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Starmer Shifts Left, Pitches EU Alignment, Defence, Green Energy

5/7/2026

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pivot to a left-wing progressive platform to unite working-class and urban voters and refuse to resign despite local-election losses.
In the King’s Speech he will outline EU alignment, defence spending and green-energy.
The defence plan faces a £28 billion gap, with £12 billion Treasury and £18 billion Cabinet Office.
The government will propose an energy-independence bill adding wind turbines and funding a modular nuclear reactor at Wylfa, Wales.

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Story summary

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will pivot to a left-wing progressive platform to unite working-class and urban voters and refuse to resign despite local-election losses.
In the King’s Speech he will outline EU alignment, defence spending and green-energy.
The defence plan faces a £28 billion gap, with £12 billion Treasury and £18 billion Cabinet Office.
The government will propose an energy-independence bill adding wind turbines and funding a modular nuclear reactor at Wylfa, Wales.