Labour pledged to recognise a Palestinian state as part of a renewed peace process leading to a two-state solution. Labour also pledged to restore development spending to 0.7% of GNI when fiscal circumstances allowed.
Labour Party
Keir Starmer
Prime Minister for Holborn and St Pancras
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Labour pledged to force water companies to clean up rivers and cut sewage pollution through stronger regulation and penalties. A related outcome pledge was to halve water companies' sewage pollution by the end of the decade.
Labour pledged a NATO-first defence policy. The manifesto included: Commitment to the UK nuclear deterrent. Support for Ukraine. Commitment to AUKUS. A Strategic Defence Review within the first year. A path to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence.
Labour pledged to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections. The manifesto also promised to improve voter registration and address inconsistencies in voter ID rules.
Labour pledged to reform the House of Lords. The manifesto included: Removing the remaining hereditary peers. Introducing a mandatory retirement age. Creating a participation requirement for Lords members.
Labour pledged to clean up politics and restore standards in public life. The manifesto included: An independent Ethics and Integrity Commission. Stronger post-government rules. Allowing the independent adviser to initiate investigations. Modernising...
Labour pledged to: Fix an additional one million potholes per year. Support bus franchising and municipal ownership in England. Accelerate EV charge-point rollout. Restore the 2030 phase-out date for new petrol and diesel cars.
Labour pledged to bring passenger rail services into public ownership as contracts expired. It also pledged to create Great British Railways as a unified body to oversee rail infrastructure and services.
Labour pledged to implement its Plan to Make Work Pay. The manifesto included: Legislation within 100 days. Banning exploitative zero-hours contracts. Ending fire and rehire. Basic rights from day one. Strengthening trade union rights. Creating a Single...
Labour pledged to reform curriculum, skills and apprenticeships. The manifesto included: A curriculum and assessment review. Establishing Skills England. Reforming the apprenticeship levy into a Growth and Skills Levy. Guaranteeing young people aged 18 to...
Labour pledged to support early years by expanding nursery provision, including more than 3,000 nurseries. The later Plan for Change also included a school-readiness milestone for five-year-olds.
Labour pledged to introduce free breakfast clubs in every primary school as part of its opportunity and child-development agenda.
Labour pledged to end VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools. The manifesto said the revenue would support state-school investment, including teacher recruitment.
Labour pledged to recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects and shortage areas. The pledge was to be funded partly by ending tax breaks for private schools.
Labour pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade. The manifesto included: Specialist rape and sexual offence teams in every police force. Fast-tracked rape cases. Specialist courts. Domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms.
Labour pledged to halve serious violent crime and halve knife crime within a decade. The manifesto also promised: Tougher controls on zombie knives, ninja swords and machetes. Mandatory Youth Offending Team referral plans for young people caught with knives.
Labour pledged to crack down on anti-social behaviour. The manifesto included: Respect Orders for persistent adult offenders. Action against public drinking and drug use. Requiring vandals and fly-tippers to clean up damage. Scrapping effective immunity for...
Labour pledged a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. The pledge included 13,000 additional neighbourhood police, PCSOs and special constables, with named officers for local areas.
Labour pledged to reduce net migration. The manifesto also promised to: Reform the points-based immigration system. Link immigration policy to domestic skills policy. Prevent employers from abusing the visa system.
Labour pledged to: Clear the asylum backlog. End the use of asylum hotels. Create a new returns and enforcement unit with 1,000 additional staff. Negotiate additional returns arrangements.
