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The next prime minister needs to spend their first 100 days in office “proving they’re on the side of working people”, the head of the TUC has said.

TUC general-secretary Paul Novak told Sky News he thought Sir Keir Starmer could be “proud of the work that his Government did” including passing the Employment Rights Act, investing in the NHS and ending the two-child benefit cap.

But he added: “The reality is all too often that good work was overshadowed by self-inflicted mistakes, and I think for far too many people they just feel the change – the one word that was on the front of the manifesto – in July 2024 hasn’t been delivered.

“So we want the new prime minister to spend the first 100 days delivering policies with every single policy, every single speech proving they’re on the side of working people, their families, communities.

“That’s action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and to rebuild our economy, which isn’t working for far too many people.”