industry
Keep the Chagos islands and save £30 bn over the longer term
Keep Turing and cancel Erasmus to help more UK students at less overall cost
Keep juries
End two tier justice
Restore free speech
End dear energy and extreme net zero policies that deindustrialise us
Restore drilling for oil and gas at home
January 12, 2026
A good list which emphasises the sheer incompetence of Labour, Starmer and his crew