Cliff Notes
- A year after Labour’s significant election win, the party faces pivotal decisions in June 2025 that could influence its future direction.
- Upcoming strategies in security, health, and industry are tied to an imminent spending review, impacting key government departments.
- The Defence Secretary is set to unveil a Strategic Defence Review aimed at enhancing military readiness amid ongoing geopolitical tensions, particularly concerning Russia.
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This time last year, Labour and the Conservatives were in the throes of an era-defining election campaign that would end in Sir Keir Starmer winning an extraordinarily large majority.
The Reform Party was little more than a buzzing bee amid the backdrop of the UK political landscape. Spin forward 12 months, and how much things have changed.
June 2025 marks the start of a crucial month for Sir Keir’s Labour Party, with decisions due across a number of departments that will shape the course of this political era.
In the coming weeks, we’ll see a security strategy, a 10-year NHS strategy, an industrial strategy, and much more – all tied to next week’s spending review.
Today, it’s the turn of military spending, as Defence Secretary John Healey reveals his ‘first of a kind’ Strategic Defence Review.
But does it live up to the billing, and will this make the UK war-ready if Russia’s invasion of Ukraine goes further?