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The U turn list is getting longer Mr Starmer

Here is a list of the 15 U-turns since 4 July 2024:

July 2024 - Change to fiscal rules Labour campaigned on;
September 2024 - Decided not to compensate Waspi women, despite campaigning in opposition;
October 2024 - Raised employers' national insurance despite election pledge;
April 2025 - Change in position on legal definition of a woman after Supreme Court ruling;
June 2025 - U-turn on the cut to the winter fuel allowance;
June 2025 - U-turn on planned cuts to disability benefits after backbench rebellion;
June 2025 - Announced national inquiry into grooming gangs after saying one wasn't needed;
November 2025 - Increased income tax, despite election pledge not to;
November 2025 - Scrapped the two-child benefit cap, having previously said there was not enough money to;
November 2025 - Changed qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal to six months, despite manifesto pledge of it being from day one;
December 2025 - U-turned on most of the changes to inheritance tax for farmers;
January 2026 - Announced business rates relief for pubs after budget changes led to huge tax increases;
January 2026 - U-turn on plans to make digital ID mandatory;
February 2026 - Labour backbenchers forced the government to hand sensitive Mandelson documents to a parliamentary committee;
February 2026 - U-turn on plans to delay 30 local elections set for May.