“The Labour Government is implementing changes.”

The broad claim that "the Labour Government is implementing changes" is demonstrably true as of the speech date (3 June 2026). Multiple major pieces of legislation have been passed and are actively being implemented: 1. **Workers' rights upgrade**: The Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. Measures began taking effect from February 2026 (trade union reforms), April 2026 (Statutory Sick Pay, day-one paternity leave, Fair Work Agency), with further phases through 2027. The government describes it as the biggest upgrade in workers' rights in a generation. 2. **Renters' Rights Act**: The Renters' Rights Act 2025 (Starmer misstated the year as "2026") received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025. Main provisions came into force on 1 May 2026, including abolition of Section 21 "no-fault" evictions. 3. **Record NHS funding**: The Spending Review 2025 confirmed a £29 billion real-terms increase in NHS day-to-day spending by 2028-29, taking NHS England's budget to £226 billion — described as record investment by both government and NHS England. 4. **Fastest growing economy in the G7**: In Q1 2026, UK GDP grew 0.6%, the highest quarterly growth rate among G7 nations — the third consecutive year the UK topped G7 quarterly growth. However, IMF and OECD annual forecasts for 2026 rank the UK third in the G7 (behind the US and Canada), so this claim holds only for quarterly comparisons, not annual forecasts. 5. **Lifting half a million children out of poverty**: The Child Poverty Strategy (December 2025) and scrapping of the two-child limit (effective 6 April 2026) are real, implemented policies. However, the 550,000 figure is a government projection for FYE 2030, not a result already achieved. Describing this as "delivered" is premature — the policies are in place but the poverty reduction outcome has not yet materialised. Since the claim being verified is the general assertion that the government is implementing changes, and that is clearly accurate with concrete legislative evidence, the core claim is true. Some specific supporting claims in the speech are overstated (G7 growth claim holds only quarterly; child poverty figure is a projection not yet achieved), but these do not undermine the central claim. Sources: - GOV.UK, "Plan to Make Work Pay and Employment Rights Act – timeline update" — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-the-plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act/plan-to-make-work-pay-and-employment-rights-act-timeline-update - GOV.UK, "New laws bring the world of work into the 21st century" — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-lawsbringthe-world-of-work-into-the-21stcentury - legislation.gov.uk, "Renters' Rights Act 2025" — https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/26/enacted - House of Commons Library, "Renters' reform in England: What's happening and when?" — https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10669/ - GOV.UK, "Spending Review 2025" — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2025-document/spending-review-2025-html - GOV.UK, "Chancellor announces record investment to rebuild National Health Service" — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-announces-record-investment-to-rebuild-national-health-service - House of Commons Library, "GDP international comparisons: Economic indicators" — https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/ - Full Fact, "Is the government on course to secure 'the highest sustained growth in the G7'?" — https://fullfact.org/government-tracker/sustained-G7-growth/ - GOV.UK, "Child Poverty Strategy: Impact on low income poverty levels" — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-poverty-strategy-impact-on-low-income-poverty-levels-and-children-gaining-in-the-uk-december-2025/child-poverty-strategy-impact-on-low-income-poverty-levels-and-children-gaining-in-the-uk-december-2025 - GOV.UK, "Two-child limit scrapped as historic Bill to lift 450,000 children out of poverty becomes law" — https://www.gov.uk/government/news/two-child-limit-scrapped-as-historic-bill-to-lift-450000-children-out-of-poverty-becomes-law