Labour Party 2024 manifesto's pledge

Kickstart economic growth to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 – with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

Made in Labour's 2024 general election manifesto, before the election that formed the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government.

Made 2024-06-13 · Where it was made · archived copy · Speaker's own words, quoted

What the official figures show

G7 GDP growth, quarter on same quarter a year earlier, as published by the OECD (%), 2026 Q2 (latest)

1.587820487%

2026-10-23 · OECD, Quarterly real GDP growth (G7 aggregate) · receipt

Output per hour worked, UK whole economy (index, 2023 = 100)

100.1index

2026 Q1 · Office for National Statistics, series LZVB · receipt

Output per hour worked, UK whole economy (index, 2023 = 100), 2024 Q2 (baseline)

99.8index

2026-10-23 · Office for National Statistics, series LZVB (UK Whole Economy: Output per hour worked SA: Index 2023 = 100) · receipt

UK GDP growth, quarter on quarter (%)

0.5%

2026 Q2 · Office for National Statistics, series IHYQ · receipt

UK GDP growth, quarter on same quarter a year earlier (%)

1.4%

2026 Q2 · Office for National Statistics, series IHYR · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.