Labour Party Manifesto 2024

MY PLAN
FOR CHANGE
This election is about change. First, that politics should be driven

by a sense of service to the
A chance to stop the endless
country, not considerations of
Conservative chaos that has
party or self-interest.
directly harmed the finances
of every family in Britain. Second, that if you work
hard then – whoever you are,
A moment where we can turn
wherever you started in life –
the page on a set of ideas that,
Britain is a country that will
over 14 years, have consistently
respect your contribution and
left us more vulnerable in an
give you a fair chance to get on.
increasingly volatile world.
When I consider these beliefs, it
And an opportunity to begin
is hard not to think back to my
the work of national renewal.
childhood. Then, as now, Britain’s
A rebuilding of our country,
place in the world was uncertain.
so that it once again serves
Then, as now, our economy was
the interests of working people.
gripped by stuttering growth and
Restore hope a cost-of-living crisis that hurt
Every great nation is held together working people.
by shared beliefs. To outsiders
Yet back then, there was at least
they may not seem exceptional
a degree of security in being able
or distinctive, but they are essential
to take those two fundamental
for a sense of collective national
beliefs for granted. For families
purpose. Britain is no different,
like mine, this was a comfort. The
but at this moment two of our
knowledge that Britain would offer
most important beliefs are in
your children a better future gave
grave danger.
us hope. A hope that may not
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sound high-minded or particularly decline – that will continue if they
idealistic, but which families like return for five more years. Only a
mine could build a life around. Labour government can break this
cycle and stop the chaos.
Stop the chaos
To restore this hope, we must first Turn the page
end the Conservative chaos. The We must turn the page decisively
visible decline in our communities – on the Conservative ideas that
families weighed down by soaring have caused the chaos.
mortgages; people waiting on
The world has become increasingly
trolleys in A&E; sewage in our rivers
volatile, with a major war in Europe
– is not an accident. Rather, it is a
for the first time in a generation
direct result of a governing party
and ever greater threats to the
that, time and again, puts its own
living standards of working people.
interests and obsessions above the
This ‘age of insecurity’ requires
issues that affect families.
the government to step up, not
The result is a vicious cycle – decline stand aside.
feeding off chaos, chaos feeding off

This means a return to the see is one where working people
foundations of good government: never let each other down. They
national security, secure borders, came together in the pandemic –
and economic stability. But it also missed weddings, funerals and last
requires an enduring partnership goodbyes – to save the lives
with business to deliver the of people they will never meet.
economic growth we need. They dug deep in the years
It needs more focus on long- of austerity, to keep delivering
term strategy, not the short-term the public services people
distractions that can animate needed. And throughout the
Westminster. And it demands a cost-of-living crisis, they found
final and total rejection of the toxic a way to support those less
idea that economic growth is gifted fortunate than themselves.
from the few to the many.
We are still a great nation.
Because whether it is crashing We can still achieve great things.
the pound to give tax cuts to the What we lack is a government
richest 1%; degrading public services that can match the ambition
because of a mess made by working people have for their
the banks; or the failure to invest family and community, with
in clean British energy that left a credible long-term plan.
us exposed when Putin invaded
Ukraine – so much of what Britain This manifesto is that plan.
has been through in the past 14 Fully costed, fully funded – built
years is explained by a Conservative on a rock of fiscal responsibility.
failure to face the future. Only
At its heart are five national
Labour can turn the page.
missions – with clear first steps
Rebuild our country to begin the journey of rebuilding
We must rebuild our country. It – that provide a clear destination
will not be easy. Not only because for everyone invested in Britain’s
there is no quick fix to the mess future. A new Britain, where wealth is
the Conservatives have made. But created in every community. Where
also, because their failures have the golden opportunity of clean
sapped our collective confidence British power is harnessed for lower
that Britain can still achieve great bills. Where your town centre has
things. I reject this with every fibre been revitalised and everyone feels
of my being. Despite all the chaos safe to walk the streets. Where you
inflicted on Britain, the country I can go to work and know you will

Five national missions – with
clear first steps to begin the
journey of rebuilding
be treated with dignity and respect. But to succeed we need everyone,

Where our children are equipped every community, to play their part.
with the skills to thrive in the future. I know, after everything you have
Where our NHS is once again at the been through in the past 14 years,
cutting edge of healthcare. And that this is a hard request to make.
where we show that politics can be But I also expect, deep down, that
about serving the country. you know this is what our country
needs now – an end to the chaos,
It’s time for change a turning of the page, and a
I know some people will roll their patient but determined rebuilding
eyes at this last sentence. Yet of our country.
serving our country is the only
reason I came into politics. The So, I invite you to join us in this
defining purpose of my Labour common endeavour of national
leadership has been to drag my renewal. It is time to change Britain.
party away from the dead end of
gesture politics and return it once
more to the service of working
people. I have changed my party.
Now I want the chance to bring that
Keir Starmer
change to the country. Leader of the Labour Party

with tough spending rules, so we can grow our economy
and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible.
with 40,000 more appointments each week, during evenings

and weekends, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance
and non-dom loopholes.
with hundreds of new specialist investigators and use

counter-terror powers to smash the criminal boat gangs.
a publicly-owned clean power company, to cut bills for good

and boost energy security, paid for by a windfall tax on oil
and gas giants.
with more neighbourhood police paid for by ending wasteful

contracts, tough new penalties for offenders, and a new
network of youth hubs.
in key subjects to prepare children for life, work and the future,
paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools.

CONTENTS
Mission-driven government........................................................................ 12
Strong foundations........................................................................................14
Kickstart economic growth......................................................................... 23
Make Britain a clean energy superpower.................................................. 47
Take back our streets....................................................................................61
Break down the barriers to opportunity.................................................... 75
Build an NHS fit for the future........................................................................ 91
Serving the country.....................................................................................105
Britain reconnected..................................................................................... 115
Labour’s fiscal plan......................................................................................126
Change...........................................................................................................131

MISSION-DRIVEN
GOVERNMENT
Ending the Conservative chaos So, as well as a new administration

is vital, but turning the page with with new priorities, Britain needs
a new government is not in itself a new approach: mission-driven
enough to tackle the deep-rooted government.
challenges our country now faces.
Mission-driven government means
To rebuild Britain, we need to
raising our sights as a nation and
change how Britain is governed.
focusing on ambitious, measurable,
For too long, Britain has been held long-term objectives that provide
back by governments that, because a driving sense of purpose for the
they lack a relentless focus on country. It means a new way of
long-term ends, are buffeted about doing government that is more
by events. Politics has enormous joined up, pushes power out to
potential to change lives for the communities and harnesses new
better, but too often different parts technology, all with one aim in mind
of the government have pursued – to put the country back in the
their own narrow goals rather than service of working people.
working together. Government is at
its best when working in partnership
with business, trade unions, civil
society, faith groups, and
communities. But without a shared
project those partnerships barely
get off the ground.

LABOUR’S FIVE MISSIONS Delivering the change Britain
TO REBUILD BRITAIN ARE: needs will require perseverance.
The starting point for delivering
1) Kickstart economic growth
these missions is to ensure the
to secure the highest sustained
foundations of good government
growth in the G7 – with good
are right. Labour will make sure
jobs and productivity growth in
we have strong national security,
every part of the country making
secure borders, and economic
everyone, not just a few, better off.
stability. Building on these secure
2) Make Britain a clean energy foundations, we have already set
superpower to cut bills, create out the first steps for change.
jobs and deliver security with
Today we present further policies in
cheaper, zero-carbon electricity
this manifesto, as part of the journey
by 2030, accelerating to net zero.
of rebuilding our country.
3) T
ake back our streets by halving
Every policy that follows in this
serious violent crime and raising
manifesto is fully costed and
confidence in the police and
fully funded.
criminal justice system to its
highest levels.
4) B
reak down barriers to
opportunity by reforming
our childcare and education
systems, to make sure there is no
class ceiling on the ambitions of
young people in Britain.
5) Build an NHS fit for the future

that is there when people need it;
with fewer lives lost to the biggest
killers; in a fairer Britain, where
everyone lives well for longer.

STRONG FOUNDATIONS
NATIONAL SECURITY
No policy commitment in pursuit of Labour’s missions matters unless
we uphold the first duty of any government: to keep the country safe.
Peace and security are hard earned. They require constant vigilance.
Over the last 14 years geopolitical tensions have risen, while the
Conservatives have hollowed out our armed forces. Now Putin is
attempting to break European security with his full-scale invasion of
Ukraine. Labour will meet this challenge by strengthening our armed
forces and protecting our national security.

The first duty of any government
is to keep the country safe
Our commitment to the UK’s From the Skripal poisonings to

nuclear deterrent is absolute. assassination plots by the Iranian
It is a vital safeguard for the UK Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
and our NATO allies. As the party threats from hostile states or state-
that founded NATO, we maintain sponsored groups are on the rise,
our unshakeable commitment but Britain lacks a comprehensive
to the alliance, and we will apply framework to protect us. Labour will
a NATO test to major defence take the approach used for dealing
programmes to ensure we meet with non-state terrorism and adapt
our obligations in full. it to deal with state-based domestic
security threats.
In recent years, threats to our
safety and security have multiplied Terrorism remains a significant
and diversified. Alongside greater threat. Labour will bring in ‘Martyn’s
conventional threats, we are faced Law’ to strengthen the security of
with the growing emergence public events and venues. We will
of hybrid warfare, including update the rules around counter-
cyber-attacks and misinformation extremism, including online, to
campaigns which seek to subvert stop people being radicalised and
our democracy. To ensure the UK drawn towards hateful ideologies.
is fully prepared to deal with these Labour will also ensure the police
interconnected threats, Labour and intelligence services have the
will conduct a Strategic Defence powers and resources they need
Review within our first year in to protect the British people from
government, and we will set terrorism and hostile espionage.
out the path to spending
2.5 per cent of GDP on defence.

STRONG FOUNDATIONS
SECURE BORDERS
Britain is a tolerant and compassionate country. We have a proud
tradition of welcoming people fleeing persecution and abuse. Schemes
like Homes for Ukraine, Hong Kong humanitarian visas, and the Syrian
resettlement programme have provided important routes for refugees
seeking sanctuary. But the system needs to be controlled and managed
and we need strong borders. The small boats crisis, fuelled by dangerous
criminal smuggler gangs, is undermining our security and costing lives.

Rather than a serious plan to Labour will stop
confront this crisis, the Conservatives
have offered nothing but desperate the chaos and
gimmicks. Their flagship policy – to
fly a tiny number of asylum seekers go after the
to Rwanda – has already cost
hundreds of millions of pounds.
criminal gangs
Even if it got off the ground, this
scheme can only address fewer
than one per cent of the asylum
seekers arriving. It cannot work.
lead joint investigations with their
Chaos in the Channel has been
European counterparts.
matched by chaos at home. The
Conservatives’ unworkable laws Labour will turn the page and
have created a ‘perma-backlog’ of restore order to the asylum
tens of thousands of asylum seekers, system so that it operates swiftly,
who are indefinitely staying in hotels firmly, and fairly; and the rules are
costing the taxpayer millions of properly enforced. We will hire
pounds every week. additional caseworkers to clear the
Conservatives’ backlog and end
Labour will stop the chaos and
asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer
go after the criminal gangs who
billions of pounds.
trade in driving this crisis. We will
create a new Border Security Labour will set up a new returns and
Command, with hundreds of new enforcement unit, with an additional
investigators, intelligence officers, 1,000 staff, to fast-track removals
and cross-border police officers. to safe countries for people who
This will be funded by ending the do not have the right to stay here.
wasteful Migration and Economic We will negotiate additional returns
Development partnership with arrangements to speed up returns
Rwanda. This new Command and increase the number of safe
will work internationally and be countries that failed asylum seekers
supported by new counter-terrorism can swiftly be sent back to. And we
style powers, to pursue, disrupt, and will also act upstream, working with
arrest those responsible for the vile international partners to address
trade. We will seek a new security the humanitarian crises which lead
agreement with the EU to ensure people to flee their homes, and to
access to real-time intelligence strengthen support for refugees in
and enable our policing teams to their home region.

STRONG FOUNDATIONS
ECONOMIC
STABILITY
Every commitment a Labour government makes will be based on sound
money and economic stability. This is a non-negotiable principle for our
changed Labour Party. Siren voices may claim that there are no limits
on what government can spend, or that tax cuts pay for themselves.
We reject this flawed ideology that was tested to destruction by the

disastrous Conservative ‘mini These rules allow for prudent
budget’. The British people are still investment in our economy.
paying the price of those unfunded This represents a clear break
commitments through higher from the Conservatives who
mortgage costs, and taxpayers have created an incentive to cut
continue to foot the bill through investment; a short-term approach
higher interest payments, meaning that ignores the importance of
less money for investment and growing the economy. Labour will
public services. The impact was strike a balance between prioritising
not confined to these shores. The investment and the urgent need
Conservatives’ recklessness sent to rebuild our public finances.
a signal of instability across the There will be no return to austerity.
world that damaged our standing,
making Britain a less attractive Unlike the Conservatives, Labour
place for business to invest. will never sideline the Office for
Budget Responsibility (OBR) for
The chaos is not over. political convenience. Instead, we
The desperate Conservatives will strengthen the role of the OBR.
have now made yet more Every fiscal event making significant
unfunded tax cuts and spending changes to taxation or spending
promises at a scale beyond will be subject to an independent
the ‘mini budget’. This would OBR forecast.
be devastating for families
across the country. Labour will safeguard taxpayers’
money. We will end the link between
Labour will turn the page on this access to ministers and an inside
economic chaos. Our approach is track for public contracts. We
based on strong fiscal rules which will appoint a fixed-term Covid
will govern every single decision Corruption Commissioner and use
we make in government. every means possible to recoup
public money lost in pandemic-
Our fiscal rules are that:
related fraud and from contracts
• The current budget moves into which have not delivered. And we
balance, so that day-to-day will not tolerate fraud or waste
costs are met by revenues anywhere, whether in social security
or the excessive use of consultants.
• Debt must be falling as a
share of the economy by the Alongside strong national finances,
fifth year of the forecast. Britain needs resilient family

Our approach is finances too. The Conservatives
have left families struggling with the
based on strong cost of living. Labour will take action
to support families, by tackling the
fiscal rules which underlying causes of the crisis.
govern every We will bring down the cost of

energy. We will reduce food prices
single decision by removing barriers to businesses
we make in trading. We will make housing

more affordable, expand access to
government childcare, and make work pay. We
will support families with children
by introducing free breakfast clubs
in every primary school. Labour will
also keep mortgage rates as low
as possible, with a strong,

We will bring down the cost of energy.
We will reduce prices by removing
barriers to businesses trading. We
will make housing more affordable,
expand access to childcare, and
make work pay
independent Bank of England – their taxes here. Private equity is the

which will continue to target stable only industry where performance-
inflation of 2 per cent. related pay is treated as capital
gains. Labour will close this loophole.
The Conservatives have raised the
tax burden to a 70-year high. We We will modernise HMRC and
will ensure taxes on working people change the law to tackle tax
are kept as low as possible. Labour avoidance. We will increase
will not increase taxes on working registration and reporting
people, which is why we will not requirements, strengthen HMRC’s
increase National Insurance, the powers, invest in new technology
basic, higher, or additional rates and build capacity within HMRC. This,
of Income Tax, or VAT. combined with a renewed focus on
tax avoidance by large businesses
Labour will address unfairness in the
and the wealthy, will begin to close
tax system. We will abolish non-dom
the tax gap and ensure everyone
status once and for all, replacing it
pays their fair share.
with a modern scheme for people
genuinely in the country for a Labour will stop the chaos,
short period. We will end the use of turn the page, and return to
offshore trusts to avoid inheritance the foundations of national
tax so that everyone who makes security, secure borders,
their home here in the UK pays and economic stability.

KICKSTART
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
 Deliver economic stability

with tough spending rules
 A new partnership with business

to boost growth everywhere
 A National Wealth Fund

to invest in jobs
 Planning reform to build

1.5 million new homes
 Devolution of power
across England
 A New Deal for Working People

MY STORY
Charlie, cafe owner

and former Conservative voter
“Change is overdue. Since we opened our cafe in June 2020 our gas and
electric bill has soared. Customers are feeling the pinch so some visit us
less often. How can we pass these costs on to customers when they can’t
afford to pay more? Continuing like this will ruin us. I voted Conservative
before but the only way out of this is Labour’s plan for economic growth.
Cheaper bills for us and our customers, and that bit of extra cash to spend.
That’s the change we need.”

Sustained economic growth is
the only route to improving the
It is time to turn
prosperity of our country and the the page. Labour
living standards of working people.
That is why it is Labour’s first mission
will restore
for government. It means being pro- stability, increase
business and pro-worker. We are
the party of wealth creation. investment,
This election follows the chaos of and reform
the Conservatives’ ‘mini-budget’
and an unprecedented fall in
our economy
living standards. Their miserable
economic record over the past 14
years has seen productivity and
wages flatlining, leaving British
families significantly poorer than
those in France or Germany.
This decline is rooted in two failures.
First, an inability to accept that

era of rising global competition
a strong economy can only be
and tension, instead leaving our
built on the contribution of every
economy on an increasingly
community and every person – the
shallow and insecure footing.
many not the few. Second, a failure
to acknowledge that sustainable It is time to turn the page.
growth requires government to be Labour will restore stability,
a strategic partner with business – increase investment, and reform
that markets must be shaped, not our economy.
merely served.
We will embrace a new approach
These twin failures have led to to economic management –
greater economic insecurity – in the securonomics – that understands
financial resilience of households, sustainable growth relies on
but also in our national economy a broad base and resilient
– at the very time when our world foundations. Our approach
has become less stable and secure. will depend on a dynamic and
The Conservatives have failed to strategic state. This does not
grasp the implications of a new mean ever-growing government,

but it does mean a more active, private sector investment,
smarter government that works in create jobs, and provide a return
partnership with business, trade for taxpayers.
unions, local leaders, and
devolved governments. While stability and greater
investment will support growth,
Labour will stop the chaos and parts of our economy require
support business through a stable substantial reform if we are to
policy environment – strengthening create the wealth our country
our economic institutions, and needs. Britain is hampered by
giving investors the certainty they a planning regime that means
need to fuel growth. Labour will seek we struggle to build either the
involvement from industry, trade infrastructure or housing the
unions, and civil society in our plans country needs.
for growth, so they can contribute
to building a stronger economy The country remains too centralised,
in all parts of the country. We will with the economic potential of too
strategically use public investment many regions and communities
where it can unlock additional ignored. Our labour market fails to

provide secure jobs and, as a result,
for far too many people work does
The innovation,
not pay. dynamism and
The innovation, dynamism and sheer hard work of
sheer hard work of British business
and workers has never been
British workers has
in question. The next Labour never been in
government will partner with
them to kickstart economic growth question
and rebuild Britain.
Strategic partnership through

industrial strategy
Labour will introduce a new
industrial strategy. Our approach RICHARD
will be mission-driven and focused
on the future. We will work in
WALKER OBE
partnership with industry to seize Executive Chairman
opportunities and remove barriers of Iceland
to growth. Critically, we will end
short-term economic policy “Labour’s plan for the economy
making with the establishment is good news for my customers
of an Industrial Strategy Council, and colleagues in high streets
on a statutory footing, to provide across the country. Labour
expert advice. We will ensure will bring stability, good jobs
representation on the Council from and higher living standards.
all nations and regions, business As a business leader, I am
and trade unions, to drive economic sick and tired of chaos under
growth in all parts of the country. the Conservatives. I am
absolutely convinced that
Labour will take a sectoral approach Keir Starmer is the leader
and be clear-eyed about where to deliver the change this
the UK enjoys advantages over country needs. Labour will
other countries. Our approach will end division, strengthen our
back what makes Britain great: communities and protect the
our excellent research institutions, environment. That’s why I’ll be
professional services, advanced voting Labour and I urge you to
manufacturing, and creative do the same.”

We will work in creative sectors, on the approach
we will take to policy. In government,
partnership with we will set out plans for these and
industry to seize other vital sectors of the economy.
opportunities and Boosting investment

Business has for too long been
remove barriers hampered by a government that
to growth does not work with it. As a result,

investment in the UK is too low. To
address this long-standing problem
Labour will use every available
lever. Public investment, where it
supports and de-risks additional
private investment, is one important
tool being used successfully across
industries. We will ensure a the world. It can create good jobs
pro-business environment, across the country and would
with a competition and regulatory mean British taxpayers can reap
framework, that supports the benefits of economic growth.
innovation, investment, and To realise these opportunities
high-quality jobs. Procurement Labour will establish a National
and trade policy will also be aligned Wealth Fund.
with our industrial strategy priorities.
Capitalised with £7.3 billion over the
Financial services are one
course of the next Parliament, the
of Britain’s greatest success stories.
National Wealth Fund will have a
Labour will create the conditions
remit to support Labour’s growth
to support innovation and growth
and clean energy missions, making
in the sector, through supporting
transformative investments across
new technology, including Open
every part of the country. The fund
Banking and Open Finance
will have a target of attracting
and ensuring a pro-innovation
three pounds of private investment
regulatory framework.
for every one pound of public
Our other great British industries investment, creating jobs across the
need certainty over the policies that country. We plan to allocate:
will apply to them. In opposition,
Labour has worked with the • £1.8 billion to upgrade ports and
automotive, life sciences, and build supply chains across the UK

• £1.5 billion to new gigafactories consolidation and scale, to deliver
so our automotive industry better returns for UK savers and
leads the world greater productive investment for
UK PLC. We will also undertake a
• £2.5 billion to rebuild review of the pensions landscape
our steel industry to consider what further steps
are needed to improve pension
• £1 billion to accelerate the
outcomes and increase investment
deployment of carbon capture
in UK markets.
• £500 million to support the Business taxation

manufacturing of green hydrogen. The business tax regime matters for
investors. It is not just the rates of
Labour will also act to increase tax that matter, but also certainty.
investment from pension funds in Under the Conservatives there
UK markets. We will adopt reforms has been constant chopping and
to ensure that workplace pension changing – corporation tax has
schemes take advantage of changed 26 times – and multiple

fiscal events have made drastic Labour will stop
changes often at little notice.
the chaos, and
Labour will stop the chaos, and
turn the page with a strategic turn the page
approach that gives certainty and with a strategic
allows long-term planning. We
are committed to one major fiscal approach that
event a year, giving families and
businesses due warning of tax and
gives certainty
spending policies. We will publish and allows long-
a roadmap for business taxation for
the next parliament which will allow
term planning
businesses to plan investments
with confidence.
Labour will cap corporation tax

at the current level of 25 per cent,
the lowest in the G7, for the entire
parliament, and we will act if tax
changes in other countries pose a
risk to UK competitiveness. We will high street and online giants,
retain a permanent full expensing better incentivise investment,
system for capital investment and tackle empty properties and
the annual investment allowance support entrepreneurship.
for small business. And we will
give firms greater clarity on what Economic infrastructure
qualifies for allowances to improve Britain is grinding to a halt. Rail
business investment decisions. cancellations are at record levels,
energy prices have risen faster
The current business rates system here than in any other country in
disincentivises investment, creates Western Europe, and not a single
uncertainty and places an undue reservoir has been built in the last
burden on our high streets. In 30 years. This is not an accident.
England, Labour will replace the Conservative chaos has seen major
business rates system, so we can projects abandoned, decades-long
raise the same revenue but in a delays, cost overruns, uncertainty
fairer way. This new system will for supply chains, and our
level the playing field between the infrastructure crumbling.

We need to forge The current planning regime
acts as a major brake on
ahead with new economic growth. Labour will
make the changes we need to
roads, railways, forge ahead with new roads,
reservoirs, and railways, reservoirs, and other
nationally significant infrastructure.
other nationally We will set out new national policy
significant statements, make major projects

faster and cheaper by slashing
infrastructure red tape, and build support
for developments by ensuring
communities directly benefit.
We will also update national
planning policy to ensure the
planning system meets the needs
of a modern economy, making it
easier to build laboratories, digital
infrastructure, and gigafactories.
Labour will ensure economic
Labour will end this chaos by
regulation supports growth
developing a ten-year infrastructure
and investment, promotes
strategy, aligned with our industrial
competition, works for consumers,
strategy and regional development
and enables innovation.
priorities, including improving rail
connectivity across the north of In an ever more connected world,
England. The strategy will guide Britain’s communication network is
investment plans and give the also vital. Under the Conservatives,
private sector certainty about investment in 5G is falling behind
the project pipeline. We will work other countries and the rollout of
closely with business to map and gigabit broadband has been slow.
address the delivery challenges Labour will make a renewed push to
we face. We will create a new fulfil the ambition of full gigabit and
National Infrastructure and Service national 5G coverage by 2030.
Transformation Authority, bringing
together existing bodies, to set Royal Mail remains a key part
strategic infrastructure priorities of the UK’s infrastructure. Labour
and oversee the design, scope, will ensure that any proposed
and delivery of projects. takeover is robustly scrutinised

and that appropriate guarantees soaring cost of car insurance.
are forthcoming that protect And, as set out in our automotive
the interests of the workforce, sector plan, Labour will support
customers and the United Kingdom, the transition to electric vehicles
including the need to maintain by accelerating the roll out of
a comprehensive universal charge points, giving certainty
service obligation. to manufacturers by restoring the
phase-out date of 2030 for new cars
Labour will also explore new with internal combustion engines,
business and governance models and supporting buyers of second-
for Royal Mail so that workers and hand electric cars by standardising
customers who rely on Royal Mail the information supplied on the
services can have a stronger voice condition of batteries.
in the governance and strategic
Labour will overhaul Britain’s
direction of the company.
railways. Fourteen years of
A modern transport network Conservative neglect have failed
Rebuilding Britain means passengers, businesses and
modernising our transport taxpayers. We will put passengers
infrastructure. Our road network is at the heart of the service by
plagued by long-promised projects reforming the railways and bringing
that are never delivered. The them into public ownership. We
potholes cratering our roads are will do this as contracts with
a visible sign of the decline after existing operators expire or are
14 years of Conservative rule. broken through a failure to deliver,
without costing taxpayers a penny
Cars remain by far the most in compensation. Great British
popular form of transport. Labour Railways will deliver a unified system
will maintain and renew our that focuses on reliable, affordable,
road network, to ensure it serves high-quality, and efficient services;
drivers, cyclists and other road along with ensuring safety and
users, remains safe, and tackles accessibility. It will be responsible for
congestion. We will fix an additional investment, day-to-day operational
one million potholes across delivery and innovations and
England in each year of the next improvements for passengers,
parliament, funded by deferring working with publicly-owned rail
the A27 bypass, which is poor operators in Wales and Scotland.
value for money. Labour will further Mayors will have a role in designing
support drivers by tackling the the services in their areas. There

will be a duty to promote and grow give local communities in England
the use of rail freight. Open access control over routes and schedules.
operators are an important part
Under the Conservatives,
of the rail system and will have
transport services have remained
an ongoing role. Labour will also
fragmented and inefficient with
create a tough new passenger
companies and sectors failing to
watchdog, focused on driving
speak to and plan with each other.
up standards.
Labour will give mayors the power
Local communities have lost to create unified and integrated
control over their bus routes. transport systems, allowing for more
Fares have increased, routes have seamless journeys, and to promote
disappeared, and services are active travel networks. Labour will
unreliable. Building on the work of also develop a long-term strategy
Labour mayors, we will reform the for transport, ensuring transport
broken system through new powers infrastructure can be delivered
for local leaders to franchise local efficiently and on time. Labour will
bus services, and we will lift the ban secure the UK aviation industry's
on municipal ownership. This will long-term future, including through

promoting sustainable aviation reduce micromanagement
fuels, and encouraging airspace with a mission-driven approach.
modernisation.
Regulators are currently
Driving innovation ill-equipped to deal with the
Delivering growth and raising dramatic development of new
productivity depend on fresh technologies, which often cut
thinking and new ideas. Britain across traditional industries
has many cutting-edge businesses, and sectors. Labour will create
but innovation needs to be a new Regulatory Innovation Office,
converted into commercial success bringing together existing functions
in every corner of our country. across government. This office will
Labour will make Britain the best help regulators update regulation,
place to start and grow a business. speed up approval timelines,
and co-ordinate issues that span
We will ensure our industrial existing boundaries. Labour will
strategy supports the development ensure the safe development and
of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) use of AI models by introducing
sector, removes planning barriers binding regulation on the handful
to new datacentres. And we will of companies developing the
create a National Data Library to most powerful AI models and by
bring together existing research banning the creation of sexually
programmes and help deliver explicit deepfakes.
data-driven public services, whilst
maintaining strong safeguards and Labour will support diverse business
ensuring all of the public benefit. models which bring innovation and
new products to the market. This
Labour will scrap short funding includes the co-operative sector,
cycles for key R&D institutions in and we will aim to double the size
favour of ten-year budgets that of the UK’s co-operative and
allow meaningful partnerships mutuals sector. We will work with the
with industry to keep the UK at the sector to address the barriers they
forefront of global innovation. We face, such as accessing finance.
will work with universities to support
spinouts; and work with industry to Support for small business
ensure start-ups have the access and the self-employed
to finance they need to grow. We Labour’s plan for economic
will also simplify the procurement growth has been developed for
process to support innovation and all UK businesses. But small firms,

Labour will get access capital. We will also
reform procurement rules to
Britain building give them greater access
to government contracts.
again, creating
The Post Office is an essential
jobs across service in communities across
England, with the country. Labour will look for

ways to strengthen the Post Office
1.5 million new network, in consultation with
homes over the

sub-postmasters, trade unions
and customers, and support the
next parliament development of new products,
services and business models,
such as banking hubs, that will
help reinvigorate the high street.
We will also ensure justice and
compensation are delivered
swiftly for those sub-postmasters
shamefully affected by the Horizon
IT scandal.
entrepreneurs, and the self-
employed face unique challenges. Get Britain building again
That is why, in partnership, Labour The dream of homeownership
has developed a plan for small is now out of reach for too many
businesses – the lifeblood of young people. The Conservatives
communities and high streets have failed to act even though the
across the country. housing crisis is well known to be
one of the country’s biggest barriers
We will take action on late
to growth. Labour will get Britain
payments to ensure small
building again, creating jobs across
businesses and the self-employed
England, with 1.5 million new homes
are paid on time. We will improve
over the next parliament.
guidance and remove barriers
to exporting for small businesses. We will immediately update the
Reform of the British Business Bank, National Policy Planning Framework
including a stronger mandate to to undo damaging Conservative
support growth in the regions and changes, including restoring
nations, will make it easier for small mandatory housing targets. We
and medium sized enterprises to will take tough action to ensure that

planning authorities have up-to- land wherever possible, and
date Local Plans and reform and fast-tracking approval of urban
strengthen the presumption in brownfield sites. But brownfield
favour of sustainable development. development alone will not be
Labour will support local authorities enough to meet our housing need.
by funding additional planning
Labour is committed to preserving
officers, through increasing the
the green belt which has served
rate of the stamp duty surcharge
England’s towns and cities well
paid by non-UK residents. We will
over many decades. Under the
ensure local communities continue
Conservatives, greenbelt land is
to shape housebuilding in their
regularly released for development
area, but where necessary Labour
but haphazardly and often for
will not be afraid to make full use
speculative housebuilding. Without
of intervention powers to build the
changing its purpose or general
houses we need.
extent, Labour will take a more
Labour will take a brownfield strategic approach to greenbelt
first approach, prioritising the land designation and release to
development of previously used build more homes in the right

places. The release of lower quality on a larger than local scale so
‘grey belt’ land will be prioritised we will introduce effective new
and we will introduce ‘golden rules’ mechanisms for cross-boundary
to ensure development benefits strategic planning. Labour will
communities and nature. require all Combined and Mayoral
Authorities to strategically plan for
In partnership with local leaders
housing growth in their areas. We
and communities, a Labour
will give Combined Authorities new
government will build a new
planning powers along with new
generation of new towns, inspired
freedoms and flexibilities to make
by the proud legacy of the 1945
better use of grant funding.
Labour government. Alongside
urban extensions and regeneration Labour will further reform
projects, these will form part compulsory purchase
of a series of large-scale new compensation rules to improve
communities across England. land assembly, speed up site
delivery, and deliver housing,
Housing need in England cannot infrastructure, amenity, and
be met without planning for growth transport benefits in the public

interest. We will take steps to Labour will
ensure that for specific types
of development schemes, support first-
landowners are awarded fair
compensation rather than inflated
time buyers
prices based on the prospect of who struggle to
planning permission.
save for a large
Labour will deliver the biggest
increase in social and affordable
desposit, with
housebuilding in a generation. We lower mortgage
will strengthen planning obligations
to ensure new developments
costs
provide more affordable homes;
make changes to the Affordable
Homes Programme to ensure that it
delivers more homes from existing
funding; and support councils
and housing associations to build
their capacity and make a greater
contribution to affordable housing
supply. Labour will prioritise the
building of new social rented homes of homes affected by nutrient
and better protect our existing neutrality without weakening
stock by reviewing the increased environmental protections.
right to buy discounts introduced in
Labour will work with local
2012 and increasing protections on
authorities to give first-time
newly-built social housing.
buyers the first chance to buy
Labour wants exemplary homes and end the farce of
development to be the norm entire developments being sold
not the exception. We will take off to international investors
steps to ensure we are building before houses are even built. And
more high-quality, well-designed, we will introduce a permanent,
and sustainable homes and comprehensive mortgage
creating places that increase guarantee scheme, to support
climate resilience and promote first-time buyers who struggle to
nature recovery. We will implement save for a large deposit, with lower
solutions to unlock the building mortgage costs.

Economic growth At the centre of our approach is
across the country a new statutory requirement for
Every town and city across the Local Growth Plans that cover
country has a vital contribution towns and cities across the country.
to make to our economy. But Local leaders will work with major
too many areas have been held employers, universities, colleges,
back because decisions are often and industry bodies to produce
taken in Westminster, and not by long-term plans that identify
local leaders who understand growth sectors and put in place
local ambitions and strengths. the programmes and infrastructure
This means we fail to make the they need to thrive. These will align
most of the contribution everyone with our national industrial strategy.
can make, hampering economic
Labour will review the governance
growth. So, Labour will transfer
arrangements for Combined
power out of Westminster, and
Authorities to unblock decision
into our communities, with
making. We will provide greater
landmark devolution legislation
flexibility with integrated settlements
to take back control.
for Mayoral Combined Authorities
In England, Labour will that can show exemplary
deepen devolution settlements management of public money. On
for existing Combined Authorities. housing and planning we will seek
We will also widen devolution to to consolidate powers to allow for
more areas, encouraging local improved decision making.
authorities to come together and Our approach will require
take on new powers. Towns and partnership with local authorities.
cities will be able to take hold of the Local government is facing acute
tools they need to pursue growth, financial challenges because
create jobs, and improve living of the Conservatives’ economic
standards. Local areas will be mismanagement which sent
able to gain new powers over interest rates soaring, along with
transport, adult education and their failures on public services. To
skills, housing and planning, and provide greater stability, a Labour
employment support. We will government will give councils multi-
ensure those places have the year funding settlements and end
strong governance arrangements, wasteful competitive bidding. We
capacity, and capability to recognise good jobs deliver better
deliver, providing central support services that local communities
where needed. can rely on. Labour will provide

capacity and support to councils, Labour will
and will overhaul the local audit
system, so taxpayers get better transfer power out
value for money.
of Westminster,
Improving public services is
essential to growing our economy and into our
across the country. Public service
workers have a critical role to play,
communities
but services are suffering from
recruitment and retention crises.
Labour will act to improve public
service workers’ living standards
throughout the parliament,
and ensure any independent
mechanisms have the confidence
of all involved.
level than at the last election in 2019.
Labour will also work with the The overall level must be properly
Scottish and Welsh Governments, controlled and managed. Failure
and the Northern Ireland Executive, to do so reduces the incentives
to drive growth across the country. for businesses to train locally. So,
Our industrial strategy will support Labour will reduce net migration.
successful industries across all
nations of the UK. We will reform the points-based
immigration system so that it is
A fair and properly managed fair and properly managed, with
immigration system appropriate restrictions on visas,
People who have come to the and by linking immigration and
UK to work make a substantial skills policy. Labour will not tolerate
contribution to our economy, employers or recruitment agencies
our public services, and abusing the visa system. And
our communities. we will not stand for breaches of
employment law. Employers who
But under the Conservatives,
flout the rules will be barred from
our economy has become overly
hiring workers from abroad.
dependent on workers from abroad
to fill skills shortages. As a result, Conservative policy is incoherent,
we have seen net migration reach with decisions on migration, skills
record highs; more than triple the and sectoral pay determined in

isolation. Labour will bring joined-up lists with no action to train up
thinking, ensuring that migration workers will come to an end.
to address skills shortages triggers
a plan to upskill workers and Supporting people into work
improve working conditions in the Too many people are out of work
UK. We will strengthen the Migration or not earning enough. Long waits
Advisory Committee, and establish for treatment of health conditions,
a framework for joint working with particularly mental health, are
skills bodies across the UK, the contributing to the rise in economic
Industrial Strategy Council and the inactivity. Labour will reform
Department for Work and Pensions. employment support so it drives
We will end the long-term reliance growth and opportunity. Our system
on overseas workers in some parts will be underpinned by rights and
of the economy by bringing in responsibilities – people who can
workforce and training plans work, should work – and there will be
for sectors such as health and consequences for those who do not
social care, and construction. fulfil their obligations.
The days of a sector languishing We will bring Jobcentre Plus and the
endlessly on immigration shortage National Careers Service together

to provide a national jobs and immediate benefit reassessment if
careers service, focused on getting it does not work out. We believe the
people into work and helping them Work Capability Assessment is not
get on at work. We will ensure working and needs to be reformed
the service is responsive to local or replaced, alongside a proper
employers, inclusive for all users, plan to support disabled people
and works in partnership with other to work.
local services.
One in eight young people are
Labour will work with local areas not in education, employment,
to create plans to support more or training, with those lacking
disabled people and those with good qualifications and with poor
health conditions into work. We will mental health facing particular
devolve funding so local areas can disadvantages. Drawing together
shape a joined-up work, health, existing funding and entitlements,
and skills offer for local people. We Labour will establish a youth
will tackle the backlog of Access guarantee of access to training, an
to Work claims and give disabled apprenticeship, or support to find
people the confidence to start work for all 18- to 21-year-olds, to
working without the fear of an bring down the number of young

people who are not learning or the workplace improve the lives
earning. We will also guarantee two of working people and bring
weeks’ worth of work experience substantial economic benefits.
for every young person, and Britain’s outdated employment
improve careers advice in laws are not fit for the modern
schools and colleges. economy, and recent Conservative
legislation has fuelled hostility and
We will work with the Scottish and confrontation leading to the worst
Welsh Governments, and Mayors period in industrial relations since
and Combined Authorities in the 1980s.
England, to ensure all aspects of
our new approach to Jobcentre Plus For too many people a job does
and employment support partner not offer the route out of poverty
effectively with devolved provision, it should: either because work is
to offer the best opportunities for insecure, inflexible, or low paid;
people right across the country. or because people face barriers
when trying to move into a better
Making work pay job. Responsible businesses face
Greater in-work security, better being undercut when rights are not
pay, and more autonomy in enforced properly.

Britain’s outdated employment laws
are not fit for the modern economy.
Labour will implement our plan to
‘Make Work Pay: Delivering a New Deal
for Working People’
Labour will stop the chaos and turn to ensure employment rights are
the page to create a partnership upheld. These changes will improve
between business and trade the lives of working people across
unions, by implementing ‘Labour’s the entire UK.
Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering
Labour will also make sure the
a New Deal for Working People’ in
minimum wage is a genuine
full – introducing legislation within
living wage. We will change the
100 days. We will consult fully with
remit of the independent Low
businesses, workers, and civil society
Pay Commission so for the first
on how to put our plans into practice
time it accounts for the cost of
before legislation is passed. This will
living. Labour will also remove the
include banning exploitative zero
discriminatory age bands, so all
hours contracts; ending fire and
adults are entitled to the same
rehire; and introducing basic rights
minimum wage, delivering a pay
from day one to parental leave,
rise to hundreds of thousands of
sick pay, and protection from unfair
workers across the UK.
dismissal. We will strengthen the
collective voice of workers, including Labour will stop the chaos, turn
through their trade unions, and the page, and kickstart economic
create a Single Enforcement Body growth by reforming our economy.

MAKE BRITAIN A
CLEAN ENERGY
SUPERPOWER
 Set up Great British Energy

to cut bills for good
 Energy independence from

dictators like Putin
 650,000 new high-quality jobs
 Warmer homes to slash

fuel poverty
 Water companies forced to clean

up our rivers

MY STORY
Gary, pensioner
“Energy bills have shot up so much. I’ve lived in this house all my life and
I’ve never struggled this much to keep warm. I can only afford to heat one
room with a small portable heater. Sometimes I sleep in my armchair to
save money. It’s no way to live. Labour is the only party with a proper plan
to cut energy bills for good and get us back on track. The savings people
will get through things like Great British Energy will make a real difference
to me. No question.”

The climate and nature crisis The clean
is the greatest long-term
global challenge that we face. energy transition
The clean energy transition
represents a huge opportunity
represents a
to generate growth, tackle the huge opportunity
cost-of-living crisis and make
Britain energy independent once to generate
again. That is why clean energy by
2030 is Labour’s second mission.
growth, tackle
The Conservatives have failed
the cost-of-living
to grasp opportunities in this crisis and make
area for two related reasons.
First, because they simply do not
Britain energy
accept that economic growth, independent
energy security, lower bills, and
addressing climate change can be once again
complementary. Second, because
they are ideologically opposed to
using the role of the state, including
public investment, to guarantee
that they are.
The damage done by 14 years of and wealth that the transition offers,
chaotic ‘sticking plaster’ policies Britain is losing out.
was exposed when Putin invaded But it is not too late to stop the
Ukraine. The cost of fossil fuel chaos and turn the page.
energy on the international market
rocketed. The Conservatives’ ban We have tremendous untapped
on new onshore wind, failure to advantages: our long coast-
build new nuclear power stations, line, high winds, shallow waters,
and decision to scrap investment universities, and skilled offshore
in home insulation landed British workforce combined with our
families with amongst the highest extensive technological and
energy bills in Europe. That is just engineering capabilities. With a
one way we are paying the price. serious industrial strategy and a
While countries around the world genuine partnership between
are racing ahead to claim the jobs the public and private sectors,

we can make Britain a clean changing on policy, harness clean
energy superpower. power to boost our energy security,
and invest in home insulation
Labour will take decisive action to
upgrades. We will save families
seize this economic opportunity.
hundreds of pounds on their
We will shape markets, and use
bills, not just in the short term,
public investment to crowd in
but for good.
private funding. At the heart of
our approach will be our Green We will provide leadership at home
Prosperity Plan where, in partnership so we can influence others to
with business through our National ensure every country plays their
Wealth Fund, we will invest in the part in meeting our collective
industries of the future. Our plan obligations to future generations.
will create 650,000 jobs across
At home we will also tackle the
the country by 2030.
Conservatives’ nature emergency,
We will end the chaotic including the unforgivable pollution
Conservative chopping and of our rivers and seas. We will

improve access to nature, promote A new Energy Independence Act will
biodiversity, and protect our establish the framework for Labour’s
landscapes and wildlife. energy and climate policies.
Labour understands the road Labour will end a decade of

ahead. We have been clear that this dithering that has seen the
transition presents an opportunity Conservatives duck decisions on
to create good jobs, with no
community left behind, and support
SIR PATRICK
well-paying jobs in existing and
future industries. The Conservatives
propose an alternative course. A
denial of reality; delaying action;
VALLANCE
increasing costs for Britain; exposing
Former Chief
us to insecurity; and a failure to win Scientific Adviser
the jobs of the future. They tried
this chaotic approach in the 1970s
“A national mission for clean
and 80s, and communities are still
power by 2030 is achievable
scarred by what happened. That is
and should be prioritised.
the choice facing Britain.
We desperately need to end
Clean power by 2030 the era of high energy bills,
Families and businesses will have excessive carbon emissions
lower bills for good, from a zero- and energy insecurity by
carbon electricity system. We have accelerating the transition
chosen this mission not because it to clean, homegrown energy.
is easy, but because working people Britain can lead on this by
can never again be left vulnerable treating this mission like
to dictators like Putin. the vaccine challenge. We
can be the innovators and
To deliver our clean power mission, the implementers, helping
Labour will work with the private ourselves and exporting our
sector to double onshore wind, solutions worldwide. But if we
triple solar power, and quadruple choose to go slowly, others
offshore wind by 2030. We will invest will provide the answers, and
in carbon capture and storage, ultimately we’ll end up buying
hydrogen and marine energy, and these solutions rather than
ensure we have the long-term selling them.”
energy storage our country needs.

Labour will create transition in the North Sea that
recognises the proud history of our
a new publicly- offshore industry and the brilliance
owned company, of its workforce, particularly in

Scotland and the North East of
Great British England, and the ongoing role of
oil and gas in our energy mix.
Energy. It will be
owned by the
We will embrace the future of energy
production and storage which
British people will make use of existing offshore
infrastructure and the skills of our
and deliver offshore workforce. Labour will not
power back to revoke existing licences and we will

partner with business and workers
the British people to manage our existing fields for the
entirety of their lifespan. Crucially, oil
and gas production in the North Sea
will be with us for decades to come,
and the North Sea will be managed
in a way that does not jeopardise
jobs. And our offshore workers will
lead the world in the industries
of the future.
nuclear power. We will ensure the
long-term security of the sector, We will not issue new licences to
extending the lifetime of existing explore new fields because they
plants, and we will get Hinkley Point will not take a penny off bills, cannot
C over the line. New nuclear power make us energy secure, and will
stations, such as Sizewell C, and only accelerate the worsening
Small Modular Reactors, will play climate crisis. In addition, we will
an important role in helping the UK not grant new coal licences and
achieve energy security and clean will ban fracking for good.
power while securing thousands of
To support investment in this plan,
good, skilled jobs.
Labour will close the loopholes
Labour will maintain a strategic in the windfall tax on oil and gas
reserve of gas power stations to companies. Companies have
guarantee security of supply. We will benefitted from enormous profits
ensure a phased and responsible not because of their ingenuity or

investment, but because of an Energy. It will be owned by the British
energy shock which raised prices people and deliver power back to
for British families. Labour will the British people.
therefore extend the sunset clause
Great British Energy will partner
in the Energy Profits Levy until the
with industry and trade unions to
end of the next parliament. We will
deliver clean power by co-investing
also increase the rate of the levy by
in leading technologies; will help
three percentage points, as well as
support capital-intensive projects;
removing the unjustifiably generous
and will deploy local energy
investment allowances. Labour
production to benefit communities
will also retain the Energy Security
across the country. To support this,
Investment Mechanism.
Labour will capitalise Great British
Energy with £8.3 billion, over the
Switch on Great British Energy
next parliament.
To drive forward investment in clean,
home-grown energy production, The company will create jobs and
Labour will create a new publicly- build supply chains in every corner
owned company, Great British of the UK. Scotland will be the

powerhouse of our clean energy to ensure local people benefit
mission, with Great British Energy directly from this energy production.
headquartered there.
Energy system reform
Local power generation is an Under the Conservatives, the broken
essential part of the energy mix energy market has let customers
and reduces pressures on the down. The government has allowed
transmission grid. Labour will scandalous abuses on their watch,
deploy more distributed production including poor customer service,
capacity through our Local Power companies going to the wall with
Plan. Great British Energy will the costs falling on billpayers,
partner with energy companies, and the mass forced installation
local authorities, and co-operatives of pre-payment meters.
to install thousands of clean power
projects, through a combination Labour will ensure a much tougher
of onshore wind, solar, and system of regulation that puts
hydropower projects. We will invite consumers first and attracts the
communities to come forward investment needed to cut bills. Too
with projects, and work with local much of the burden of the bill is on
leaders and devolved governments standing charges and we will work

with the regulator to reduce them. Labourʼs National
We will strengthen the regulator to
ensure it can hold companies to Wealth Fund will
account for wrongdoing, require
higher standards of performance,
directly invest in
and ensure there is automatic ports, hydrogen
customer compensation for failure.
and industrial
The national grid has become
the single biggest obstacle to the clusters in every
deployment of cheap, clean power
generation and the electrification
corner of the
of industry. With grid connection country
dates not being offered until the
late 2030s, important business and
infrastructure investment is being
stalled or lost overseas. Labour will
work with industry to upgrade our
national transmission infrastructure
and rewire Britain.
High-quality jobs We will reward clean energy

As Britain becomes a clean energy developers with a British Jobs
superpower, Labour is determined Bonus, allocating up to £500 million
that we will create new high-quality per year from 2026, to incentivise
jobs, working with business and firms who offer good jobs, terms
trade unions, as we manage the and conditions and build their
transition. We will rebuild supply manufacturing supply chains in our
chains at home. And, as the first industrial heartlands, coastal areas,
major economy to transition to a and energy communities.
clean-energy system, we will export
the technologies of the future. Labour will end the injustice of the
Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
Labour’s National Wealth Fund will We will review the unfair surplus
directly invest in ports, hydrogen arrangements and transfer the
and industrial clusters in every Investment Reserve Fund back to
corner of the country. We will members, so that the mineworkers
also secure the future of Britain’s who powered our country receive a
automotive and steel industries. fairer pension.

Labour will save support investment in insulation
and other improvements such as
families hundreds solar panels, batteries and low
carbon heating to cut bills. We will
of pounds, slash partner with combined authorities,
fuel poverty, local and devolved governments,
to roll out this plan. Labour will
and get Britain also work with the private sector,
back on track to including banks and building

societies, to provide further private
meet our climate finance to accelerate home
upgrades and low carbon heating.
targets. Our plan We will ensure homes in the private
will mean good rented sector meet minimum

energy efficiency standards by
skilled jobs for 2030, saving renters hundreds of
pounds per year. Nobody will be
tradespeople in forced to rip out their boiler as a
every part of the result of our plans.
country Labour will save families hundreds

of pounds, slash fuel poverty, and
get Britain back on track to meet our
climate targets. Our plan will mean
good skilled jobs for tradespeople in
every part of the country.
Warm homes plan Accelerating to net zero
The energy shock of recent British industry is also held back by
years has highlighted the urgent high electricity costs, which has often
importance of improving energy made investing here uncompetitive.
efficiency in British homes. Labour Labour’s clean energy mission will
will invest an extra £6.6 billion over drive down those bills, making British
the next parliament, doubling businesses internationally competitive
the existing planned government while our National Wealth Fund
investment, to upgrade five million supports the most energy intensive
homes to cut bills for families. sectors to decarbonise.
The Warm Homes Plan will offer Labour supports the introduction
grants and low interest loans to of a carbon border adjustment

mechanism. This will protect British age. Labour will make the UK the
industries as we decarbonise, green finance capital of the world,
prevent countries from dumping mandating UK-regulated financial
lower-quality goods into British institutions – including banks, asset
markets, and support the UK to managers, pension funds, and
meet our climate objectives. insurers – and FTSE 100 companies
to develop and implement credible
Labour will ensure the institutional
transition plans that align with the
framework for policy making reflects
1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement.
our commitments to reach net zero
and meet our carbon budgets. The
Improving resilience
Conservatives’ decision to prevent
Preparing for the future not only
the Bank of England giving due
means tackling the climate and
consideration to climate change in
nature emergencies, but also
its mandates will be reversed.
adapting to the changes they will
Britain’s world-leading financial bring to our environment. Without
services industry has a major role to action, flooding and coastal
play in mobilising trillions of pounds erosion will pose greater risks to
in private capital to address the lives, livelihoods and people’s
greatest long-term challenge of our wellbeing. The Conservatives’ poor

risk management, and a disjointed in the world. Labour will deliver for
approach across government and nature, taking action to meet our
regulators have left Britain Environment Act targets, and will
badly exposed. work in partnership with civil society,
communities and business to restore
Labour will improve resilience and protect our natural world.
and preparation across central
government, local authorities, local As part of our plans to improve
communities, and emergency responsible access to nature, Labour
services. This includes formally will create nine new National River
working with all stakeholders in Walks, one in each region of England,
the Fire and Rescue services to and establish three new National
inform policy and establish national Forests in England, whilst planting
standards. millions of trees and creating new
woodlands. Labour will expand
Protecting nature nature-rich habitats such as
The climate crisis has accelerated wetlands, peat bogs and forests so
the nature crisis. Whilst Britain enjoys families can explore and wildlife can
remarkable natural beauty, the thrive, including on public land. Labour
Conservatives have left Britain one of is committed to reducing waste by
the most nature-depleted countries moving to a circular economy.

Britain’s coasts, persistent law breakers. We will
impose automatic and severe
rivers, and lakes fines for wrongdoing and ensure
are being polluted independent monitoring of

every outlet.
by illegal sewage Supporting British farmers
dumping. Labour Labour recognises that food security
will put failing is national security. That is why we

will champion British farming whilst
water companies protecting the environment. We
will set a target for half of all food
under special purchased across the public sector
measures to be locally produced or certified

to higher environmental standards.
to clean up We will introduce a land-use
framework and make environment
our water land management schemes work
for farmers and nature. And we will
work with farmers and scientists on
measures to eradicate Bovine TB,
protecting livelihoods, so that we
Clean water can end the ineffective badger cull.
Britain’s coasts, rivers, and lakes are
being polluted by illegal sewage Stronger animal welfare
dumping. The Conservatives have Labour will improve animal
turned a blind eye and weakened welfare. We will ban trail hunting
rather than strengthened regulation,and the import of hunting trophies.
with serious damage being done We will end puppy smuggling and
to our countryside, our tourism farming, along with the use of snare
industry, and people’s health. traps. And we will partner with
scientists, industry, and civil society
Labour will put failing water as we work towards the phasing out
companies under special measures of animal testing.
to clean up our water. We will give
regulators new powers to block the Labour will end the climate and
payment of bonuses to executives energy chaos, turn the page on 14
who pollute our waterways and years of failed policies, and make
bring criminal charges against Britain a clean energy superpower.

TAKE BACK
OUR STREETS
 Crack down on antisocial

behaviour with more
neighbourhood police
 Tough new penalties for offenders
 A plan to get knives off our streets
 A specialist rape unit

in every police force
 A new network of
Young Futures hubs

MY STORY
Nour: sister, aunt and

campaigner for Raneem’s Law
“On the night my niece Raneem Oudeh and her mother were murdered
they called 999 not once, not twice, not three times, but four times. No one
came. Raneem faced abuse, stalking and threats to kill from her ex-partner.
She repeatedly asked the police for help. But nothing was done. No woman
should ever be ignored like this. And this was preventable. It’s the result of
police cuts and the Conservatives serving themselves. As Director of Public
Prosecutions Keir gave victims a voice in the justice system. I’m backing
Labour’s plan to halve levels of violence against women and girls within
a decade.”

Labour has a straightforward vision
for policing and criminal justice. When
you call the police, they should come.
When you report a crime, it should be
properly investigated no matter who
you are, or where you live
Labour has a straightforward vision blights our town and city centres.
for policing and criminal justice. Fewer criminals are being caught
and punished. More victims are
When you call the police, they
being let down.
should come. When you report
a crime, it should be properly This is not an accident, but the
investigated no matter who you are, result of Conservative choices
or where you live. Police should have over the last 14 years. Community
the trust of communities. Victims policing has been downgraded,
must have faith that justice will with neighbourhood officers pulled
be delivered, and criminals will be off the beat to plug shortages
punished. Prisons should not elsewhere, weakening connections
be academies of crime. These with communities they serve. Trust
are not outlandish expectations. in the police has been undermined
They are the basics of a safe, by failures in vetting and appalling
secure, law-abiding society. misconduct of some officers.
Powers to combat antisocial
Sadly, this vision is a world away
behaviour and shoplifting have
from Britain today. Our sense of
been weakened, leaving our town
security has been badly eroded.
centres exposed. Our justice system
Serious violence is too high.
has been allowed to grind
Growing numbers of young
to a halt.
people are drawn into gangs,
drug dealing and violence at ever This must change. Labour will
earlier ages. Antisocial behaviour restore neighbourhood policing

with thousands of extra officers, Visible neighbourhood policing
and we will equip officers with Visible neighbourhood policing
the powers they need. We will was the cornerstone of the British
tackle the epidemic of serious consent-based model. In too
violence, with a greater focus on many areas it has been eroded,
prevention, including by holding leaving the police a reactive service
those companies and executives focused on crisis response,
cashing in on knife crime personally rather than preventing crime.
to account. We will no longer
Labour will introduce a new
tolerate the violence against
Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee,
women and girls that stains our
restoring patrols to our town
society. And we will reform the
centres by recruiting thousands
justice system to put the needs of
of new police officers, police
victims first, tackle the prisons crisis
and community support
and cut reoffending.
officers, and special constables.
In short, Labour will stop the Communities and residents will
Conservative chaos and return have a named officer to turn to
law and order to our streets. when things go wrong.

These new recruits will be paid for young lives. It is a national crisis,
by tackling waste through a new requiring urgent action. Yet, under
Police Efficiency and Collaboration the Conservatives, too often when
programme for England and a teenager is found with a knife,
Wales. The programme will nothing happens, and carrying
set nation-wide standards for a knife becomes normalised.
procurement and establish shared
services and specialist functions to
drive down costs.
Cracking down
GAVIN
on antisocial behaviour THOMAS
Antisocial behaviour is not merely a Former Detective
‘low-level’ nuisance. It hits the poorest
communities hardest and, if left
Chief Superintendent
unchecked, leads to more serious and Former President
offending. Yet, the Conservatives of the Police
weakened enforcement powers.
Superintendents
Labour will fix this by introducing new
Respect Orders – powers to ban Association
persistent adult offenders from town
centres, which will stamp out issues “Labour has serious and
such as public drinking and drug credible plans to take back
use. Fly-tippers and vandals will also our streets, with ambitious
be forced to clean up the mess they missions to halve serious
have created. violence - including knife
crime - finally tackle the
With shoplifting soaring,
scrouge of violence against
retail workers increasingly find
women and girls, and rebuild
themselves in harm’s way. Labour
public confidence in policing
will scrap the effective immunity
by getting bobbies back on
for some shoplifting introduced by
the beat. These plans will
the Conservatives and create a
require us to do things
new specific offence for assaults on
differently and to work hard
shopworkers that will protect them
to offer better protection to
from threats and violence.
our communities. But they
Knife crime action plan can only happen if you vote
Knife crime has been rising for a for them.”
decade, claiming far too many

To get knives off our streets Labour will
ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-style
blades and machetes, and strengthen
rules to prevent online sales
There are virtually no services for Labour will intervene earlier to stop
vulnerable teenagers at risk of young people being drawn into
being drawn into a life of violence. crime, creating a new Young Futures
The next Labour government will programme with a network of hubs
change this. We aim to halve knife reaching every community. These
crime in a decade. hubs will have youth workers, mental
health support workers, and careers
Labour will end the practice of
advisers on hand to support young
empty warnings by ensuring knife
people’s mental health and avoid
carrying triggers rapid intervention
them being drawn into crime.
and tough consequences. Every
young person caught in possession We will not wait for those at risk to
of a knife will be referred to a Youth come forward. Local prevention
Offending Team and will receive partnerships will identify young
a mandatory plan to prevent people who could be drawn into
reoffending, with penalties including violence and intervene. And to offer
curfews, tagging, and custody for young people a pathway out of
the most serious cases. violence, we will place youth workers
and mentors in A&E units and Pupil
To get knives off our streets Labour
Referral Units, funded by full recovery
will ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-
of the cost of firearm licensing.
style blades and machetes, and
strengthen rules to prevent online Labour will also introduce a new
sales. Executives of online offence of criminal exploitation
companies that flout these rules will of children, to go after the gangs
be personally held to account who are luring young people into
through tough sanctions. violence and crime.

Tackling violence against women normally reserved for terrorists and
and girls organised crime.
For too long, violence against
women and girls has been ignored. Prosecution rates for rape are
Our landmark mission to halve shamefully low with many victims
violence against women and girls dropping out of the justice system
in a decade will require a national when faced with years of delays.
effort. We will use every government Labour will fast-track rape cases,
tool available to target perpetrators with specialist courts at every
and address the root causes of Crown Court location in England
abuse and violence. and Wales.
That starts with tougher Victims deserve better support.

enforcement and protection. With Building on the success of the
Labour, there will be specialist approach adopted by Labour Police
rape and sexual offences teams in and Crime Commissioners, we will
every police force. The most prolific introduce domestic abuse experts
and harmful perpetrators will be in 999 control rooms so that victims
relentlessly targeted, using tactics can talk directly to a specialist, and

ensure there is a legal advocate Stalking Protection Orders and
in every police force area to give women the right to know the
advise victims from the moment of identity of online stalkers. Spiking
report to trial. is a devastating crime for victims,
leaving many women feeling
Violence and abuse against vulnerable when they go out.
women and girls does not come Labour will introduce a new criminal
from nowhere. Misogyny is one root offence for spiking to help police
cause, and therefore Labour will better respond to this crime.
ensure schools address misogyny
and teach young people about We will strengthen the rights and
healthy relationships and consent. protections available to women in
We will ensure police forces have co-habiting couples, as well as for
the powers they need to track and whistleblowers in the workplace,
tackle the problem. including on sexual harassment.
Stalking has not been treated Better policing

with the seriousness it deserves. Under the Conservatives, poor
Labour will strengthen the use of policing performance has been

For too long violence against women
and girls has been ignored. We will
use every government tool to target
perpetrators and address the root
causes of abuse and violence
tolerated, with forces spending around strip-searching children and

years in special measures. Trust in young people.
the police has been undermined by
the appalling acts of some officers. Fraud accounts for almost two in
Labour will turn the page and raise five crimes, but the Conservatives
standards by reforming the police. have failed to respond to the
scale of the challenge. Labour will
Labour will give His Majesty’s introduce a new expanded fraud
Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire strategy to tackle the full range
& Rescue Services new powers to of threats, including online, public
intervene with failing forces. We will sector and serious fraud. We will
introduce mandatory professional work with technology companies to
standards on vetting, checks and stop their platforms being exploited
misconduct for individual officers; by fraudsters.
and stronger training on racism and
violence against women and girls. Criminals never stop looking for new
Anyone with a history of violence ways to target victims. Police must
against women and girls will be change the way they operate too,
barred from the service and we will with technology and investigative
introduce automatic suspensions techniques keeping pace with
if officers are investigated for modern threats. We will work with
domestic abuse and sexual national policing bodies and police
offences. Particular care is required staff to standardise approaches
when investigating children. Labour to procurement, IT, professional
will introduce new legal safeguards standards and training. And we will

ensure the service is organised so charges, cutting bureaucracy,
as to enable investment in specialist and improving collaboration.
capabilities, such as digital We will make it easier for high-
forensics, and to more effectively performing police forces to charge
tackle cross-border issues such as domestic abuse suspects to speed
serious organised crime. up the process.
Solving crime Labour recognises recruitment

Under the Conservatives, challenges, particularly for
plummeting charge and detectives, so we will roll out a direct
prosecution rates have emboldened entry scheme for detectives to
criminals. Rather than working boost investigation skills.
together, police and prosecutors
A justice system that
often engage in a blame game,
puts victims first
which lets down victims.
After 14 years of neglect, the
Labour will reverse this, driving up criminal justice system is broken.
the proportion of crimes solved Victims wait months, sometimes
by reducing barriers to bringing years, for their case to come to trial,

unable to move on with their lives. use all relevant powers to build
As an initial step to address the the prisons so badly needed.
courts backlog, Labour will ensure
As a result of overcrowding, our
more prosecutors are available by
prisons are increasingly dangerous,
allowing Associate Prosecutors
plagued by drug use and violent
to work on appropriate cases.
disorder – putting prison officers
We will introduce new protections in a dangerous position. Far from
for victims of crime and persistent being places where offenders are
antisocial behaviour, by increasing punished and rehabilitated, prisons
the powers of the Victims’ are a breeding ground for more
Commissioner, and ensuring victims crime. Prison leavers are more likely
can access the information and to reoffend if they do not have the
support they need. tools to move away from crime, if
they have nowhere to live and if
Even when criminals are found
they do not have a job on release.
guilty, the sentences they receive
often do not make sense either to Labour will act to reduce
victims or the wider public. This is reoffending. We will work with
particularly worrying for offences prisons to improve offenders’
against women and girls. Labour will access to purposeful activity, such
carry out a review of sentencing to as learning, and ensure they create
ensure it is brought up to date. pre-release plans for those leaving
Getting a grip of our prisons custody. We will support prisons to
and reducing reoffending link up with local employers and the
Prisons in England and Wales voluntary sector to get ex-offenders
are in crisis. The Conservatives’ into work. The children of those who
failure to build sufficient places are imprisoned are at far greater
has led to overcrowding and risk of being drawn into crime than
chaos. Judges are being advised their peers. We will ensure that those
to delay sentencing. Prisoners are young people are identified and
being released early. And fewer offered support to break the cycle.
dangerous criminals are locked
After 14 years of chaotic
up because of a lack of space.
reorganisations, the national
The Conservatives have failed to probation service is struggling
get prisons built. Labour recognises to keep the public safe. A lack of
that prisons are of national co-ordination between prisons,
importance and therefore will probation and other local services

Under the Conservatives, plummeting
charge and prosecution rates have
emboldened criminals. Labour will
reverse this, driving up the proportion
of crimes solved
also means prison-leavers are of the Infected Blood Inquiry, and

not getting the right support, respond to the findings of the
raising the risk that they go straight Grenfell Inquiry and the Covid-19
back to crime. Inquiry, to ensure swift resolution.
In some areas of the country, Labour will introduce a ‘Hillsborough

we have seen Labour Mayors Law’ which will place a legal duty
pioneering a more joined-up of candour on public servants and
approach to reduce reoffending. authorities, and provide legal aid
In Greater Manchester, probation for victims of disasters or state-
is linked up with housing and related deaths. We will ensure the
health services to ensure offenders victims of the appalling Windrush
leaving custody receive the support scandal have their voices heard
they need. Labour will conduct and the compensation scheme is
a strategic review of probation run effectively, with a new Windrush
governance, including considering Commissioner. Labour will also
the benefits of devolved models. ensure, through an investigation
Historical injustices or inquiry, that the truth about the
Under the Conservatives, too many events at Orgreave comes to light.
victims of historical injustices have
had insult added to injury by years Labour will stop the chaos that
of legal delays. Without justice and lets too many criminals act
the truth, victims and their families with impunity, turn the page with
cannot move forward. Labour will stronger policing, and rebuild
right this wrong, act on the findings our criminal justice system.

BREAK DOWN
THE BARRIERS
TO OPPORTUNITY
 Recruit 6,500 new expert

teachers in key subjects
 3,000 new primary

school-based nurseries
 Free breakfast clubs

in every primary school
 A modern curriculum
so young people are ready
for work and life
 High-quality apprenticeships
and specialist technical colleges
Change
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MY STORY
Zahida,
Trust School Improvement Partner
“I went into education to make a difference for all children, especially those
from council estates like the one I grew up on. I taught Spanish to Labour’s
Shadow Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson. Having been
a headteacher, it is my privilege to support Labour’s plans for 6,500 new
teachers, free breakfast clubs in every primary school, and to give all
children the chance to take part in music, sport, and the arts. Bridget
and her colleagues in government will continue to make that difference.”

Whoever you are, wherever you
come from, Britain should be a
Breaking the
country where hard work means pernicious
you can get on in life. Under the
Conservatives, this basic promise
link between
– that if you work hard, you will background
enjoy the rewards – has been
broken. We are a country where and success
who your parents are – and how
much money they have – too
will be a defining
often counts for more than your mission for Labour
effort and enterprise. Too many
people see success as something
that happens to others. This is an
appalling waste of talent as well as
a huge injustice. So, breaking the
pernicious link between background
and success will be a defining
mission for Labour.
First, we must recognise that school not ready to learn. Too many
greater opportunity requires children are not even getting to
greater security. Tackling economic school. Teachers are burnt out and
insecurity – at work, at home, in our leaving in droves. Fewer people are
communities and public services participating in apprenticeships
– is the golden thread that runs and training. Higher education is
through all of Labour’s missions. in crisis. Meanwhile, too many of
On that secure foundation, we can our young people leave school
build an education system that unprepared for the future.
prepares our children for life, work,
Labour will transform our education
and the future.
system so that young people get
Our education system is struggling the opportunities they deserve.
to cope after years of chronic We will expand our childcare
mismanagement under the and early-years system, drive up
Conservatives. Childcare and standards, modernise the school
early education are increasingly curriculum, reform assessment, and
unaffordable and unavailable. create higher-quality training and
Too many children arrive at primary employment paths by empowering

local communities to develop government will build on that
the skills people need. We will legacy of pursuing opportunity
also put employers at the heart and social justice.
of our skills system.
Good work will be the foundation
Every child should believe that of our approach to tackling poverty
success belongs to them. Education and inequality. We will create more
has so often been the spark that good jobs, reform employment
can light a fire within, transforming support, and make work pay so
life chances. It is time to light that that many more people benefit
fire for the whole country. from the dignity and purpose
of work.
Family security
The last Labour government lifted Labour is committed to reviewing
over half a million children and Universal Credit so that it makes
over a million pensioners out of work pay and tackles poverty.
poverty. That progress transformed We want to end mass dependence
life chances and ensured security on emergency food parcels, which
in retirement. The next Labour is a moral scar on our society.

Child poverty has gone up by
700,000 under the Conservatives,
with over four million children
IMELDA
now growing up in a low-income STAUNTON CBE
family. Last year, a million children Actor
experienced destitution. This not
only harms children’s lives now, it “I welcome Labour’s proposals
damages their future prospects, set out by Keir Starmer
and holds back our economic to broaden opportunity
potential as a country. Labour will and make sure all young
develop an ambitious strategy people have access to the
to reduce child poverty. We will arts. Opening up access
work with the voluntary sector, to creativity in our schools
faith organisations, trade unions, is critical, not just so that
business, devolved and local our children have a better
government, and communities chance at a career in the
to bring about change. arts, but because access is
what will fuel growth in the
We will take initial steps to creative industries — one of
confront poverty by introducing the most important sectors
free breakfast clubs in every for the future of the economy
primary school, protecting renters — creating good jobs in all
from arbitrary eviction, slashing corners of the country.”
fuel poverty, banning exploitative
zero hours contracts, and improving
support to help people get into
good work. increase productive investment
in the UK economy.
Our system of state, private, and
workplace pensions provide the Security also means having
basis for security in retirement. a secure roof over your head.
Labour will retain the triple lock That is not the case for too many
for the state pension. We will renting their homes privately.
also adopt reforms to workplace Labour will legislate where the
pensions to deliver better outcomes Conservatives have failed,
for UK savers and pensioners. Our overhauling the regulation of
pensions review will consider what the private rented sector. We will
further steps are needed to improve immediately abolish Section 21
security in retirement, as well as to ‘no fault’ evictions, prevent private

High-quality For far too many leaseholders,
the reality of home ownership
early education falls woefully short of the dream
and childcare they were promised. Labour will

act where the Conservatives
is a crucial have failed and finally bring the
feudal leasehold system to an
opportunity end. We will enact the package
to transform of Law Commission proposals on
leasehold enfranchisement, right
life chances… to manage and commonhold.
Labour will open We will take further steps to ban

new leasehold flats and ensure
an additional commonhold is the default tenure.
3,000 nurseries We will tackle unregulated and

unaffordable ground rent charges.
We will act to bring the injustice of
‘fleecehold’ private housing estates
and unfair maintenance costs to
renters being exploited and
an end.
discriminated against, empower
them to challenge unreasonable The last Labour government
rent increases, and take steps made huge strides in ending
to decisively raise standards, homelessness. Under the
including extending ‘Awaab’s Law’ Conservatives, that progress has
to the private sector. been undone, with rough sleepers
an all-too-common sight in our
Labour will also take decisive action
towns and cities, and a sharp
to improve building safety, including
rise in hidden homelessness.
through regulation, to ensure we
Building on the lessons of our
never again see a repeat of the
past, Labour will develop a new
Grenfell fire. We will review how to
cross-government strategy, working
better protect leaseholders from
with Mayors and Councils across
costs and take steps to accelerate
the country, to put Britain back on
the pace of remediation across the
track to ending homelessness.
country. We will put a renewed focus
on ensuring those responsible for Best start in life
the building safety crisis pay to High-quality early education and
put it right. childcare is a crucial opportunity

to transform life chances. Too often with local government to support
it is unavailable, or unaffordable. children in care, including through
kinship, foster care, and adoption,
As an initial step, Labour will open
as well as strengthening regulation
an additional 3,000 nurseries
of the children’s social care sector.
through upgrading space in
primary schools, to deliver the Sadly, too often we see families
extension of government funded falling through the cracks of public
hours families are entitled to. services. Labour will improve data
Supporting children in the early sharing across services, with a
part of their life also means giving single unique identifier, to better
parents the flexibility they need to support children and families.
care for their children. Labour will
Raising school standards
review the parental leave system,
Labour is determined to raise
so it best supports working families,
school standards for every child,
within our first year in government.
and ensure they are prepared for
Every child should have a loving, the future. Most children attend
secure home. Labour will work schools where the Conservatives

Labour will fund Teaching is a hard-earned and
hard-learned skill, Labour will
free breakfast work to further raise its status.
clubs in every We will update the Early Career

Framework, maintaining its
primary school, grounding in evidence, and
ensure any new teacher entering
accessible the classroom has, or is working
to all children. towards, Qualified Teacher
Status. We will introduce a new
Our breakfast Teacher Training Entitlement to
clubs will support ensure teachers stay up to date

on best practice with continuing
parents through professional development.
the cost-of- School support staff play a vital
living crisis role in children’s education and

development. Labour will reinstate
the School Support Staff Negotiating
Body, which will help address the
acute recruitment and retention
are failing to provide the support
crisis in support roles.
and teaching that they need.
Labour will end the VAT exemption Raising school standards starts with
and business rates relief for private early education. The last Labour
schools to invest in our state schools. government’s promotion
of phonics put rocket boosters
The factor that makes the
under the reading and writing
biggest difference to a child’s
ability of a generation of children.
education is high-quality teaching;
We will do the same for numeracy,
but there are shortages of qualified
improving the quality of maths
teachers across the country.
teaching across nurseries and
Labour will recruit an additional
primary schools.
6,500 new expert teachers. We will
get more teachers into shortage Developing early communication
subjects, support areas that face skills is another key foundation
recruitment challenges, and tackle for life, with serious knock-on
retention issues. The way bursaries consequences when development
are allocated, and the structure of is delayed. Labour will fund
retention payments, will be reviewed. evidence-based early-language

interventions in primary schools, so essential digital, speaking, and
that every child can find their voice. creative skills. Yet today, too many
are missing out. Labour will launch
Alongside high-quality teaching,
an expert-led review of curriculum
driving up standards in education
and assessment, working with
requires outstanding leadership.
school staff, parents and employers
Labour will create a new Excellence
to change this.
in Leadership Programme,
a mentoring framework that Our reforms will build on the hard
expands the capacity of work of teachers who have brought
headteachers and leaders to their subjects alive with knowledge-
improve their schools. Labour rich syllabuses, to deliver a
will introduce new Regional curriculum which is rich and broad,
Improvement Teams, to enhance inclusive, and innovative. To capture
school-to-school support, and this breadth, our review will consider
spread best practice. the right balance of assessment
methods whilst protecting the
Accountability is non-negotiable,
important role of examinations.
which is why Labour supports
school inspection. Under the Too often our education and care
Conservatives our inspection systems do not meet the needs of
regime has been broken. A system all children, including those with
which declares nine in ten schools Special Educational Needs and
are good or outstanding fails to Disabilities (SEND). Labour will take
provide sufficient information a community-wide approach,
on school performance. We will improving inclusivity and expertise
enhance the inspection regime by in mainstream schools, as well as
replacing a single headline grade ensuring special schools cater to
with a new report card system those with the most complex needs.
telling parents clearly how schools We will make sure admissions
are performing. We will also bring decisions account for the needs of
Multi-Academy Trusts into the communities and require all schools
inspection system and introduce a to co-operate with their local
new annual review of safeguarding, authority on school admissions,
attendance, and off-rolling. SEND inclusion, and place planning.
Every child should have a broad Too many children’s life chances
curriculum with an excellent are being scarred by rising poverty.
foundation in reading, writing and Too many arrive at school not ready
maths, and support to develop to learn, and too many are absent.

Poor mental health is another barrier
to learning. The struggle to access
support is paralysing children and
young people through their formative
years. Labour will provide access to
specialist mental health professionals
in every school
Breakfast clubs improve behaviour, This will complement our plan

attendance, and learning. Labour for Young Futures Hubs, which will
will fund free breakfast clubs in make sure every community has
every primary school, accessible an open-access hub for children
to all children. Our breakfast clubs and young people with drop-in
will support parents through the mental health support.
cost-of-living crisis. We will also
Reforming further
bring down the cost of school by
and higher education
limiting the number of branded
After years of Conservative chaos
items of uniform and PE kit that
and policy churn, the skills system
schools can require.
in England is confusing for young
Poor mental health is another people, adults, and employers.
barrier to learning. The struggle Apprenticeship numbers have
to access support is paralysing plummeted. Skills shortages are
children and young people widespread. Young people have
through their formative years. been left without the opportunities
Labour will provide access they need. The result is an
to specialist mental health economy without the necessary
professionals in every school, so skills, nor any plan for the skills
every young person has access to needs of the future. Labour will
early support to address problems address this by bringing forward
before they escalate. a comprehensive strategy
for post-16 education. And empowering local leaders to
we will guarantee training, an have greater control of skills
apprenticeship, or help to find development in their areas,
work for all 18- to 21-year-olds. alongside a greater role in
supporting people into work.
We will establish Skills England to Skills England will co-ordinate
bring together business, training between local areas to ensure
providers and unions with national everyone can access all the
and local government to ensure opportunities available.
we have the highly trained
workforce needed to deliver Labour will transform Further
Labour’s Industrial Strategy. Skills Education colleges into specialist
England will formally work with the Technical Excellence Colleges.
Migration Advisory Committee to These colleges will work with
make sure training in England businesses, trade unions, and
accounts for the overall needs of local government to provide young
the labour market. And we are people with better job opportunities
committed to devolving adult skills and the highly trained workforce
funding to Combined Authorities, that local economies need.
Labour will also reform Access to arts, music and sport
the Conservatives’ broken With Labour, the arts and music
Apprenticeships Levy. The current will no longer be the preserve
rigid rules ignore vital skills of a privileged few. Culture is an
and training needed to access essential part of supporting children
apprenticeships. Labour will create and young people to develop
a flexible Growth and Skills Levy, creativity and find their voice.
with Skills England consulting There is huge potential for growth
on eligible courses to ensure in the creative industries that
qualifications offer value for money. benefit every corner of the UK.
Labour will continue to support Labour will implement our

the aspiration of every person creative industries sector
who meets the requirements plan as part of our Industrial
and wants to go to university. Strategy, creating good jobs and
accelerating growth in film, music,
We recognise that UK higher gaming, and other creative sectors.
education creates opportunity, We will work constructively with the
is a world-leading sector in our BBC and our other public service
economy, and supports local broadcasters so they continue
communities. To better integrate to inform, educate and entertain
further and higher education, people, and support the creative
and ensure high-quality teaching, economy by commissioning
Labour’s post-16 skills strategy distinctively British content.
will set out the role for different
providers, and how students can Labour will support children to
move between institutions, as well study a creative or vocational
as strengthening regulation. We will subject until they are 16, and ensure
act to improve access to universities accountability measures reflect
and raise teaching standards. this. We will get more children
active by protecting time for
The current higher education physical education, and supporting
funding settlement does not work the role grassroots clubs play
for the taxpayer, universities, staff, in expanding access to sport.
or students. Labour will act to create
a secure future for higher education Labour will improve access
and the opportunities it creates to cultural assets by requiring
across the UK. We will work with publicly funded national museums
universities to deliver for students and galleries to increase the loans
and our economy. they make from their collections

to communities across the where we can, creating a legacy
country. We will also launch a to inspire the next generation of
new National Music Education talent while promoting exercise
Network – a one-stop shop and healthy living.
with information on courses and
Labour is committed to making
classes for parents, teachers and
Britain the best place in the
children. Access to music, drama
world to be a football fan. We will
and sport has become difficult
reform football governance to
and expensive because of ticket
protect football clubs across our
touting. Labour will put fans back
communities and to give fans a
at the heart of events by introducing
greater say in the way they are
new consumer protections on
run. We will introduce a Football
ticket resales.
Governance Bill, which will establish
From the Men’s UEFA European an independent regulator to ensure
Football Championship to the ICC financial sustainability of football
Women’s T20 World Cup to the clubs in England. We will never allow
Invictus Games, Labour will a closed league of select clubs to
deliver international events with be siphoned off from the English
pride and seek new opportunities football pyramid.

Respect and opportunity for all Labour will introduce a landmark
Everyone in this country deserves Race Equality Act, to enshrine
a government that matches their in law the full right to equal pay
ambition. Labour will ensure no for Black, Asian, and other ethnic
matter whatever your background, minority people, strengthen
you can thrive, and therefore we will protections against dual
enact the socio-economic duty in discrimination and root out other
the Equality Act 2010. racial inequalities. Labour will also
reverse the Conservatives’ decision
Women’s equality will be at the
to downgrade the monitoring of
heart of our missions. Our plan to
antisemitic and Islamophobic hate.
Make Work Pay will transform the
lives of working women, including Labour is committed to
by strengthening rights to equal championing the rights of
pay and protections from maternity disabled people and to the
and menopause discrimination and principle of working with them, so
sexual harassment. And Labour will that their views and voices will be
take action to reduce the gender at the heart of all we do. We will
pay gap, building on the legacy of introduce the full right to equal
Barbara Castle’s Equal Pay Act. pay for disabled people. Building

on gender pay gap reporting, With Labour, the
we will introduce disability
and ethnicity pay gap reporting arts and music
for large employers. We will
support disabled people to
will no longer
work by improving employment be the preserve
support and access to reasonable
adjustments. We will also tackle
of a privileged
the Access to Work backlog and few. Culture is
make sure people can try out a job
without fear of an immediate benefit an essential part
reassessment if it does not work out. of supporting
Delivering opportunities for all
means that everyone should be
children and
treated with respect and dignity. young people
Labour will protect LGBT+ and
disabled people by making all
to develop
existing strands of hate crime creativity and
an aggravated offence.
find their voice
So-called conversion therapy
is abuse – there is no other
word for it – so Labour will finally
deliver a full trans-inclusive ban
on conversion practices, while
protecting the freedom for people
doctor, enabling access to the
to explore their sexual orientation
healthcare pathway.
and gender identity.
Labour is proud of our Equality Act
We will also modernise, simplify,
and the rights and protections it
and reform the intrusive and
affords women; we will continue to
outdated gender recognition
support the implementation of its
law to a new process. We will
single-sex exceptions.
remove indignities for trans people
who deserve recognition and Labour will stop the chaos,
acceptance; whilst retaining end the failure and division of the
the need for a diagnosis of last 14 years, and turn the page to
gender dysphoria from a specialist ensure everyone can thrive.

BUILD AN
NHS FIT FOR
THE FUTURE
 Cut NHS waiting times with

40,000 more appointments
every week
D
ouble the number of cancer
scanners
A
new Dentistry Rescue Plan
,500 additional mental

8
health staff
R
eturn of the family doctor

MY STORY
Haruna, security manager,

former Conservative voter
“I’ve always voted Conservative but I won’t be again. They’ve let the country
down badly. My wife is a teacher at a local school and I’m a security
manager in London. We love living in Thurrock. But over the last ten years
things have gotten worse. Booking the dentist for my daughter was a
nightmare. We had to wait over a year for an appointment. We switched and
voted Labour at the local elections. Keir Starmer is a good man. His plan to
get more NHS appointments is so important. He’ll deliver it.”

The 1945 Labour government Labour’s mission
founded our National Health
Service on principles that have is to build an NHS
stood the test of time:
fit for the future.
The best health services should
be available, free for all. Money
Investment alone
should no longer be the passport won’t be enough
to the best treatment. People should
get the best that modern science
to tackle the
can offer. problems facing
For decades the NHS has served the NHS; it must
us well, with those values enduring.
These are the principles which
go hand in hand
will underpin the next Labour with fundamental
reform
government’s plan to reform
the NHS.
But as we look at the NHS now,

it is clearly broken – and the
Conservatives broke it. Whilst the
This is a situation Labour is familiar
Covid-19 pandemic placed the NHS
with: we have saved the NHS before,
under unprecedented stress, the
and the next Labour Government
reality is waiting lists were at record
will do so again. With Labour, it will
highs even before it struck. Rather
always be publicly owned and
than healthcare being ‘free for all’,
publicly funded. But our ambition
we now find ourselves with a de
goes beyond returning the NHS
facto two-tier system – with working
to what it was. Labour’s mission
people regularly forced to scrape
is to build an NHS fit for the future.
together the means to go private.
Investment alone won’t be enough
Meanwhile, over the past 14 years,
to tackle the problems facing the
the ‘winter crisis’ cycle has become
NHS; it must go hand in hand with
part of the national calendar. Every
fundamental reform.
year, a new crisis is declared. Then,
every year, the Conservatives reach We must change the NHS so that
for a sticking plaster patch-up to it becomes not just a sickness
get through the winter, without ever service, but able to prevent ill
addressing the root cause. heath in the first place. It must also

reflect the change in the nature saving potentially thousands of
of disease, with a greater focus lives. And we will embed a greater
on the management of chronic, focus on prevention throughout
long-term conditions. And we will the entire healthcare system and
deliver a renewed drive to tackle the supporting services. As we knew in
biggest killers; cutting the lives lost 1945, much avoidable ill health can
to cancer, cardiovascular disease be prevented.
and suicide, while ensuring people
The factor that is markedly different
live well for longer.
from the past decades is our
Labour’s reforms will shift our understanding of mental health.
NHS away from a model geared Across society, mental health has
towards late diagnosis and stepped out of the shadows, yet
treatment, to a model where it is difficult to argue the NHS has
more services are delivered in kept up. Indeed, Britain is currently
local communities. We will harness suffering from a mental health
the power of technologies like AI epidemic that is paralysing lives,
to transform the speed and particularly those of children
accuracy of diagnostic services, and young people. This is a tragedy

– arguably nothing says more
about the state of a nation than the
wellbeing of its children. So right at
DAME JULIE
the core of our mission will be a bold MOORE
new ambition to raise the healthiest Former CEO of
generation of children in our history.
And, as a crucial part of that, we will
Birmingham NHS Trust
reform the NHS to ensure we give “I’ve worked in the NHS for
mental health the same attention a long time and I remember
and focus as physical health. how Labour, the party who
created the NHS, transformed
Get the NHS back on its feet
it to be the best-performing
We should all be able to trust that
health system in the world.
the NHS will be there for us when
It is heartbreaking to see its
we need it, whether it is a GP
decline over the last 14 years.
appointment, an ambulance, or
It will be difficult but I believe
help at A&E. Labour’s immediate
that, under Keir Starmer,
priority on health will be to get a
Labour’s plans, short and
grip on the record waiting list.
long term, will once again
We will return to meeting NHS
restore the NHS to deliver
performance standards. That
top-class health care for the
means patients should expect to
people of this nation, reducing
wait no longer than 18 weeks from
waiting lists and times and
referral for consultant-led treatment
transforming it to be fit for
of non-urgent health conditions.
the future.”
This standard was achieved with the
last Labour government and will be
again under the next.
shared waiting lists to allow patients
As a first step, in England we
to be treated quicker. Recognising
will deliver an extra two million
the urgent need to bring down
NHS operations, scans, and
waiting lists, Labour will use spare
appointments every year; that is
capacity in the independent sector
40,000 more appointments every
to ensure patients are diagnosed
week. We will do this by incentivising
and treated more quickly.
staff to carry out additional
appointments out of hours. Getting the NHS back to working
Labour will pool resources across for patients means ending the
neighbouring hospitals to introduce workforce crisis across both health

We should all NHS staff, moving away from the
Conservatives’ failed approach.
be able to trust Modernising the NHS
that the NHS will A system reliant on pagers and fax
be there for us machines is not fit for this decade

let alone the next. Too many cancer
when we need deaths could have been prevented
it, whether it is a
with earlier diagnosis. The NHS has
fewer diagnostic scanners per
GP appointment, person than other countries, with
many ageing machines operating
an ambulance, for long after they should. State of
or help at the art scanners with embedded

AI are faster and more effective at
A&E. Labour’s finding smaller tumours, saving
immediate priority lives. Therefore, Labour will introduce

a new ‘Fit For the Future’ fund to
on health will double the number of CT and MRI
be to get a grip
scanners, allowing the NHS to catch
cancer and other conditions earlier,
on the record saving lives.
waiting list It is also clear that NHS estates

are in a state of disrepair after
years of neglect. Labour is therefore
and social care. When one in committed to delivering the
seven people in hospital do not New Hospitals Programme.
need to be there, joint working is
The revolution taking place
essential. Labour will ensure the
in data and life sciences has
publication of regular, independent
the potential to transform our
workforce planning, across health
nation’s healthcare. The Covid-19
and social care. We will deliver
pandemic showed how a strong
the NHS long-term workforce plan
mission-driven industrial strategy,
to train the staff we need to get
involving government partnering
patients seen on time.
with industry and academia, could
Too many patients have seen turn the tide on a pandemic. This
their treatment affected by strikes. is the approach we will take in
Labour will reset relations with government. As part of Labour’s

life sciences plan, we will develop participate through the NHS app.
an NHS innovation and adoption This will mean putting Britain at the
strategy in England. This will include forefront of transforming treatment
a plan for procurement, giving a for dementia.
clearer route to get products into
the NHS, coupled with reformed Power to patients
incentive structures to drive At the heart of every medical
innovation and faster regulatory decision must be patients and their
approval for new technology families. Too many are not treated
and medicines. with the respect they deserve or
given the information they need to
Drawing on the strength of our adequately access services and
National Health Service, Labour navigate the system.
will also maximise our potential
to lead the world in clinical trials. Labour will therefore transform
This means making the process the NHS app, putting patients
more efficient and accessible, in control of their own health to
by speeding up recruitment and better manage their medicine,
giving more people a chance to appointments, and health needs.

This will include giving performance We will work to implement the
information on local services, and expert recommendations of the
notifications of vaccinations and Cass Review to ensure that young
health checks. Patients will be able people presenting to the NHS with
to see the medical guidelines for gender dysphoria are receiving
the treatment they should get, to appropriate and high-quality care.
hold health services to account and
understand what their choices are. Healthcare closer to home
The National Health Service needs
Ensuring patient safety to move to a Neighbourhood Health
Childbirth should not be something Service, with more care delivered in
women fear or look back on local communities to spot problems
with trauma. Labour will ensure earlier. To achieve this, we must over
that trusts failing on maternity time shift resources to primary care
care are robustly supported into and community services.
rapid improvement. We will train
GPs are the front door to the health
thousands more midwives as part
service for most people. Excellent
of the NHS Workforce Plan and set
primary care is the key to earlier
an explicit target to close the Black
diagnosis, but too often it is not
and Asian maternal mortality gap.
possible to get an appointment,
Labour will digitise the Red so Labour will reform the system.
Book record of children’s health, We will train thousands more
improving support for new families. GPs, guarantee a face-to-face
We will also enable vaccinations appointment for all those who
for babies and children as part of want one and deliver a modern
health visits. appointment booking system to
end the 8am scramble. We will
So much of the treatment in bring back the family doctor by
the NHS is dependent on the incentivising GPs to see the same
effective administration of patient, so ongoing or complex
services. Managers need support conditions are dealt with effectively.
and accountability. Labour will
implement professional standards Labour will also take the pressure
and regulate NHS managers, off GP surgeries, by improving
ensuring those who commit serious access to services and treatment
misconduct can never do so again. through new routes. We will create a
And we will establish a Royal College Community Pharmacist Prescribing
of Clinical Leadership to champion Service, granting more pharmacists
the voice of clinicians. independent prescribing rights
where clinically appropriate. Dentistry Rescue Plan
We will allow other professionals, Getting an NHS dentist is
such as opticians, to make direct increasingly a lottery and the
referrals to specialist services or consequences are dire. The most
tests, as well as expanding self- common reason children aged five
referral routes where appropriate. to nine are admitted to hospital is to
have rotting teeth removed. Labour
The principle of integrating will tackle the immediate crisis with
health and care services will a rescue plan to provide 700,000
improve the treatment patients more urgent dental appointments
receive. We know that more of this and recruit new dentists to areas
care needs to happen outside that need them most. To rebuild
hospitals. Therefore, we will trial dentistry for the long term, Labour
Neighbourhood Health Centres, will reform the dental contract, with
by bringing together existing a shift to focusing on prevention
services such as family doctors, and the retention of NHS dentists.
district nurses, care workers, We will also introduce a supervised
physiotherapists, palliative care, tooth-brushing scheme for 3- to
and mental health specialists 5-year-olds, targeting the areas of
under one roof. highest need.
Social care reform principle of ‘home first’ that supports
Labour is committed to ensuring people to live independently for as
everyone lives an independent, long as possible. Our new standards
prosperous life. Social care is vital will ensure high-quality care and
to achieving this, but hundreds of ongoing sustainability, and ensure
thousands of people suffer without providers behave responsibly.
the care they need for a dignified Labour will develop local partnership
life. The sector needs deep reform: working between the NHS and social
there are inconsistent standards, care on hospital discharge.
chronic staff shortages, and people
We will enhance partnership
are not always treated with the care,
working across employers, workers,
dignity and respect they deserve.
trade unions and government and
Labour will undertake a programme establish a Fair Pay Agreement
of reform to create a National Care in adult social care. This sector
Service, underpinned by national collective agreement will set fair
standards, delivering consistency pay, terms and conditions, along
of care across the country. Services with training standards. Labour will
will be locally delivered, with a consult widely on the design of this

agreement, before beginning the Labour will
process and learn from countries
where they operate successfully. undertake a
Labour is committed to ensuring programme of
families have the support they
need. We will guarantee the rights
reform to create
of those in residential care to be a National
able to see their families. As part
of the efforts to move healthcare
Care Service,
into local communities and underpinned
professionalise the workforce,
we will task regulators with
by national
assessing the role social care standards,
workers can play in basic health
treatment and monitoring. delivering
Alongside these changes, we will consistency
build consensus for the longer-
term reform needed to create a
of care across
sustainable National Care Service. the country
We will explore how we best
manage and support an ageing
population; how integration with
an additional 8,500 new staff to
the NHS can be secured; how to
treat children and adults through
best support working age disabled
our first term. As part of our mission
adults; and how to move to a more
to reduce the lives lost to suicide,
preventative system.
these new staff will be specially
trained to support people at risk.
Improving mental health Labour’s new Young Futures hubs
The NHS has struggled to keep will provide open access mental
up with greater awareness of health services for children and
the challenges of mental health. young people in every community.
Waiting lists for those referred
Mental health legislation is also
for support are too high, and
woefully out of date. The treatment
shamefully so for young people.
of people with autism and learning
Labour will bring waiting times down difficulties is a disgrace. The
and intervene earlier. We will recruit operation of the Mental Health Act

discriminates against Black people That starts with smoking. Labour
who are much more likely to be will ensure the next generation can
detained than others. Labour will never legally buy cigarettes and
modernise legislation to give patients ensure all hospitals integrate ‘opt-
greater choice, autonomy, enhanced out’ smoking cessation interventions
rights and support, and ensure into routine care. Labour will ban
everyone is treated with dignity vapes from being branded and
and respect throughout treatment. advertised to appeal to children
to stop the next generation from
Action on public health
becoming hooked on nicotine.
Prevention will always be better,
and cheaper, than a cure. So, We face a childhood obesity crisis.
we must take preventative public So, Labour is committed to banning
health measures to tackle the advertising junk food to children
biggest killers and support people along with the sale of high-caffeine
to live longer, healthier lives. energy drinks to under-16s.

Children and young people face Right at the
significant harm online, with
inappropriate content too easily core of our
available at their fingertips on a
smartphone. We have seen an
mission will
increase in extreme misogynistic be a bold new
content online driving a culture of
violence against women. Labour
ambition to raise
will build on the Online Safety Act, the healthiest
bringing forward provisions as
quickly as possible, and explore generation
further measures to keep everyone of children
safe online, particularly when using
social media. We will also give in our history
coroners more powers to access
information held by technology
companies after a child’s death.
Labour is committed to
reducing gambling-related
harm. Recognising the evolution
of the gambling landscape
since 2005, Labour will reform
gambling regulation, strengthening
protections. We will continue to
be neglected. Labour will prioritise
work with the industry on how to
women’s health as we reform
ensure responsible gambling.
the NHS.
Reducing health inequalities
We are currently on the cusp of
The UK has stark health inequalities.
eradicating new cases of HIV.
It cannot be right that life
Labour will commission a new
expectancy varies so widely across
HIV action plan in England, in
and within communities. As part
pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030.
of our health mission, Labour will
tackle the social determinants of Labour will stop the chaos in
health, halving the gap in healthy our health and care services,
life expectancy between the richest turn the page, and reform them
and poorest regions in England. in line with the principles of the
Never again will women’s health NHS that Labour founded.

SERVING THE
COUNTRY
 A new Ethics and

Integrity Commission
 Modernise the House of Commons
 Immediate reform of
the House of Lords
 A reset between Westminster

and Holyrood, Cardiff Bay,
and Stormont
 Votes at 16

Over the last 14 years, trust in politics claiming “we’re all in it together”
has been shattered. Partying in while decimating public services,
Downing Street whilst the whole to the empty promises to “level
country sacrificed their freedom. up”, gimmicks and gestures have
Handing lucrative Covid contracts shamefully replaced the hard graft
to friends and donors. Failing to of governing.
expel MPs caught breaking the rules.
In contrast, Labour has been
The behaviour of the Conservatives
transformed from a party of protest
has understandably led to a
to one that always puts the interests
widespread belief that many
of the country first. Now we are
politicians are in it for themselves.
determined to do the same with
As a result, there is now a crisis of
our politics, returning government
confidence in our political system’s
to the service of working people.
ability to deliver any change.
This will require a reset in our public
This is not limited to Westminster – life; a clean-up that ensures the
in Scotland, the Scottish National highest standards of integrity and
Party has also failed to uphold the honesty. We will make sure MPs
standards expected in public life. focus on serving their constituents.
The scandals may be different, We will deepen our democracy by
but the SNP has also sought reforming Parliament and devolving
to protect its own and failed to power to communities. And rather
address the behaviour of its MPs than stoking division – as do both
and MSPs, from sexual harassment the Conservatives and the SNP –
scandals to accusations of financial we will ensure there is respect and
mismanagement and defending collaboration across the different
the inappropriate use of public governments that make up the
expenses. The people of Scotland United Kingdom.
also deserve better from their
Setting the highest of standards
representatives.
in public life is not just about
It is not just sleaze and scandal that better behaviour or decision-
have eroded trust. Just as corrosive making, though it will improve both.
has been the inability of politicians It is also central to restoring trust
to keep promises made to the British between the public and politics.
people. Over the last 14 years, the After 14 years of chaos, division
vast chasm between Conservative and disrespect, the British people
slogans and reality has shown a are understandably cynical about
contempt for democracy. From appeals to come together in the

Labour will restore confidence in
government and ensure ministers
are held to the highest standards.
We will establish a new independent
Ethics and Integrity Commission, with
its own independent Chair, to ensure
probity in government
national interest. But the challenges We will give the Independent Adviser
we face demand nothing less on Ministerial Interests the powers to
– it is the lifeblood of national start investigations into misconduct
renewal. This plan recognises and ensure they have access to the
that politics must make the first evidence they need.
move in repairing that bond.
Most MPs work hard to serve
Restoring public service their constituents but can be
in Westminster hamstrung by arcane procedures
Labour will restore confidence in and outdated working practices.
government and ensure ministers Labour will establish a new
are held to the highest standards. Modernisation Committee tasked
We will establish a new independent with reforming House of Commons
Ethics and Integrity Commission, procedures, driving up standards,
with its own independent Chair, and improving working practices.
to ensure probity in government. The absence of rules on second
jobs also means some constituents
Labour will review and update post- end up with MPs who spend more
government employment rules to time on their second job, or lobbying
end flagrant abuses seen under for outside interests, than on
the Conservatives. This includes representing them. Therefore, as an
enforcing restrictions on ministers initial step, Labour will support an
lobbying for the companies they immediate ban on MPs from taking
used to regulate, with meaningful up paid advisory or consultancy
sanctions for breaching the rules. roles. We will task the Modernisation

Committee to take forward urgent appointments process to ensure
work on the restrictions that need the quality of new appointments
to be put in place to prevent MPs and will seek to improve the
from taking up roles that stop them national and regional balance
serving their constituents and the of the second chamber.
country.
Whilst this action to modernise
Constitutional reform the House of Lords will be an
Although Labour recognises the improvement, Labour is committed
good work of many peers who to replacing the House of Lords with
scrutinise the government and an alternative second chamber
improve the quality of legislation that is more representative of the
passed in Parliament, reform is long regions and nations. Labour will
over-due and essential. Too many consult on proposals, seeking the
peers do not play a proper role in input of the British public on how
our democracy. Hereditary peers politics can best serve them.
remain indefensible. And because
Upholding democracy
appointments are for life, the
second chamber of Parliament
strengthening our democracy
has become too big.
and upholding the integrity of
The next Labour government will elections. Rather than encouraging
therefore bring about an immediate full participation in our democracy,
modernisation, by introducing the Conservatives have brought
legislation to remove the right of in partisan changes that make it
hereditary peers to sit and vote in harder to vote, whilst doing nothing
the House of Lords. Labour will also to strengthen protections against
introduce a mandatory retirement foreign interference.
age. At the end of the Parliament in
To encourage participation in our
which a member reaches 80 years
democracy, Labour will improve
of age, they will be required to retire
voter registration and address the
from the House of Lords.
inconsistencies in voter ID rules that
Labour will ensure all peers meet prevent legitimate voters
the high standards the public expect from voting. For example, in
of them, and we will introduce a new the case of HM Armed Forces
participation requirement as well Veteran Cards. We will increase
as strengthening the circumstances the engagement of young people
in which disgraced members can in our vibrant democracy, by
be removed. We will reform the giving 16- and 17-year-olds the

right to vote in all elections. And so elected representatives can
we will protect democracy by hold power to account.
strengthening the rules around
Labour will ensure the
donations to political parties.
structures and institutions of
Greater collaboration and intergovernmental working
respect across the country improve relationships and
As part of Labour’s plans to clean up collaboration on policy. Labour
politics and return it to the service will strengthen the Sewel
of working people, we will reset the Convention by setting out a new
UK government’s relationship with memorandum of understanding
devolved governments in Scotland, outlining how the nations will work
Wales, and Northern Ireland. together for the common good.
The Conservatives weakened Labour will renew opportunities

our country by disrespecting for the Prime Minister and Heads
the legitimate role of devolved of Devolved Government to
governments and parliaments. collaborate with each other.
We will ensure members of As recommended in the Report of
devolved legislatures have the the Commission on the UK’s future,
same free speech protections we will establish a new Council of
enjoyed by MPs at Westminster, the Nations and Regions. This will

bring together the Prime Minister, Scottish devolution
the First Ministers of Scotland and and the Scotland Office
Wales, the First and deputy First The people of Scotland deserve
Minister of Northern Ireland, and thegovernments that are focused
Mayors of Combined Authorities. on delivering for them. Labour
does not support independence
The next Labour government will
or another referendum, but we
also ensure that UK-wide bodies are
know that after 14 years of the
more representative of our nations
Conservatives, the people of
and regions. UK trade negotiators
Scotland need change. Labour
will work with devolved governments
will take a different approach
to promote our fantastic businesses
in Scotland: we will protect and
and services internationally. Labour
respect devolution and reset
will restore decision-making over
relations between governments.
the allocation of structural funds
to the representatives of Scotland, Labour will strengthen Scottish
Wales, and Northern Ireland. The democracy and devolution,
planned investments in public championing Scotland at home
services outlined in this manifesto and abroad. We will ensure the
by a UK government will result in devolution settlement for Scotland
additional funding for Scotland, enables collaboration on Labour’s
Wales, and Northern Ireland. national missions for government.

We will maintain the arrangements Labour will
in the new Scottish fiscal framework.
ensure the
A UK Labour government will have
a more collaborative approach structures and
to the Scottish Government on
their international engagement.
institutions of
We recognise that within devolved intergovernmental
competencies, the Scottish
Government has an important
working improve
role to play. In respect to wholly relationships
devolved issues, Labour will support
the Scottish Government to partner
and collaboration
with international bodies where on policy
relevant and appropriate, for
example to collaborate on
global health initiatives. The
UK Government will retain full
responsibility over foreign policy.
Welsh devolution
The Scotland Office will maximise
and the Wales Office
Scotland’s influence, and with
Wales has been failed by a
Labour it will once again become
chaotic and divisive Conservative
an advocate for Scotland, both at
Government that does not
home and abroad. The Scotland
understand the ambitions of the
Office will ensure the voice of
Welsh people and refuses to work
Scotland is properly heard on issues
with the Welsh Government to
under the competence of the UK
achieve them. Labour will serve
Government. Scotland has an
Wales with a plan that matches
enviable international reputation.
those ambitions.
Its culture, products and services
are internationally renowned – from We will strengthen the relationship
whisky and salmon to computer between the governments in
game development, bioscience Westminster and Cardiff Bay.
and financial services. Labour will The two governments will work
champion ‘Brand Scotland’ across collaboratively to deliver Labour’s
the world through the Scotland national missions. Labour recognises
Office, and our diplomatic and that the Welsh Fiscal Framework
trade networks. is out of date. We are committed

to working in partnership with the employment support funding to
Welsh Government to ensure the the Welsh Government.
framework delivers value for money
Welsh culture, products and services
with two Labour governments
committed to fiscal responsibility. are renowned around the world –
from the thriving tourism sector and
Labour recognises the value of highest-quality steel to Welsh Lamb
integrated public services, which and semi-conductors. Labour will
are more efficient and create harness the UK’s diplomatic and
better outcomes. As part of the trade networks, working with the
strategic review into probation, Welsh Government to champion
we will explore the devolution of Wales across the world.
services to enable them to be more
locally responsive. We will work With Labour, the Wales Office will
with the Welsh Labour Government once again become an advocate
to consider devolution of youth for Wales at home and abroad
justice. In line with our commitment and facilitate closer collaboration
to devolve employment support between our governments. The
in England, Labour will devolve Wales Office will ensure on issues
under the competence of the UK Labour government. As a guarantor
Government the voice of Wales is of the Good Friday Agreement, a
properly heard. Labour government will uphold
both the letter and the spirit of the
Northern Ireland
Agreement, along with the principle
Northern Ireland needs stability
of consent on which it rests. We will
and long-term certainty after the
work with the Irish Government to
challenges of recent years. Labour
strengthen the relationship between
will work with the Executive and
our two countries.
Assembly to improve public services
and generate economic growth, The Legacy Act denies justice to the
and with all political parties and families and victims of the Troubles.
communities to ensure the stability Labour will repeal and replace it,
of devolved government. by returning to the principles of
the Stormont House Agreement,
and seeking support from all
implementing the Windsor
communities in Northern Ireland.
Framework in good faith and
protecting the UK internal market. Labour will end the chaos of sleaze
Northern Ireland’s economy has and division, turn the page, and
enormous strengths - with a highly reset politics to put it back in the
skilled workforce, strong services, service of working people.
manufacturing and life sciences
sectors, and great opportunities
for inward investment. A Labour
government will champion Northern
Ireland around the world and work
with the Executive to encourage
more businesses to invest in
Northern Ireland’s future.
Labour is committed to taking

forward discussions with the
Executive about a fiscal framework
for Northern Ireland.
The Good Friday Agreement, and the

peace and prosperity it has brought
to Northern Ireland, is one of the
proudest achievements of the last
BRITAIN
RECONNECTED
 An unshakeable commitment to

NATO and our nuclear deterrent
 Standing up for our armed forces

and veterans
 New trade agreements
 Britain leading a
Clean Power Alliance
 Modernise international
development

With Labour, Britain will once again This darkening global landscape
be strong on the world stage, demands a strong and
confident in the pursuit of our connected Britain.
national interest, and progressive
Instead, chaotic Conservative
but realistic about the challenges
foreign policy has weakened our
we face. We will reconnect with
alliances, squandered our climate
allies and forge new partnerships
leadership – a huge diplomatic
to deliver security and prosperity
opportunity – and undermined
at home and abroad. our reputation as upholders of
Over the last 14 years, the world international law. At home,
has grown more volatile and Conservative attacks on our
globally respected institutions –
insecure. War has returned to
universities, courts and the BBC
Europe for the first time in a
– have undermined our soft
generation, there is devastating
power, traditionally a source of
violence in the Middle East,
great strength, and diminished
rapid technological change
our influence.
and the climate crisis are fuelling
geopolitical tensions, and malign This failure on the international
actors are seeking to divide us. stage has cost the British people.

We are less secure, with families With Labour,
exposed to high energy bills and
food prices as a result. Britain will once
Labour will turn the page and again be strong
reverse this, reinvigorating alliances on the world
and forging new partnerships.
Our commitment to NATO as the stage, confident in
cornerstone of European and
global security is unshakeable.
the pursuit of our
We will be confident in our status national interest.
outside of the EU, but a leading
nation in Europe once again,
Our commitment
with an improved and ambitious to NATO as the
relationship with our European
partners. We will once again be cornerstone of
a good partner for international European and
development, and a defender of
the international rule of law. And we global security
will return to the forefront of climate
action by creating the green jobs
is unshakeable
of the future at home and driving
forward the energy transition on
with the United States on the basis
the global stage.
of our shared values and common
Britain will be a reliable partner, interests including on economic co-
a dependable ally, and a good operation, defence and intelligence.
neighbour. An optimistic country
With Labour, Britain will stay
at the start of an era of renewal.
outside of the EU. But to seize
Rebuilding relationships the opportunities ahead, we must
Britain is always stronger when make Brexit work. We will reset the
we work with others. The United relationship and seek to deepen
States is an indispensable ally. ties with our European friends,
Our special relationship is crucial neighbours and allies. That does
for security and prosperity, and not mean reopening the divisions
transcends whatever political of the past. There will be no return
parties and individuals are in to the single market, the customs
office. We will continue to work union, or freedom of movement.

Instead, Labour will work to improve France and Germany, through
the UK’s trade and investment increased defence and security
relationship with the EU, by tearing co-operation. We will seek new
down unnecessary barriers to bilateral agreements and closer
trade. We will seek to negotiate working with Joint Expeditionary
a veterinary agreement to prevent Force partners. This will strengthen
unnecessary border checks and NATO and keep Britain safe.
help tackle the cost of food; help
Multilateral institutions remain
our touring artists; and secure a
indispensable, but they are
mutual recognition agreement
struggling under the strain of new
for professional qualifications
global challenges. Labour will work
to help open up markets for UK
with allies to build, strengthen and
service exporters.
reform these institutions. We will use
Labour will seek an ambitious new the UK’s unique position in NATO, the
UK-EU security pact to strengthen UN, G7, G20 and the Commonwealth
co-operation on the threats we to address the threats we face,
face. We will rebuild relationships and to uphold human rights and
with key European allies, including international law. Labour values

international law because of
the security it brings. Britain will
At the heart
unequivocally remain a member of our security
of the European Convention on
Human Rights.
are the men
Defending the UK’s security
and women
Labour’s first duty in government who serve and
will be to keep our country safe.
We will launch a Strategic Defence
risk their lives for
Review to assess the threats we this country. We
will strengthen
face and the capabilities needed
to address them. At the heart
of our security are the men and
women who serve and risk their
support for our
lives for this country. We will Armed Forces
strengthen support for our Armed
Forces communities by putting
communities
the Armed Forces Covenant
fully into law and establishing
an independent Armed Forces including steel, across the whole of
Commissioner to improve service the UK. We will establish
life. Labour will ensure veterans long-term partnerships between
have access to the mental health, business and government, promote
employment, and housing support innovation, and improve resilience.
and in other areas they need. We will prioritise UK businesses for
We will also scrap visa fees defence investment and will reform
for non-UK veterans who have procurement to reduce waste.
served for four or more years, Labour will support industry to
and their dependents. benefit from export opportunities,
in line with a robust arms export
Strengthening Britain’s security regime committed to upholding
requires a long-term partnership international law.
with our domestic defence industry.
Labour will bring forward a defence Strengthening our defences
industrial strategy aligning our also requires stronger leadership,
security and economic priorities. clearer accountability, faster
We will ensure a strong defence delivery, less waste, and better value
sector and resilient supply chains, for money. Labour will establish a

With Labour, laundering, including in Britain,
Crown Dependencies, and in British
the UK’s military, Overseas Territories.
financial, Labour is fully committed to
diplomatic and AUKUS, the trilateral security

partnership with Australia and
political support the United States. We will ensure
for Ukraine will

it delivers its full economic as well
as security potential, increasing
remain steadfast jobs and investment in communities
across the UK.
After 14 years of damaging

Conservative inconsistency over
fully functioning military strategic
China, Labour will bring a long-
headquarters and a national
term and strategic approach to
armaments director to create a
managing our relations. We will
strong defence centre capable
co-operate where we can, compete
of leading Britain in meeting the
where we need to, and challenge
increasing threats we face.
where we must. We will improve
With Labour, the UK’s military, the UK’s capability to understand
financial, diplomatic and political and respond to the challenges and
support for Ukraine will remain opportunities China poses through
steadfast. Labour will support efforts an audit of our bilateral relationship.
to hold Putin’s Russia to account We will always act in our interests
for its illegal war, backing calls for and defend our sovereignty and our
a Special Tribunal for the Crime of democratic values. We will stand
Aggression. We will work with our with and support members of the
allies to enable the seizure and Hong Kong community who have
repurposing of frozen Russian state relocated to the UK.
assets to support Ukraine. And we
Defending our security also
will play a leading role in providing
means protecting the British
Ukraine with a clear path to
Overseas Territories and Crown
NATO membership.
Dependencies, including the
Labour will also work with our allies Falklands and Gibraltar. Labour
and international financial centres will always defend their sovereignty
to tackle corruption and money and right to self-determination.

Championing UK prosperity insubstantial agreements which
Labour’s first mission in government do not bring meaningful benefits
will be to grow our economy. This to the UK, Labour will seek targeted
will be at the heart of everything trade agreements aligned
we do, including our foreign policy. with our industrial strategy and
We will use our diplomatic network economic strengths, to bring
to attract foreign direct investment prosperity to communities across
into the UK, expand markets England, Scotland, Wales, and
for British exporters, and shape Northern Ireland.
emerging regulatory frameworks.
We will publish a trade strategy
Britain is a proud trading nation and and use every lever available to get
flourishing international business is UK business the access it needs
a vital part of our plan for to international markets. This will
growth. Openness to trade allows promote the highest standards
our firms to grow and delivers when it comes to food production.
greater choice and value for As well as striking new free trade
consumers. Rather than prioritising agreements, Labour will seek

Labour will create Labour will build and strengthen
modern partnerships with allies and
a new Clean regional powers. We will seek a new
Power Alliance, strategic partnership with India,

including a free trade agreement,
bringing together as well as deepening co-operation
in areas like security, education,
a coalition of technology and climate change.
countries at the We will deepen our co-operation
with partners across the Gulf on
cutting edge of regional security, energy and trade
climate action and investment.
Recognising the growing political

and economic importance of
African countries, we will deliver
a new approach to the continent
to foster opportunities for mutual
to negotiate standalone sector long-term benefit.
deals, such as digital, or mutual
recognition agreements, to promote Climate leadership
our services exports. We cannot address the urgency
of the climate and nature crisis
We will lead international without co-ordinated global
discussions to modernise trade action. A failure to act will cause
rules and agreements so they environmental devastation, fuelling
work for Britain, promoting displacement, conflict and famine.
deeper trade and co-operation By being climate leaders at home,
including through the World including meeting our agreed
Trade Organisation and the targets, Labour will restore the
Comprehensive and Progressive strong global leadership needed
Agreement for Trans-Pacific to tackle the climate crisis.
Partnership. Labour supports
implementation of the OECD International allies and competitors
global minimum rate of corporate have already recognised the
taxation and backs international opportunities and are racing
efforts to make sure multinational ahead, investing in new technology
tech companies pay their fair and creating the jobs of the future.
share of tax. Under the Conservatives, Britain

has squandered our leadership, Strengthening diplomacy
wasting the opportunity of our Labour will strengthen Britain’s
COP26 presidency to make historic influence abroad, defending our
progress. Labour will move faster national interests, promoting
by working together with our progressive values, and protecting
international partners, especially UK nationals.
those at the forefront of the climate
crisis, including Pakistan and Our diplomatic leadership is
Bangladesh, and the COP30 bolstered by the soft power
hosts, Brazil. of our world-leading cultural
institutions. Rather than running
Labour will create a new Clean these institutions down, we will
Power Alliance, bringing together a work across government to bring
coalition of countries at the cutting leading creative and cultural
edge of climate action. This will help institutions together to increase
to deliver lower energy bills while the UK’s international clout. And we
accelerating the energy transition will work with our proud diaspora
and protecting and enhancing communities to enhance our
clean energy supply chains. cultural links across the world.

Long-term peace and security Labour will also strengthen support
in the Middle East will be an for British nationals abroad. We will
immediate focus. Labour introduce a new right to consular
will continue to push for an assistance in cases of human
immediate ceasefire, the release rights violations.
of all hostages, the upholding
Modernising international
of international law, and a rapid
development
increase of aid into Gaza. Palestinian
With previous Labour governments,
statehood is the inalienable right
Britain gained world-leading
of the Palestinian people. It is not in
expertise in international
the gift of any neighbour and is also
development, with the aim of
essential to the long-term security
making the world a safer, more
of Israel. We are committed to
prosperous place. Under the
recognising a Palestinian state
Conservatives, this capacity has
as a contribution to a renewed
been degraded, and as a result
peace process which results in a
Britain has lost influence.
two-state solution with a safe and
secure Israel alongside a viable Labour will turn the page to rebuild
and sovereign Palestinian state. Britain’s reputation on international

development with a new approach fiscal circumstances allow.
based on genuine respect and We will deliver value for money
partnership with the global South for the British taxpayer by working
to support our common interests. closely with the Independent
Commission for Aid Impact to
To counter the growing influence
apply the highest standards
of malign actors and boost efforts
to our aid spend – bringing in
to combat threats like climate robust measures of development
change, the UK’s development work effectiveness, transparency,
must be closely aligned with our and scrutiny.
foreign policy aims, co-ordinated
to tackle global poverty, instability, Labour will end the chaotic
and the climate and nature crisis. approach to foreign affairs,
Our mission statement will be ‘to turn the page and reconnect
create a world free from poverty on with our allies, to once again
a liveable planet’ as a signal of our stand strong on the world stage.
commitment to greater multilateral
action, and our intention to lead on
this agenda.
Regaining Britain’s global leadership

on development is a key part of our
plan to reconnect with our allies
and partners. Labour will strengthen
international development work
within the Foreign, Commonwealth
& Development Office. We will renew
expertise and focus, especially in
priority areas such as supporting
economic transformation, tackling
unsustainable debt, empowering
women and girls, supporting
conflict prevention, and unlocking
climat e finance.
Labour is committed to restoring

development spending at the
level of 0.7 per cent of gross
national income as soon as

LABOUR’S
FISCAL PLAN
Our fiscal rules are non-negotiable We have not allocated

and will apply to every decision all additional revenue to
taken by a Labour government. potential spending. This is
This means that the current budget a prudent approach in line
must move into balance, so that with our commitment to
day-to-day costs are met by economic stability.
revenues and debt must be falling
Policies not listed here will be
as a share of the economy by the
funded from existing budgets
fifth year of the forecast.
or do not have a cost.
Costs for Labour’s additional
public services spending are set
out below. We have used the last
year of the most recent Office for
Budget Responsibility forecast
(2028-29) which represents the
highest annual cost of the policies.
However, we will begin to put these
policies in place from day one of
a Labour government, moving as
quickly as possible in a way that
also ensures value for money for
the taxpayer.

Public Services1
REVENUE
£M POLICIES FUNDED (2028-29) £M
(2028-29)
40,000 more operations, scans and

appointments every week 1,010
Revenue from
closing further Double the number of NHS CT and MRI
scanners 250
non-dom tax
loopholes and 5,230 Dentistry package including 700,000 urgent
investment in appointments every year 125
reducing tax
avoidance 2 Free breakfast clubs in every primary school 315
Investment in HMRC to reduce tax avoidance 855
6,500 new expert teachers 450
Increased teacher and headteacher training 270
Delivering work experience and careers advice
for all young people 85
Revenue from
Early language development in primary
applying VAT and 5
1,510 schools
business rates to
private schools Ofsted reform 45
Over 3,000 new nurseries 35
Mental health support for every school 175
Young Futures Hubs 95
Recruit 8,500 new mental health staff 410
Revenue from Legal aid for victims of disasters
closing carried or state-related deaths3 30
565
interest tax
loophole Waive visa costs for non-UK veterans who
have served four years or more in the British 10
forces4
Revenue from
increasing stamp
duty on purchases
40 Appoint 300 new planning officers 20
of residential
property by non-UK
residents by 1%
Barnett consequentials5 650
Total 7,350 Total including Barnett consequentials 4,835

1 May not sum due to rounding.
2 Revenue from tax avoidance driven by additional £855m per year investment in HMRC. Does not
include £600m revenue from removing non-dom discount loophole in 2025-26.
3 Costs are England and Wales.
4 Costs are UK wide.
5 Scotland (£320m), Wales (£195m), Northern Ireland (£135m).

Green Prosperity Plan6
The Green Prosperity Plan will be funded in part by a time-limited

windfall tax on the oil and gas giants making record profits, with the
rest of the funding coming from responsible borrowing to invest within
Labour’s fiscal rules – catalytic investment that will leverage higher
private investment and boost economic growth.
For transparency, we have given an annual average across the

parliament given the exact profile of projects will be driven by
partnership with business.
Funding
£bn Policies funded (annual average) £bn
(annual average)
Great British Energy 1.7
National Wealth Fund 1.5
Windfall tax on oil

1.2 British Jobs Bonus7 0.3
and gas giants
Warm Homes Plan7 1.1
Barnett consequentials 0.2
Total 1.2
Total including Barnett consequentials 4.7

Borrowing to invest
3.5
within fiscal rules

7E lements of the British Jobs Bonus (up to £500m per year from 2026-27) and Warm Homes Plan
will be devolved.

Changes within departmental spending plans8
We have identified waste and other efficiencies which will be used

to fund further public service priorities.
For transparency, we have used an annual figure that reflects the

highest annual costs of these policies given the differing profiles of
each spending priority.
Amount
Funding
re-allocated,
Policy within existing
annualised,
departmental plans
£m
Prioritising frontline public service delivery Halving consultancy

745
and public sector capability spend
13,000 additional neighbourhood police

Police Efficiency
and community PCSOs; and specialist
and Collaboration 400
domestic abuse advisers in 999 control
Programme
rooms at peak times
End use of hotels

New measures to clear the asylum backlog:
for asylum 155
Caseworkers, Returns and Enforcment Unit
accommodation
Border Security Comand to tackle criminal Scrap the Rwanda

75
gangs behind small boat crossings scheme
Invest in roads maintenance to fill Deferring the

65
in up to 1 million potholes every year A27 bypass
Put youth workers in A&E units and

Full cost recovery for
custody centres, and youth mentors 20
firearms licenses
in pupil referral units
Appoint legal advocates to provide free legal

Redirect PCC grants
advice and support to rape survivors across 5
for victims’ services
England and Wales
Total 1,460

CHANGE
At this election we can change Britain.

We can stop the chaos, turn the page, and start to rebuild
our country.
A country restored to the service of working people; united in

the common determination to build and share wealth. And with
a renewed confidence that the future will be better for our children.
This manifesto contains our plan to

begin that work.
To succeed we will need every individual and community to
play their part. We must come together, after 14 years of chaos
and division.
That is what Britain needs –

and we hope you will join us
in this national endeavour.

Accessible versions of the
manifesto are available at:
labour.org.uk/accessiblemanifesto
or scan the QR code below

Keir Starmer
Leader of the Labour Party
2338_24 Reproduced from electronic media. Promoted by David Evans on behalf of the Labour Party,
both at 20 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0SS.

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MY PLAN

This election is about change. First, that politics should be driven

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be treated with dignity and respect. But to succeed we need everyone,

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with 40,000 more appointments each week, during evenings

with hundreds of new specialist investigators and use

a publicly-owned clean power company, to cut bills for good

with more neighbourhood police paid for by ending wasteful

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Kickstart economic growth......................................................................... 23

Make Britain a clean energy superpower.................................................. 47

Take back our streets....................................................................................61

Break down the barriers to opportunity.................................................... 75

Build an NHS fit for the future........................................................................ 91

Serving the country.....................................................................................105

Britain reconnected..................................................................................... 115

Labour’s fiscal plan......................................................................................126

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Ending the Conservative chaos So, as well as a new administration

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5) Build an NHS fit for the future

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Our commitment to the UK’s From the Skripal poisonings to

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govern every We will bring down the cost of

we make in trading. We will make housing

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independent Bank of England – their taxes here. Private equity is the

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 Deliver economic stability

 A new partnership with business

 A National Wealth Fund

 Planning reform to build

 A New Deal for Working People

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Charlie, cafe owner

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This decline is rooted in two failures.

First, an inability to accept that

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Strategic partnership through

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industry to seize other vital sectors of the economy.

opportunities and Boosting investment

to growth does not work with it. As a result,

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• £500 million to support the Business taxation

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Labour will cap corporation tax

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significant statements, make major projects

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5) Build an NHS fit for the future

 Deliver economic stability

 A new partnership with business

 A National Wealth Fund

 Planning reform to build

 A New Deal for Working People

• £500 million to support the Business taxation

 Set up Great British Energy

 Energy independence from

 650,000 new high-quality jobs

 Warmer homes to slash

 Water companies forced to clean

 Crack down on antisocial

 Tough new penalties for offenders

 A plan to get knives off our streets

 A specialist rape unit

 Recruit 6,500 new expert

 3,000 new primary

 Free breakfast clubs