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Labour Future

The Labour government, elected in 2024 with a mandate for "Change," has set out a long-term programme for national renewal. The government's agenda is built on a foundation of economic stability and a mission-led approach to tackling the country's biggest challenges.

 

The Five Missions for a Decade of National Renewal

The government's work is structured around five core missions, designed to move beyond short-term fixes and deliver lasting change:

  1. Kickstart Economic Growth: A new industrial strategy and planning reforms aim to unlock investment, create jobs, and raise living standards across the country.

  2. Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower: The creation of Great British Energy, a publicly-owned clean power company, will drive the transition to 100% clean power by 2030.

  3. Take Back Our Streets: A focus on halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system.

  4. Break Down Barriers to Opportunity: Reforming childcare and education systems to ensure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people.

  5. Build an NHS Fit for the Future: Reforming the health service to be there when people need it, with a focus on cutting waiting lists and moving services into the community.

 

Core Policy Platform

Labour's plan is underpinned by a commitment to fiscal responsibility, with strict spending rules and a "tax lock" pledge not to raise income tax, National Insurance, or VAT. The strategy is to kickstart economic growth to fund public services.

Key policy proposals from the 2024 manifesto include:

  • Economy & Industry: Establishing a National Wealth Fund to invest alongside the private sector in key industries like gigafactories and clean steel. Capping corporation tax at 25% to give businesses long-term certainty.

  • Energy: Creating Great British Energy, a new publicly-owned clean power company, to accelerate the transition to clean power.

  • Housing and Planning: Reforming planning rules to build 1.5 million new homes and developing a new 10-year infrastructure strategy.

  • Health and Social Care: Delivering an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments each year. Creating a National Care Service with national standards to ensure consistent, high-quality care, with a "home first" principle.

  • Local Government: Providing councils with stable, multi-year funding settlements and ending wasteful competitive bidding for funds.

  • Justice: Reducing the use of short-term prison sentences for non-violent offences and making greater use of community sanctions to reduce reoffending.

  • International Relations: Seeking to reset the UK-EU relationship by negotiating new agreements on trade, veterinary standards, and security, without rejoining the single market or customs union.