2024 was a year of change.
Not, sadly, in football.
Another agonizingly close shave for England, but changing politics with the election of this Labour government in July and more importantly, with the work of change that we've begun.
The minimum wage raised by a record amount; wages up more broadly.
Returns of foreign national criminals up 20%.
Billions of pounds worth of new projects in clean British energy, making our country more secure.
And £25 billion invested in our NHS, starting to cut waiting lists in your local hospital.
Now I know there's still so much more to do and that for many people, it's hard to think about the future when you spend all of your time fighting to get through the week.
So I want to be clear until you can look forward and believe in the promise and the prosperity of Britain again, then this government will fight for you.
A fight for change that will define this year, next year, and indeed every waking hour of this government.
