He increased taxes on private schools:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-private-schools-vat-policy-b2671720.html

He increased taxes on private jets :

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/budget-2024-private-jet-tax-rise-b2638927.html

He nationalized trains:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working

He passed a bill significantly increasing UK labor rights:

https://labourunions.org.uk/backthebill/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Rights_Act_2025

I think he should have been more agressive when it comes to private water nationalization. I think he should have banned gambling advertising. But it’s so sad people claimed he was right-wing.

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    No, that was the Attlee government. Or Harold Wilson’s.

    While Starmer’s is economically much better than the Tory shit, it’s still rather centrist and he’s got other issues that undoubtedly everyone more right-wing than him also has.