Interview Action Items

Tasks and Commitments for 2026

• Prime Minister: Implement decisions taken in 2025 to come into force in 2026, aiming to improve living standards and public services for people who have waited 16-17 years.
• Prime Minister: Deliver actions each month in 2026 that will make a material change to people across the country.
• Prime Minister: Focus on turning the corner in 2026 for the economy, education, and defence/security.
• Prime Minister: Continue to sit in the Prime Minister's seat by 2027.
• Prime Minister: Conduct another interview in January of the following year (2027) if the current long-form interview is successful.
• Prime Minister: Continue to work on ameliorating the situation for young unemployed people by implementing measures already put in place.
• Prime Minister: Continue to create the conditions for further economic growth.
• Prime Minister: Implement the deal with the EU on food and agriculture, aligning rules for single market access, this year (2026).

Review and Remedial Actions

• Prime Minister: Carrying out a review into the failings within the system regarding the Alaa Abdel Fattah case, where information about his comments was not provided to the Prime Minister.
• Prime Minister: Taking remedial action regarding the Alaa Abdel Fattah case.
• Prime Minister: Working with relevant departments to bring forward the timeline for closing asylum hotels, aiming for completion sooner than the end of parliament (2029).
• Prime Minister: Will see evidence of progress on closing asylum hotels over the coming months in 2026.

International Relations and Security

• Prime Minister: Integrate US and coalition security guarantees for Ukraine.
• Prime Minister: Continue to speak with President Zelensky and allies regarding the situation in Venezuela.
• Prime Minister: Work to establish all facts regarding the US operation in Venezuela.
• Prime Minister: Speak to President Trump and allies about the situation in Venezuela.
• Prime Minister: Ensure the close relationship between the US and the UK works, maintaining responsibility as Prime Minister.

Potential Future Actions and Decisions

• Prime Minister: Consider further alignment with the EU single market if it is in the UK's national interest, on a sector-by-sector basis.
• Prime Minister: Negotiate details of a youth mobility scheme with the EU for young people to travel, work, and experience other European countries.
• Prime Minister: Discuss with allies the operation in Venezuela once all facts are established.

Follow-up from Past Events

• Prime Minister: Address the challenge of rising unemployment.
• Prime Minister: Review and address the reason why the economy has not grown as hoped.
• Prime Minister: Continue to work towards smashing gangs and reducing small boat crossings.
• Prime Minister: Continue efforts to end the use of asylum hotels.
• Prime Minister: Ensure that any peace deal in Ukraine is lasting and includes security guarantees.
• Prime Minister: Make a decision regarding the consequences of actions taken in Venezuela once all facts are established.

Leadership and Political Strategy

• Prime Minister: Fight any leadership challenge after May, aiming to avoid the chaos of constant leadership changes seen under the last government.
• Prime Minister: Continue to focus on the change brought about and the material difference made to people's lives, rather than reacting to weekly political crises.
• Prime Minister: Continue to champion apprenticeships and taking children out of poverty.