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=== Policies ===
On 2 June 2024, Starmer pledged to reduce record high [[Modern immigration to the United Kingdom|legal immigration to the UK]]. Net migration to the UK was 685,000 in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Keir Starmer announces plans to lower legal migration |url=https://news.sky.com/story/sir-keir-starmer-announces-plans-to-lower-legal-migration-13146630 |work=Sky News |date=2 June 2024}}</ref>
On 13 June 2024, Starmer released the Labour Party manifesto ''[[Change (manifesto)|Change]]'', which focuses on economic growth, planning system reforms, infrastructure, what Starmer describes as 'clean energy', healthcare, education, childcare, and strengthening workers' rights.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Change |url=https://labour.org.uk/change/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617065051/https://labour.org.uk/change/ |archive-date=17 June 2024 |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=The Labour Party |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2024 |title=Labour manifesto 2024: Find out how Labour will get Britain's future back |url=https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labour-manifesto-2024-sign-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613141625/https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labour-manifesto-2024-sign-up/ |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=The Labour Party |language=en-GB}}</ref> It pledges a [[Great British Energy|new publicly owned energy company]], a 'Green Prosperity Plan', reducing patient waiting times in the NHS, and [[renationalisation]] of the [[Great British Railways|railway network]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Jenni |date=13 June 2024 |title=Britain's Labour Party pledges 'wealth creation' as it targets landslide election victory |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/uk-general-election-2024-labour-publishes-manifesto-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613173116/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/uk-general-election-2024-labour-publishes-manifesto-.html |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> It includes wealth creation and 'pro-business and pro-worker' policies.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2024 |title=Starmer launches Labour's pro-business, pro-worker manifesto with £7.35bn of new taxes |url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/starmer-hopes-labour-pro-business-103304717.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613173115/https://nz.news.yahoo.com/starmer-hopes-labour-pro-business-103304717.html |archive-date=13 June 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=Yahoo News}}</ref> The manifesto also pledged to give votes to 16 year olds, reform the House of Lords, and to tax private schools, with money generated going into improving state education.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=13 June 2024 |title=Change and growth: five key takeaways from the Labour manifesto launch |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/13/change-and-growth-five-key-takeaways-from-the-labour-manifesto-launch |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gibbons |first1=Amy |last2=Sigsworth |first2=Tim |date=16 May 2024 |title=Labour Party manifesto 2024: Keir Starmer's election promises |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/labour-party-pledges-manifesto-general-election-voters/ |access-date=13 June 2024 |work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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