THE TEN IMMEDIATE REFORMS
What Happens in the First 100 Days
Not promises. Actions. Each one executable by statutory instrument, executive order, or fast-tracked legislation within the first session of Parliament.
1. THE DASHBOARD GOES LIVE — Day 1
Every pound the government spends is visible to every citizen within 24 hours. Every contract. Every payment. Every department. Searchable, auditable, permanent. The National Spending Dashboard launches at midnight on the PM’s first day.
This requires no legislation. The Treasury already has the data. The dashboard is a frontend on existing systems. It goes live because the PM says it goes live.
Cost: ~£2 million (development already complete under FlameOS GOV). Saving: Incalculable — transparency changes behaviour before enforcement does.
2. OUTSOURCING FREEZE — Day 1
All new government IT procurement over £10 million is paused pending a 90-day review. All new consulting engagements over £500,000 require written PM approval. Nothing currently running is switched off. Nothing new is signed until the Digital Sovereignty Commission determines whether it could be built in-house.
Cost: Zero. Saving: Prevents approximately £3-5bn in new commitments during the review period that would otherwise lock the government into multi-year outsourcing contracts.
3. CARER’S ALLOWANCE CLIFF EDGE SUSPENDED — Week 1
The earnings limit that causes carers to lose their entire allowance if they earn a penny over the threshold is suspended by statutory instrument. Carers can now work without the binary cut-off that traps them in poverty.
Cost: Negligible in Year One (the cliff-edge was already causing overpayment chaos costing hundreds of millions in admin). Impact: Immediate financial relief for ~900,000 carers.
4. FOREIGN AID FROZEN — Week 1
The ODA budget is frozen pending a 60-day audit. Every programme reviewed against one criterion: does this expenditure directly prevent imminent loss of life? Disaster relief continues. Vanity projects and Home Office refugee costs disguised as ODA are flagged for reallocation.
Cost: Zero. Saving: Audit identifies £8-9bn for domestic reallocation.
5. VAT CUT TO 15% — Month 3 (Budget)
Immediate, visible, in every shop. Every item in every basket is cheaper from the day after Budget. The cut is funded by the efficiency savings identified in the 90-day review and the foreign aid reallocation.
Cost: ~£38bn revenue reduction (offset by dynamic consumer spending recovery of ~£7bn). Impact: Immediate reduction in cost of living for every household.
6. CARER PAY TO £200/WEEK — Month 3 (Budget)
First phase of the carer pay reform. Eligibility expanded from 35+ hours to 20+ hours of weekly caring. Scope expands from 900,000 to 1.5 million claimants.
Cost: ~£7.8bn annually. Funded by: Foreign aid reallocation + outsourcing savings. Impact: 1.5 million carers receive more than double the previous rate.
7. MINIMUM WAGE TO £15/HR — Month 3 (Budget)
First phase. Rises to £18 in Year Two and £20 in Year Three. Emergency services floor set at £18/hr immediately. Phasing allows business adjustment.
Cost: No direct government cost (employer-mandated). Government’s own wage bill increases ~£6bn for public sector workers near the floor. Impact: Immediate income increase for lowest-paid workers. Dynamic tax revenue increase from higher wages.
8. SAVE POWER, SAVE LIVES — Month 3 (Budget)
Every household on the Priority Services Register — anyone medically dependent on powered equipment — gets solar panels and a home battery installed at zero cost. Automatic deployment. No application. You’re on the register, you get the kit.
Cost: ~£800m for Phase 1. Impact: Zero power-cut-related medical emergencies in equipped homes. Lives saved immediately.
9. SPEECH-TO-TEXT POLICE PILOT — Month 3
Three police forces begin piloting speech-to-text incident reporting. Officers narrate at the scene, back office processes the report, officer returns to patrol. 90-day pilot measuring time saved, report quality, and officer satisfaction.
Cost: ~£5m for pilot equipment and training. Projected saving: 2+ hours per officer per shift returned to operational duties.
10. THE NRSA ACT — FIRST READING — Month 2
The framework legislation establishing Utilico, Transitco, the Digital Sovereignty Commission, the National Infrastructure Fund, the Annual Confidence Vote, the Dashboard in statute, and the Air Gap Doctrine. This is the legal foundation for everything that follows.
Cost: Legislative time. Impact: Permanent. The architecture that makes every subsequent reform possible and every subsequent government accountable.
TOTAL FIRST-100-DAY FISCAL IMPACT
| Reform | Cost | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard | £2m | Behavioural |
| Outsourcing freeze | £0 | £3-5bn prevented |
| Carer cliff-edge | Negligible | Admin savings |
| Foreign aid freeze | £0 | £8-9bn identified |
| VAT cut | £38bn | £7bn recovery |
| Carer pay Phase 1 | £7.8bn | — |
| Min wage uplift (public sector) | £6bn | Dynamic tax gain |
| Save Power Save Lives | £0.8bn | Lives |
| STT pilot | £5m | Officer hours |
| NRSA Act | £0 | Everything |
These ten reforms are achievable within 100 days because they are either executive actions requiring no legislation (dashboard, freeze, cliff-edge suspension), Budget measures (VAT, carers, wages, solar), or a single framework bill (NRSA Act). None requires years of committee work. None requires cross-party negotiation. None requires anything except political will.
The political will is the only missing ingredient. It always was.
Ten reforms. 100 days. The dashboard is live. The carers are paid. The bills are lower. The soldiers are building. The system works. Challenge it.