Shadow cabinet minister Chris Grayling says Labour will miss 136 of its self-imposed targets

Tories say Labour has failed to deliver

Tories say Labour has failed to deliver

The Conservative party has accused Labour of systematically failing to achieve its own self-imposed targets.

In the first annual report from the party’s new “delivery watchdog”, dubbed Ofspin, the Conservatives claim that of the many targets made, the prime minister will fail or has already failed to meet 136.

The areas which are seen to be missing targets include the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), which the Tories argue will fail to improve GCSE results and reduce the number of children living in non-working households.

Other targets that are claimed to be “slipping” are reducing the use of class A drugs by people under 25, improving road infrastructure and cutting health inequalities.

The Tory analysis also claims to have found 16 targets that will be missed by chancellor Gordon Brown himself.

Shadow cabinet minister Chris Grayling said: “When Labour came to office, they published a short-lived annual report and asked the public to hold them to account if they didn’t keep their promises.

“Ten years on, and six years after they quietly abandoned their report, our own version shows that despite the government’s original good intentions, there has been a systematic failure to deliver on those promises.”

Mr Grayling added: “The reality is that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown themselves are now the problems.”

However, a spokesman for the Cabinet Office has insisted that most targets are met and good progress is made on others.