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Jun 13, 2024 · The Labour Party has launched its 2024 election manifesto. The document sets out what the party's plans would be, should it win the election on 4 July. Here BBC correspondents have analysed...
- Labour Party Manifesto 2019
The Labour Party has launched its 2019 election manifesto,...
- Labour Party Manifesto 2019
Jun 25, 2024 · Labour has a straightforward plan for policing and criminal justice. When you call the police, they should come. When you report a crime, it should be properly investigated. Justice should be delivered and criminals should be punished. Prisons should not be academies of crime.
- Economy. New fiscal rules: Labour has said it will give more power to the Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) and implement “tough fiscal rules” to ensure economic stability.
- Energy. £28bn green energy pledge: Labour has been forced to deny it is dropping plans to spend £28bn a year on green initiatives due to the state of public finances.
- Health. Two million extra NHS appointments: Speaking at his party’s conference in Liverpool last October, Sir Keir said he would spend £1.1bn per year ensuring an additional 40,000 out-of-hours appointments each week in a bid to clear the growing NHS backlog – which would be funded by scrapping non-dom tax status.
- Environment. Crackdown on water bosses: Shadow Environment Secretary Steve Reed told i that water executives responsible for illegally dumping raw sewage would be personally pursued by Labour with criminal sanctions.
- Increase health budget by 4.3% The party also wants to cut private provision in the NHS. The 4.3% per year rise is at the top end of what health think tanks and analysts have been calling for.
- Hold a second referendum on Brexit. Labour will renegotiate a new Brexit deal within three months, and hold a referendum on the deal or Remain within six months.
- Raise minimum wage from £8.21 to £10. It would boost anyone over the age of 25 earning the minimum wage, known as the National Living Wage. The Conservatives had already announced the living wage would gradually increase to £10.50 over the next six years.
- Stop state pension age rises. Pension age would remain at 66 while retirement ages for those in arduous and stressful jobs will be reviewed. Not long ago, government number-crunchers suggested workers under 30 may not receive a state pension until they turned 70.
Jun 13, 2024 · Our policy tracker below combines what the Labour Party wants to say (through its manifesto and press releases) with what it doesn’t (through answers in media interviews). It is arranged chronologically.
Apr 13, 2024 · The document – distributed to MPs and prospective parliamentary candidates earlier this year – sets out policy in eight key areas: five national missions and three subsequently announced “strong, stable and secure foundations” of economic stability, “strong national defence” and “secure borders”.
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Jun 13, 2024 · What are the party's policies? Its manifesto, announced on Thursday 16 June, contained no surprises, but underlined priorities Sir Keir had already set out.
