Labour Party manifesto

To provide greater stability, a Labour government will give councils multi-year funding settlements and end wasteful competitive bidding. We recognise good jobs deliver better services that local communities can rely on. (Pg. 40)

Labour will provide capacity and support to councils, and will overhaul the local audit system, so taxpayers get better value for money. (Pg. 41)

Labour will ensure the publication of regular, independent workforce planning, across health and social care. We will deliver the NHS long-term workforce plan to train the staff we need to get patients seen on time. (Pg. 96)

We know that more of this care needs to happen outside hospitals. Therefore, we will trial Neighbourhood Health Centres, by bringing together existing services such as family doctors, district nurses, care workers, physiotherapists, palliative care, and mental health specialists under one roof. (Pg. 99)

Labour will undertake a programme of reform to create a National Care Service, underpinned by national standards, delivering consistencyof care across the country. Services will be locally delivered, with aprinciple of ‘home first’ that supports people to live independently for as long as possible. Our new standards will ensure high-quality care andongoing sustainability, and ensure providers behave responsibly. (Pg. 100)

Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge. (Pg. 100)

We will enhance partnership working across employers, workers, trade unions and government and establish a Fair Pay Agreement in adult social care. (Pg. 100)

We will guarantee the rights of those in residential care to be able to see their families. (Pg. 101)

As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulators with assessing the role social care workers can play in basic health treatment and monitoring. (Pg. 101)

Alongside these changes, we will build consensus for the longer-term reform needed to create a sustainable National Care Service. (Pg. 101)

We will explore how we best manage and support an ageing population; how integration with the NHS can be secured; how to best support working age disabled adults; and how to move to a more preventative system. (Pg. 101)

Labour’s reforms will shift our NHS away from a model geared towards late diagnosis and treatment, to a model where more services are delivered in local communities. We will harness the power of technologies like AI to transform the speed and accuracy of diagnostic services. (Pg. 94)

We will return to meeting NHS performance standards. That means patients should expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral for consultant-led treatment of non-urgent health conditions. (Pg. 95)

in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week. We will do this by incentivising staff to carry out additional appointments out of hours. (Pg. 95)

Labour will use spare capacity in the independent sector to ensure patients are diagnosed and treated more quickly. (Pg. 95)

Labour will therefore transform the NHS app, putting patients in control of their own health to better manage their medicine, appointments, and health needs. This will include giving performance information on local services, and notifications of vaccinations and health checks. (Pg.97)

We will embed a greater focus on prevention throughout the entire healthcare system and supporting services. (Pg. 94)

Labour will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. (Pg. 99)

We will also introduce a supervised tooth-brushing scheme for 3- to 5-year-olds, targeting the areas of highest need. (Pg. 99)

Labour will ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes and ensure all hospitals integrate ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation interventions into routine care. (Pg. 102)

Labour will ban vapes from being branded and advertised to appeal to children to stop the next generation from becoming hooked on nicotine. (Pg. 102)

Labour is committed to banning advertising junk food to children along with the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s. (Pg. 102)

Labour will build on the Online Safety Act, bringing forward provisions as quickly as possible, and explore further measures to keep everyone safe online, particularly when using social media. We will also give coroners more powers to access information held by technology companies after a child’s death. (Pg. 103)

Labour will reform gambling regulation, strengthening protections. We will continue to work with the industry on how to ensure responsible gambling. (Pg. 103)

Labour will tackle the social determinants of health, halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions in England. (Pg. 103)

Labour will prioritise women’s health as we reform the NHS. (Pg. 103)

Labour will commission a new HIV action plan in England, in pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030. (Pg. 103)

Labour will provide access to specialist mental health professionals in every school, so every young person has access to early support to address problems before they escalate. (Pg. 84)

We will reform the NHS to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health. (Pg. 95)

Labour will bring waiting times down and intervene earlier. We will recruit an additional 8,500 new staff to treat children and adults through our first term. As part of our mission to reduce the lives lost to suicide, these new staff will be specially trained to support people at risk. (Pg.101)

Labour’s new Young Futures hubs will provide open access mental health services for children and young people in every community. (Pg.101)

Mental health legislation is also woefully out of date. Labour will modernise legislation to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment. (Pg. 102)

Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty. (Pg. 79)

Labour will take a community-wide approach, improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special schools cater to those with the most complex needs. We will make sure admissions decisions account for the needs of communities and require all schools to co-operate with their local authority on school admissions, SEND inclusion, and place planning. (Pg. 83)

Too many children’s life chances are being scarred by rising poverty. Too many arrive at school not ready to learn, and too many are absent. (Pg. 83)

The result is an economy without the necessary skills, nor any plan for the skills needs of the future. Labour will address this by bringing forward a comprehensive strategy for post-16 education. And we will guarantee training, an apprenticeship, or help to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds. (Pg. 84)

Every child should have a loving, secure home. Labour will work with local government to support children in care, including through kinship, foster care, and adoption, as well as strengthening regulation of the children’s social care sector. (Pg. 81)

Labour will improve data sharing across services, with a single unique identifier, to better support children and families. (Pg. 81)

Recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects. (Pg. 82)

School support staff play a vital 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 crisis in support roles. (Pg. 82)

We will update the Early Career Framework, maintaining its grounding in evidence, and ensure any new teacher entering the classroom has, or is working towards, Qualified Teacher Status. (Pg. 83)

Labour will create a new Excellence in Leadership Programme, a mentoring framework that expands the capacity of headteachers and leaders to improve their schools. Labour will introduce new Regional Improvement Teams, to enhance school-to-school support, and spread best practice. (Pg. 83)

We will enhance the inspection regime by replacing a single headline grade with a new report card system telling parents clearly how schools are performing. We will also bring Multi-Academy Trusts into the inspection system and introduce a new annual review of safeguarding, attendance, and off-rolling. (Pg. 83)

We will introduce a new Teacher Training Entitlement to ensure teachers stay up to date on best practice with continuing professional development. (Pg. 83)                                                                                                 

The way bursaries are allocated, and the structure of retention payments, will be reviewed. (Pg. 82)

3,000 new primary school-based nurseries. (Pg. 81)

Free breakfast clubs in every primary school. (Pg. 81)

We will also bring down the cost of school by limiting the number of branded items of uniform and PE kit that schools can require. (Pg. 84)

Labour will end the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools to invest in our state schools. (Pg. 82)

A modern curriculum so young people are ready for work and life. (Pg. 75)

High-quality apprenticeships and specialist technical colleges. (Pg. 75)

Labour will support children to study a creative or vocational subject until they are 16, and ensure accountability measures reflect this. We will get more children active by protecting time for physical education, and supporting the role grassroots clubs play in expanding access to sport. (Pg. 86)

We will immediately update the National Policy Planning Framework to undo damaging Conservative changes, including restoring mandatory housing targets. We will take tough action to ensure that planning authorities have up-to date Local Plans and reform and strengthen the presumption in favour of sustainable development. (Pgs. 36-37)

Labour will support local authorities by funding additional planning officers, through increasing the rate of the stamp duty surcharge paid by non-UK residents. We will ensure local communities continue to shape housebuilding in their area, but where necessary Labour will not be afraid to make full use of intervention powers to build the houses we need. (Pg. 37)

Labour will take a brownfield first approach, prioritising the development of previously used land wherever possible, and fast-tracking approval of urban brownfield sites. But brownfield development alone will not be enough to meet our housing need. (Pg. 37)

Labour will take a more strategic approach to greenbelt land designation and release to build more homes in the right places. The release of lower quality ‘grey belt’ land will be prioritised and we will introduce ‘golden rules’ to ensure development benefits communities and nature. (Pgs. 37-38)

In partnership with local leaders and communities, a Labour government will build a new generation of new towns, inspired by the proud legacy of the 1945 Labour government. Alongside urban extensions and regeneration projects, these will form part of a series of large-scale new communities across England. (Pg. 38)

Labour will require all Combined and Mayoral Authorities to strategically plan for housing growth in their areas. We will give Combined Authorities new planning powers along with new freedoms and flexibilities to make better use of grant funding. (Pg. 38)

Labour will further reform compulsory purchase compensation rules to improve land assembly, speed up site delivery, and deliver housing, infrastructure, amenity, and transport benefits in the public interest. (Pg. 38)

Labour will deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. We will strengthen planning obligations to ensure new developments 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. (Pg. 39)

Labour will prioritise the building of new social rented homes and better protect our existing stock by reviewing the increased right to buy discounts introduced in 2012 and increasing protections on newly-built social housing. (Pg. 39)

We will implement solutions to unlock the building of homes affected by nutrient neutrality without weakening environmental protections. (Pg. 39)

Labour will work with local authorities to give first-time buyers the first chance to buy homes and end the farce of entire developments being sold off to international investors before houses are even built. And we will introduce a permanent, comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme, to support first-time buyers who struggle to save for a large deposit, with lower mortgage costs. (Pg. 39)

Labour will invest an extra £6.6 billion over the next parliament, doubling the existing planned government investment, to upgrade five million homes to cut bills for families. (Pg. 56)

Labour will legislate where the Conservatives have failed, overhauling the regulation of the private rented sector. We will immediately abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, prevent private renters being exploited and discriminated against, empower them to challenge unreasonable rent increases, and take steps to decisively raise standards, including extending ‘Awaab’s Law’ to the private sector. (Pg. 80)

Create a new Border Security Command, with hundreds of new investigators, intelligence officers, and cross-border police officers. (Pg. 17)

Seek a new security agreement with the EU to ensure access to real-time intelligence and enable our policing teams to lead joint investigations with their European counterparts. (Pg. 17)

Hire additional caseworkers to clear the Conservatives’ backlog and end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds. (Pg. 17)

Set up a new returns and enforcement unit, with an additional 1,000 staff, to fast-track removals to safe countries for people who do not have the right to stay here. (Pg. 17)

Negotiate additional returns arrangements to speed up returns and increase the number of safe countries that failed asylum seekers can swiftly be sent back to. (Pg. 17)

Labour will reduce net migration. We will reform the points-based immigration system so that it is fair and properly managed, with appropriate restrictions on visas, and by linking immigration and skills policy. (Pg. 41)

Labour will bring joined-up thinking, ensuring that migration to address skills shortages triggers a plan to upskill workers and improve working conditions in the UK. We will strengthen the Migration Advisory Committee, and establish a framework for joint working with skills bodies across the UK, the Industrial Strategy Council and the Department for Work and Pensions. (Pg. 42)

We will end the long-term reliance on overseas workers in some parts of the economy by bringing in workforce and training plans for sectors such as health and social care, and construction. (Pg. 42)

We will enact the package of Law Commission proposals on leasehold enfranchisement, right to manage and commonhold. (Pg. 80)

We will take further steps to ban new leasehold flats and ensure commonhold is the default tenure. (Pg. 80)

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 an end. (Pg. 80)

Labour will develop a new cross-government strategy, working with Mayors and Councils across the country, to put Britain back on track to ending homelessness. (Pg. 80)

Improving public services is essential to growing our economy across the country. Public service workers have a critical role to play, 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. (Pg. 41)

Labour will reform employment support so it drives growth and opportunity. Our system will be underpinned by rights and responsibilities – people who can work, should work – and there will be consequences for those who do not fulfil their obligations. (Pg. 42)

Labour will work with local areas to create plans to support more disabled people and those with health conditions into work. We will devolve funding so local areas can shape a joined-up work, health, and skills offer for local people. We will tackle the backlog of Access to Work claims and give disabled people the confidence to start working without the fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out. We believe the Work Capability Assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced, alongside a proper plan to support disabled people to work. (Pg. 43)

Labour will establish a youth guarantee of access to training, an apprenticeship, or support to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds, to bring down the number of young people who are not learning or earning. We will also guarantee two weeks’ worth of work experience for every young person, and improve careers advice in schools and colleges. (Pg. 44)

We will work with the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and Mayors and Combined Authorities in England, to ensure all aspects of our new approach to Jobcentre Plus and employment support partner effectively with devolved provision, to offer the best opportunities for people right across the country. (Pg. 44)

We will strengthen the collective voice of workers, including through their trade unions, and create a Single Enforcement Body to ensure employment rights are upheld. These changes will improve the lives of working people across the entire UK. (Pg. 45)

Labour will also make sure the minimum wage is a genuine living wage. We will change the remit of the independent Low Pay Commission so for the first time it accounts for the cost of living. Labour will also remove the discriminatory age bands, so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage, delivering a pay rise to hundreds of thousands of workers across the UK. (Pg. 45)

We will establish Skills England to bring together business, training providers and unions with national and local government to ensure we have the highly trained workforce needed to deliver Labour’s Industrial Strategy. Skills England will formally work with the Migration Advisory Committee to make sure training in England accounts for the overall needs of the labour market. (Pg. 85)

Labour will also reform the Conservatives’ broken Apprenticeships Levy. The current rigid rules ignore vital skills and training needed to access apprenticeships. Labour will create a flexible Growth and Skills Levy, with Skills England consulting on eligible courses to ensure qualifications offer value for money. (Pg. 86)

Capitalised with £7.3 billion over the course of the next Parliament, the National Wealth Fund will have a remit to support Labour’s growth and clean energy missions, making transformative investments across every part of the country. The fund will have a target of attracting three pounds of private investment for every one pound of public investment, creating jobs across the country. (Pg. 28)

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. (Pg. 31)

The current business rates system disincentivises investment, creates uncertainty and places an undue burden on our high streets. In England, Labour will replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way. This new system will level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship. (Pg. 31)

Strengthen the role of the OBR. (Pg. 19)

Appoint a fixed-term Covid Corruption Commissioner and use every means possible to recoup public money lost in pandemic-related fraud and from contracts which have not delivered. (Pg. 19)

Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT. (Pg. 21)

Increase registration and reporting requirements, strengthen HMRC’s powers, invest in new technology and build capacity within HMRC. (Pg. 21)

We will take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and the self-employed are paid on time. We will improve guidance and remove barriers to exporting for small businesses. (Pg. 36)

Labour will seek targeted trade agreements aligned with our industrial strategy and economic strengths, to bring prosperity to communities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. (Pg. 121)

We will publish a trade strategy and use every lever available to get UK business the access it needs to international markets. This will promote the highest standards when it comes to food production. (Pg. 121)

At the heart of our approach will be our Green Prosperity Plan where, in partnership with business through our National Wealth Fund, we will invest in the industries of the future. Our plan will create 650,000 jobs across the country by 2030. (Pg. 50)

To deliver our clean power mission, Labour will work with the private sector to double onshore wind, triple solar power, and quadruple offshore wind by 2030. We will invest in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and marine energy, and ensure we have the long-term energy storage our country needs.(Pg. 51)

A new Energy Independence Act will establish the framework for Labour’s energy and climate policies. (Pg. 51)

We will ensure the long-term security of the nuclear sector, extending the lifetime of existing plants, and we will get Hinkley Point C over the line. New nuclear power stations, such as Sizewell C, and Small Modular Reactors, will play an important role in helping the UK achieve energy security and clean power while securing thousands of good, skilled jobs. (Pg. 52)

To drive forward investment in clean, home-grown energy production, Labour will create a new publicly-owned company, Great British Energy. It will be owned by the British people and deliver power back to the British people. Great British Energy will partner with industry and trade unions to deliver clean power by co-investing in leading technologies; will help support capital-intensive projects; and will deploy local energy production to benefit communities across the country. To support this, Labour will capitalise Great British Energy with £8.3 billion, over the next parliament. (Pg. 53)

The national grid has become the single biggest obstacle to the deployment of cheap, clean power generation and the electrification of industry. With grid connection 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. (Pg. 55)

We will reward clean energy developers with a British Jobs Bonus, allocating up to £500 million per year from 2026, to incentivise firms who offer good jobs, terms and conditions and build their manufacturing supply chains in our industrial heartlands, coastal areas, and energy communities. (Pg. 55)

The Warm Homes Plan will offer grants and low interest loans to support investment in insulation and other improvements such as solar panels, batteries and low carbon heating to cut bills. We will partner with combined authorities, local and devolved governments, to roll out this plan. Labour will also work with the private sector, including banks and building societies, to provide further private finance to accelerate home upgrades and low carbon heating. We will ensure homes in the private rented sector meet minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030, saving renters hundreds of pounds per year. (Pg. 56)

Labour will ensure the institutional framework for policy making reflects our commitments to reach net zero and meet our carbon budgets. (Pg. 57)

Labour will improve resilience and preparation across central government, local authorities, local communities, and emergency services. This includes formally working with all stakeholders in the Fire and Rescue services to inform policy and establish national standards. (Pg. 58)

Labour will restore the strong global leadership needed to tackle the climate crisis. (Pg. 122) 

Labour will create a new Clean Power Alliance, bringing together a coalition of countries at the cutting edge of climate action. (Pg. 123)

Labour will deliver for nature, taking action to meet our Environment Act targets, and will work in partnership with civil society, communities and business to restore and protect our natural world. (Pg. 58)

As part of our plans to improve responsible access to nature, Labour will create nine new National River Walks, one in each region of England, and establish three new National Forests in England, whilst planting millions of trees and creating new woodlands. (Pg. 58)

Labour will expand nature-rich habitats such as wetlands, peat bogs and forests so families can explore and wildlife can thrive, including on public land. (Pg. 58)

Labour will put failing water companies under special measures to clean up our water. We will give regulators new powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute our waterways and bring criminal charges against persistent law breakers. We will impose automatic and severe fines for wrongdoing and ensure independent monitoring of every outlet. (Pg. 59)

Labour is committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty. (Pg. 78)

Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. (Pg. 79) 

We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy. (Pg. 79)

Labour will bring in ‘Martyn’s Law’ to strengthen the security of public events and venues. We will update the rules around counterextremism, including online, to stop people being radicalised and drawn towards hateful ideologies. (Pg. 15)

Labour will restore neighbourhood policing with thousands of extra officers, and we will equip officers with the powers they need. We will tackle the epidemic of serious violence, with a greater focus on prevention. (Pg. 63)

Labour will introduce a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, restoring patrols to our town centres by recruiting thousands of new police officers, police and community support officers, and special constables. (Pg. 63)

These new recruits will be paid for by tackling waste through a new Police Efficiency and Collaboration programme for England and Wales. (Pg. 65)

Labour will fix this by introducing new Respect Orders – powers to ban persistent adult offenders from town centres, which will stamp out issues such as public drinking and drug use. (Pg. 65)

Fly-tippers and vandals will also be forced to clean up the mess they have created. (Pg. 65)

We will no longer tolerate the violence against women and girls that stains our society. And we will reform the justice system to put the needs of victims first, tackle the prisons crisis and cut reoffending. (Pg. 64)

Labour will scrap the effective immunity for some shoplifting introduced by the Conservatives and create a new specific offence for assaults on shopworkers that will protect them from threats and violence. (Pg. 65)

Labour will also introduce a new offence of criminal exploitation of children, to go after the gangs who are luring young people into violence and crime. (Pg. 66)

Labour will ensure more prosecutors are available by allowing Associate Prosecutors to work on appropriate cases. (Pg. 71)

Labour will carry out a review of sentencing to ensure it is brought up to date. (Pg. 72)

Holding those companies and executives cashing in on knife crime personally to account. (Pg. 64)      

Labour will end the practice of empty warnings by ensuring knife carrying triggers rapid intervention and tough consequences. Every young person caught in possession of a knife will be referred to a Youth Offending Team and will receive a mandatory plan to prevent reoffending, with penalties including curfews, tagging, and custody for the most serious cases. (Pg. 66)

To get knives off our streets Labour will ban ninja swords, lethal zombiestyle blades and machetes, and strengthen rules to prevent online sales. (Pg. 66)

With Labour, there will be specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force. The most prolific and harmful perpetrators will be relentlessly targeted, using tactics normally reserved for terrorists and organised crime. (Pg. 67)

Labour will fast-track rape cases, with specialist courts at every Crown Court location in England and Wales. (Pg. 67)

Building on the success of the approach adopted by Labour Police and Crime Commissioners, we will introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms so that victims can talk directly to a specialist. (Pg. 67)

Misogyny is one root cause, and therefore Labour will ensure schools address misogyny and teach young people about healthy relationships and consent. (Pg. 68)

Labour will strengthen the use of Stalking Protection Orders and give women the right to know the identity of online stalkers. (Pg. 68)

Labour will introduce a new criminal offence for spiking to help police better respond to this crime. (Pg. 68)

Labour will give His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services new powers to intervene with failing forces. (Pg. 69)

We will introduce mandatory professional standards on vetting, checks and misconduct for individual officers; and stronger training on racism and violence against women and girls. (Pg. 69)

Anyone with a history of violence against women and girls will be barred from the service and we will introduce automatic suspensions if officers are investigated for domestic abuse and sexual offences. (Pg. 69)

Labour will introduce a new expanded fraud strategy to tackle the full range of threats, including online, public sector and serious fraud. (Pg. 69)

Labour will intervene earlier to stop young people being drawn into crime, creating a new Young Futures programme with a network of hubs reaching every community. These hubs will have youth workers, mental health support workers, and careers advisers on hand to support young people’s mental health and avoid them being drawn into crime. (Pg. 66)

Local prevention partnerships will identify young people who could be drawn into violence and intervene. And to offer young people a pathway out of violence, we will place youth workers and mentors in A&E units and Pupil Referral Units, funded by full recovery of the cost of firearm licensing. (Pg. 66)

Labour recognises that prisons are of national importance and therefore will use all relevant powers to build the prisons so badly needed. (Pg. 71)

Labour will act to reduce reoffending. We will work with prisons to improve offenders’ access to purposeful activity. (Pg. 71)

Labour will conduct a strategic review of probation governance, including considering the benefits of devolved models. (Pg. 73)

Labour will introduce a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities, and provide legal aid for victims of disasters or state related deaths. (Pg. 73)

We will ensure the victims of the appalling Windrush scandal have their voices heard and the compensation scheme is run effectively, with a new Windrush Commissioner. (Pg. 73)

Labour will transfer power out of Westminster, and into our communities, with landmark devolution legislation to take back control. (Pg. 40)

In England, Labour will deepen devolution settlements for existing Combined Authorities. We will also widen devolution to more areas, encouraging local authorities to come together and take on new powers. (Pg. 40)

At the centre of our approach is a new statutory requirement for Local Growth Plans that cover towns and cities across the country. Local leaders will work with major employers, universities, colleges, and industry bodies to produce long-term plans that identify growth sectors and put in place the programmes and infrastructure they need to thrive. These will align with our national industrial strategy. (Pg. 40)

Labour will review the governance arrangements for Combined Authorities to unblock decision making. We will provide greater flexibility with integrated settlements for Mayoral Combined Authorities that can show exemplary management of public money. On housing and planning we will seek to consolidate powers to allow for improved decision making. (Pg. 40)

Labour will renew opportunities for the Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Government to collaborate with each other. As recommended in the Report of the Commission on the UK’s future, we will establish a new Council of the Nations and Regions. This will bring together the Prime Minister, the First Ministers of Scotland and Wales, the First and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and the Mayors of Combined Authorities. (Pg. 110)

To encourage participation in our democracy, Labour will improve voter registration and address the inconsistencies in voter ID rules that prevent legitimate voters from voting. (Pg. 108)

We will increase the engagement of young people in our vibrant democracy, by giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections. (Pg. 109)

We will protect democracy by strengthening the rules around donations to political parties. (Pg. 109)

Labour will end this chaos by developing a ten-year infrastructure strategy, aligned with our industrial strategy and regional development priorities, including improving rail connectivity across the north of England. (Pg. 32)

The current planning regime acts as a major brake on economic growth. Labour will make the changes we need to forge ahead with new roads, railways, reservoirs, and other nationally significant infrastructure. We will set out new national policy statements, make major projects faster and cheaper by slashing red tape, and build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit. (Pg. 32)

Labour will maintain and renew our road network, to ensure it serves drivers, cyclists and other road users, remains safe, and tackles congestion. We will fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament, funded by deferring the A27 bypass, which is poor value for money. (Pg. 33)

Labour will support the transition to electric vehicles by accelerating the roll out of charge points, giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines, and supporting buyers of second-hand electric cars by standardising the information supplied on the condition of batteries. (Pg. 33)

Labour will overhaul Britain’s railways. We will put passengers at the heart of the service by reforming the railways and bringing them into public ownership. Great British Railways will deliver a unified system that focuses on reliable, affordable, high-quality, and efficient services; along with ensuring safety and accessibility. It will be responsible for investment, day-to-day operational delivery and innovations and improvements for passengers, working with publicly-owned rail operators in Wales and Scotland. Mayors will have a role in designing the services in their areas. (Pg. 33)

Local communities have lost control over their bus routes. Fares have increased, routes have disappeared, and services are unreliable. Building on the work of Labour mayors, we will reform the broken system through new powers for local leaders to franchise local bus services, and we will lift the ban on municipal ownership. This will give local communities in England control over routes and schedules. (Pg. 34)

Labour will give mayors the power to create unified and integrated transport systems, allowing for more seamless journeys, and to promote active travel networks. Labour will also develop a long-term strategy for transport, ensuring transport infrastructure can be delivered efficiently and on time. (Pg. 34)

Labour will also take decisive action to improve building safety, including through regulation, to ensure we never again see a repeat of the Grenfell fire. (Pg. 80)

We will introduce a Football Governance Bill, which will establish an independent regulator to ensure financial sustainability of football clubs in England. (Pg. 87)

Labour will ensure no matter whatever your background, you can thrive, and therefore we will enact the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010. (Pg. 88)

And Labour will take action to reduce the gender pay gap, building on the legacy of Barbara Castle’s Equal Pay Act. (Pg. 88)

Labour will introduce a landmark Race Equality Act, to enshrine in law the full right to equal pay for Black, Asian, and other ethnic minority people, strengthen protections against dual discrimination and root out other racial inequalities. (Pg. 88)

Labour will also reverse the Conservatives’ decision to downgrade the monitoring of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate. (Pg. 88)

We will introduce the full right to equal pay for disabled people. (Pg. 88)

We will introduce disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers. We will support disabled people to work by improving employment support and access to reasonable adjustments. We will also tackle the Access to Work backlog and make sure people can try out a job without fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out. (Pg. 89)

Labour will finally deliver a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices, while protecting the freedom for people to explore their sexual orientation and gender identity. (Pg. 89)

Labour will make a renewed push to fulfil the ambition of full gigabit and national 5G coverage by 2030. (Pg. 32)

We will ensure our industrial strategy supports the development of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, removes planning barriers to new datacentres. And we will create a National Data Library to bring together existing research programmes and help deliver data-driven public services, whilst maintaining strong safeguards and ensuring all of the public benefit. (Pg. 35)

Regulators are currently ill-equipped to deal with the dramatic development of new technologies, which often cut across traditional industries and sectors. Labour will create a new Regulatory Innovation Office, bringing together existing functions across government. This office will help regulators update regulation, speed up approval timelines, and co-ordinate issues that span existing boundaries. Labour will ensure the safe development and use of AI models by introducing binding regulation on the handful of companies developing the most powerful AI models and by banning the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes. (Pg. 35)