And this is the speech Prime Minister could have given:

11 May 2026

My fellow citizens,

For too long, politics in Britain has been dominated by caution, short-term thinking, and the management of decline.

People have worked harder, worried more, and felt less secure.

Millions of families who do everything right still struggle with housing costs, taxation, financial pressure, and a growing sense that the country no longer works for ordinary people.

Tonight, I want to speak honestly:

Britain cannot build a stronger future while so many people feel economically trapped, insecure, or left behind.

And so today, this government is choosing a different path.

A bold path.

A fairer path.

A path built not around managing poverty and hardship — but preventing them.

Because the purpose of a modern economy is not simply to create wealth.

It is to improve the wellbeing, security, and opportunities of the people who live within it.

And from this moment forward, that will be the guiding principle of this government.

We will begin with the biggest pressure facing millions of households: the cost of living.

Council tax is outdated, regressive, and unfair.

It punishes ordinary households regardless of real ability to pay.

So we will abolish council tax for approximately 9 million lower and middle-income households, those renting their homes — immediately reducing financial pressure for millions of families.

At the same time, we will abolish stamp duty for ordinary homeowners and movers.

Because people should not be taxed simply for trying to move closer to work, downsize, upsize, or build a better life.

We will also raise the income tax threshold to £30,000.

If you are earning modest wages, working hard, contributing to society, you should not be taxed before you can comfortably meet the basic cost of living.

This will increase disposable income for millions of people and restore a basic principle of fairness: work should provide security and opportunity.

And we will fund these changes fairly.

Not through austerity.

Not through more borrowing.

But by rebalancing a tax system that has increasingly favoured accumulated wealth over work.

We will introduce a modest wealth tax on assets above £10 million.

And we will align capital gains tax more closely with income tax so that income from wealth is not taxed more lightly than income from work.

This is not about punishing success.

It is about restoring balance, fairness, and social stability.

But economic security is not enough on its own.

A successful country must also provide dignity.

So this government will commit to ending mass homelessness in Britain.

In one of the wealthiest countries on earth, hundreds of thousands of people remain without stable housing.

This is not inevitable.

It is a political choice.

And we are choosing differently.

We will also launch the largest community housing and transport regeneration programme in generations.

Using publicly owned land around rail stations outside major cities, we will support the development of up to 1.2 million new homes.

Beautiful, connected communities.

Homes linked to transport, jobs, and opportunity.

Crucially, local government will retain ownership of the land itself — ensuring long-term public value rather than permanent private extraction.

Because housing should serve society, not merely speculation.

And we will change how government measures success.

For too long, governments have focused narrowly on GDP while ignoring the daily lived experience of the population.

From now on, Britain will introduce a national Wellbeing Index alongside economic growth measures.

Because what matters is not simply how wealthy a country becomes.

What matters is:

• whether people feel secure

• whether communities thrive

• whether families can build stable lives

• whether opportunity is genuinely shared

And finally, we must renew our democracy itself.

Britain is no longer a two-party country.

People increasingly feel unheard and unrepresented.

So this government will begin the process of introducing proportional representation, ensuring that Parliament more accurately reflects the voices and choices of the British people.

Because democracy functions best when people believe their vote matters. At the same time we will start on a new Houses of Parliament, one fit for modern times and our multi party society and also we will democartise the House of Lords

My fellow citizens,

None of this is small.

None of this is timid.

And none of this can be achieved through fear of change.

But Britain has never moved forward through caution alone.

We built the NHS.

We rebuilt after war.

We created great institutions because previous generations were prepared to think boldly about the future.

Now it is our turn.

The challenges we face are real.

But so is the opportunity before us.

We can build a country that is:

• fairer

• more secure

• more prosperous

• and more hopeful

A Britain where prosperity is widely shared.

Where work delivers dignity.

Where housing is attainable.

Where poverty is prevented, not endlessly managed.

And where politics once again serves the wellbeing of the many.

That is the future we choose tonight.

And together, that is the future we will build.

Written by Tom Burgess for the person who is the next visionary leader of the United Kingdom

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About Taxpayers Against PovertyTaxpayers against Poverty is a UK-based independent advocacy group dedicated to tackling poverty, inequality, and economic injustice TAP seeks to influence national and local policy by promoting practical economic proposals that have a positive effect on reducing poverty and unnecessary financial hardship using a direct approach to decision makers and other influencers.

TAP was founded by the late Rev Paul Nicolson and is led by Tom Burgess, author of From Here to Prosperity, a new political agenda for a sustainable economy and greater social justice, which proposes taxing wealth more and income less. TAP’s sister organisation is Compassion in Politics which seeks to bring more honesty, respect and compassion into political life.

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