Grow the economy
“Second, we will grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country.”
Unscoreable. No who, how much, when or from where. That makes it a slogan, not a promise we can track.
Where it stands
The sentence commits to growing the economy but names no measure, amount or date: it does not say how much growth, measured how, or by when, so it cannot be scored (Promise standard, section 2). It was the second of five promises in the speech. No body in power is committed to it as worded: the government he led left office on 5 July 2024.
What has happened
- Jan 2023The Prime Minister makes growing the economy the second of five promises, Promised
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