# Raise household income and GDP per head

> “Raising living standards in every part of the United Kingdom, so working people have more money in their pocket as we aim to deliver the highest sustained growth in the G7, with higher Real Household Disposable Income per person and GDP per capita by the end of the Parliament.”
>
> — Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister, Labour Party; Press release on the Plan for Change milestones (Prime Minister's Office), 5 December 2024

- **Status:** Promised
- **Status ladder:** Promised → In plan → Legislated → Funded → Delivering → Delivered
- **Policy area:** [Transport & economy](https://ledgergov.uk/promises/area/transport-and-economy)
- **Speaker:** [Sir Keir Starmer](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/keir-starmer), Prime Minister
- **Party:** [Labour Party](https://ledgergov.uk/actor/labour)
- **Made on:** 5 December 2024
- **Where:** Press release on the Plan for Change milestones (Prime Minister's Office)
- **Deadline:** 1 July 2029
- **Cost a year:** No costing published
- **Who it affects:** Households in every part of the UK
- **When:** By the end of the Parliament that first met on 9 July 2024 (taken as by 1 July 2029)
- **Paid for by:** Not a spending pledge
- **Quote source:** https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-sets-out-blueprint-for-decade-of-national-renewal (checked word for word at its source on 20 October 2026; Open Government Licence v3.0)
- **Last updated:** 21 October 2026
- **Card:** https://ledgergov.uk/promise/uk-living-standards-2029

## Where it stands

The Plan for Change measures the milestone by higher real household disposable income (RHDI) per person and GDP per head by the end of the Parliament, and names no starting point. In the second quarter of 2026, real GDP per head rose 0.5% and was 1.2% higher than a year earlier; RHDI per head rose 1.0%, after falling 0.8% in the first quarter (Office for National Statistics, 30 September 2026). The highest sustained growth in the G7 is stated as an aim and is not scored. The end of the Parliament is taken as 1 July 2029, as on other cards.

## Timeline

- 5 December 2024, Promised: The Prime Minister sets higher living standards as the first Plan for Change milestone
- 1 July 2029, Deadline (to come): Higher income and GDP per head due by the end of the Parliament (editorial date)

## About the cost

No cost: the milestone names an outcome, not a measure, and no costing was published.

## Sources

- [Prime Minister's Office: PM sets out blueprint for decade of national renewal (5 Dec 2024)](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-sets-out-blueprint-for-decade-of-national-renewal)
- [HM Government: Plan for Change, milestones for mission-led government (PDF, 5 Dec 2024)](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6751af4719e0c816d18d1df3/Plan_for_Change.pdf)
- [Office for National Statistics: GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: April to June 2026 (30 Sep 2026)](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/quarterlynationalaccounts/latest)

## Checks

- Verified by Pavel Guzhikov, checked by AI Journalist; approved on 21 October 2026.
- Checked by AI Journalist (automated) on 20 October 2026.

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