Liberal Democrat

The party commits to introducing proportional representation for MPs and local councillors and capping political donations.

The party commits to devolving power from central government to local communities.

The party commits to legally enshrining the Ministerial Code to enforce higher standards of ministerial conduct.

The party commits to defending and strengthening the Human Rights Act.

The party commits to working with devolved governments to develop joint growth policies.

The party will end top-down council reorganisation and stop imposing elected mayors on unwilling communities.

The party will decentralise decision-making by allowing local areas to control key services.

The party will strengthen local democracy by introducing proportional representation for council elections and removing voter ID requirements.

The party will introduce proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote for electing MPs and local councillors in England.

The party will scrap voter ID requirements and grant 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote.

The party will enshrine the Ministerial Code in legislation to hold government ministers accountable.

The party will reform the House of Lords to give it a proper democratic mandate.

The party will devolve powers from Westminster, introduce a written constitution for a federal UK, and oppose Scottish independence.

The party will cap donations to political parties to reduce money in politics.

The party will extend voting rights to 16-17 year-olds and settled EU citizens, require automatic voter registration, enable overseas voting, restore parliamentary power to call elections, require PM confidence votes, tackle Westminster harassment, require candidate diversity data, and establish citizens' assemblies.

The party will make protecting UK democratic processes from threats and interference a national security priority.

The party will make the Adviser on Ministers' Interests independent with power to initiate investigations and statutory appointment by Parliament.

The party will require Prime Ministers to serve at least one year before accessing the Public Duty Cost Allowance fund.

The party will require annual anti-sleaze training for all ministers.

The party will establish a rigorous, transparent and independent process for appointing significant public roles with parliamentary select committee confirmation votes.

The party will align reporting standards for Ministers' Interests with MPs' interests, requiring more frequent publication.

The party will strengthen and expand the lobbying register.

The party commits to requiring all Ministers' instant-messaging conversations involving government business to be recorded departmentally and to publish records of all lobbying via instant messages, emails, letters and phone calls in quarterly transparency releases.

The party pledges to protect and strengthen the independence of the Electoral Commission.

The party commits to introducing public awareness campaigns about emerging threats and online misinformation campaigns.

The party commits to mandating televised leaders' debates in general elections, with rules produced by Ofcom.

The party pledges to work towards radical real-time transparency for political advertising, donations and spending, including a searchable public database of online political adverts.

The party commits to creating a United Kingdom Council of Ministers bringing together governments of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and regional leaders across England.

The party pledges to remove the UK Parliament's ability to unilaterally change devolved powers or pass laws in devolved areas.

The party pledges to establish common frameworks and a new dispute resolution process to share power and resolve differences between administrations.

The party commits to improving joint ministerial work on cross-cutting policies including the UK industrial strategy.

The party pledges to allocate all powers set out in the Scotland Act 2016 to the Scottish Parliament.

The party commits to continuing support for city deals in Scotland by bringing together all levels of government.

The party pledges to complete the next stage of devolution in Wales by implementing remaining Silk proposals, reducing Westminster-reserved powers, and increasing borrowing powers.

The party commits to creating a distinct legal jurisdiction for Wales to reflect divergence in law resulting from devolution.

The party commits to retaining the Barnett formula to adjust spending allocations across the UK and protect nations' budgets from external shocks.

The party pledges to ensure the Barnett floor reflects Wales's fair funding needs and to seek to increase the Welsh block grant to an equitable level over a Parliament.

The party commits to establishing a joint council to oversee the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and other levelling up spending in partnership with governments and councils.

The party pledges to support creation of a UK Constitutional Convention to draft a new Federal Constitution setting out powers at each tier of government and establishing an inclusive approach for England's government structure.

The party will scrap the voter ID scheme and require political parties to publish candidate diversity data.

The party will give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in UK general elections, referendums and local elections in England.

The party will extend voting and candidacy rights to EU citizens with settled status and others with five years UK residence and permanent right to stay.

The party will require local authorities to inform citizens of voter registration steps and establish automatic voter registration.

The party will allow UK citizens abroad to vote for MPs in overseas constituencies and participate in referendums.

The party will restore Parliament's power to call and set the date of early general elections instead of the Prime Minister alone.

The party will require a new Prime Minister and their government programme to win an MP confidence vote before taking office.

The party will take zero tolerance to Westminster harassment and allow constituents to recall MPs for sexual harassment.

The party will enforce Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 requiring political parties to publish candidate diversity data.

The party will establish national and local citizens' assemblies to engage the public in solving major challenges like climate change and AI regulation.

The party will make the Adviser on Ministers' Interests independent with power to initiate investigations and publish reports.

The party will put the Adviser on Ministers' Interests role on a statutory basis with parliamentary appointment power.

The party will support policies promoting sharing and countering the cost of division in Northern Ireland.

The party will support small businesses and reform business rates to strengthen high street economies.

Both supporting and contradicting evidence exist — the promise is partially fulfilled.

The party commits to reducing energy bills via home upgrades, addressing food prices through a national strategy, and managing mortgage rates.

The party commits to investing in green infrastructure and skills to drive economic growth and address climate change across all UK regions.

The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations to restore economic benefits.

The party commits to responsible fiscal management to reduce national debt as a share of GDP while maintaining necessary investments.

The party commits to developing an industrial strategy to encourage business investment and job creation.

The party commits to supporting regional economic initiatives in the North, Midlands, and West.

The party commits to supporting local and regional partnerships to coordinate development and growth.

The party commits to maintaining Bank of England independence and the 2% inflation target.

The party commits to requiring independent OBR forecasts for all fiscal announcements.

The party commits to expanding the British Business Bank to improve SME access to capital and encourage private investment in green technologies.

The party commits to setting digital literacy targets and requiring simplified product terms regarding data and privacy.

The party commits to developing a financial inclusion strategy and requiring regulators to protect cash access, banking hubs, and support vulnerable consumers.

The party commits to developing an industrial strategy to encourage business investment in new technologies and climate solutions.

The party commits to reducing trade barriers and strengthening relationships with trading partners, particularly Europe.

The party commits to abolishing business rates and replacing them with a Commercial Landowner Levy to support small businesses and high streets.

The party commits to imposing a general duty of care for environment and human rights in business operations and supply chains.

The party commits to re-establishing and placing the Industrial Strategy Council on a statutory basis.

The party commits to participating in Horizon Europe and joining the European Innovation Council.

The party commits to increasing R&D investment to 3% of GDP by 2030 and 3.5% by 2034.

The party commits to maintaining environmental, health, labour, and consumer protection standards at least equal to EU levels.

The party commits to addressing productivity through business training investment, digital adoption, and energy efficiency improvements.

The party commits to working with banks to establish a local banking sector serving SMEs.

The party commits to supporting scale-up companies outside London and the South East through private investment mechanisms.

The party commits to establishing a comprehensive AI regulatory framework promoting innovation while ensuring transparency, accountability, and privacy protection.

The party commits to negotiating UK participation in the Trade and Technology Council and developing international AI standards.

The party commits to giving Parliament real power over UK trade policy through consultation and approval of trade agreements.

The party commits to providing SMEs with centralized trade information and tailored support.

The party commits to making SME trade growth a clear objective for trade ministers.

The party commits to prioritizing human rights, labour, and environmental standards in trade negotiations.

The party commits to reviewing excise duty to support whisky industry exports.

The party commits to promoting public benefit company models for monopoly utilities.

The party commits to reforming company law to require large companies to formally state corporate purpose including employee welfare and environmental standards, with reporting on societal impact.

The party commits to extending the public interest test for overseas takeovers of large UK companies.

The party commits to making the prompt payment code mandatory and enforceable for government and large companies.

The party commits to growing the Northern Ireland economy, boosting infrastructure and supporting local businesses.

The party will increase apprenticeships and introduce new Lifelong Skills Grants to support workforce development.

Both supporting and contradicting evidence exist — the promise is partially fulfilled.

The party commits to hiring specialist teachers, providing free school meals for disadvantaged children, and placing mental health professionals in all schools.

The party commits to investing in education and training, expanding apprenticeships and career guidance.

The party commits to replacing the apprenticeship levy with a broader skills and training levy.

The party will create Lifelong Skills Grants allowing adults to fund education and training throughout their careers.

The party will establish National Colleges as centres of expertise in key sectors to deliver high-level vocational training.

The party will expand higher vocational training programmes to address skills gaps in areas like advanced technical roles.

The party will improve vocational education quality and strengthen careers guidance and employer links in schools and colleges.

The party pledges to place mental health professionals in all primary and secondary schools, funded by increasing the Digital Services Tax.

The party commits to increasing school and college funding above inflation annually and investing in building repairs.

The party pledges to guarantee tutoring support for every disadvantaged pupil.

The party commits to providing extra free early years hours and tripling the Early Years Pupil Premium for disadvantaged children.

The party pledges to reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged university students.

The party commits to creating Lifelong Skills Grants of £5,000 for all adults, with an aim to increase to £10,000.

The party pledges to create a teacher workforce strategy ensuring specialist subject teaching in secondary schools.

The party commits to reforming the School Teachers' Review Body to be independent and fully fund recommended pay rises.

The party pledges to properly fund teacher training so all school trainee posts are paid.

The party commits to providing properly funded professional development for all teachers including parental engagement training.

The party pledges to establish a standing commission to broaden the curriculum and modernise qualifications at 16 and 18.

The party commits to improving vocational education quality including entrepreneurship and self-employment skills.

The party pledges to strengthen careers advice and employer links in schools and colleges.

The party commits to including arts in the English Baccalaureate and empowering Ofsted to monitor curriculum breadth.

The party pledges to expand extracurricular activities with a free entitlement for disadvantaged children.

The party commits to reforming Ofsted inspections to end single-word judgements and provide clearer feedback.

The party pledges to implement a parental engagement strategy with regular surveys and accessible school information.

The party commits to tackling persistent absence through a register and addressing barriers to attendance.

The party pledges to provide extra funding to local authorities to reduce school contributions to EHCP costs.

The party commits to establishing a National Body for SEND to fund support for children with very high needs.

The party pledges to empower local authorities as Strategic Education Authorities with responsibility for planning, admissions, and SEND.

The party commits to redirecting free school capital funding to clear school repair backlogs.

The party pledges to tackle school bullying through pastoral leadership and relationships and sex education.

The party commits to providing extra free early years hours for disadvantaged two-year-olds when finances allow.

The party pledges to introduce a Young People's Premium extending Pupil Premium to disadvantaged 16-18 year-olds.

The party commits to reviewing further education funding and considering VAT exemption for colleges.

The party pledges to support children in care and kinship care with extended Pupil Premium Plus and guaranteed school places.

The party commits to supporting university research and innovation including participation in Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council.

The party pledges to impose a statutory duty of care on higher education institutions for their students.

The party commits to introducing a statutory Student Mental Health Charter and requiring accessible mental health services.

The party pledges to return to the Erasmus Plus programme as an associated country.

The party commits to reviewing higher education finance to ensure no retrospective rate increases or loan privatisation.

The party pledges to report international student flows separately from long-term migration estimates.

The party commits to requiring universities to widen participation and be transparent about selection criteria.

The party pledges to extend free school meals to all children in poverty, with future ambition for all primary pupils.

The party commits to appointing a Cabinet Minister for Children and Young People.

The party pledges to double Statutory Maternity and Shared Parental Pay to £350 and introduce an extra use-it-or-lose-it month for fathers.

The party commits to making parental pay and leave day-one rights and extending them to self-employed parents.

The party pledges to expand opportunities for young people to study and volunteer abroad through Erasmus Plus.

The party commits to incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.

The party pledges to establish an independent advocacy body for children's online safety.

The party commits to addressing underfunding of children's mental health, youth, and youth justice services.

The party pledges to tackle child poverty.

The party commits to giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote.

The party pledges to review rates paid to childcare providers to ensure they cover actual costs.

The party commits to developing a career strategy for nursery staff with training requirements.

The party pledges to include SEND identification and support in early years staff training.

The party commits to replacing three childcare registration processes with a single register.

The party pledges to commission a practitioner-led review to simplify childminding regulation and reduce burdens.

The party commits to making parental pay and leave day-one rights for all parents including adoptive and kinship carers.

The party pledges to double Statutory Maternity and Shared Parental Pay to £350 per week.

The party commits to increasing paternity leave pay to 90% of earnings with a cap for high earners.

The party will provide free sign language lessons to parents and guardians of deaf children.

The party commits to investing in renewable power and home insulation to reduce energy bills and create new jobs in clean energy sectors.

Both supporting and contradicting evidence exist — the promise is partially fulfilled.

The party commits to imposing environmental duties on companies and banning water companies from dumping raw sewage.

The party commits to making climate change central to industrial strategy.

The party commits to launching an emergency Home Energy Upgrade programme to reduce emissions and energy bills.

The party commits to promoting rooftop solar installations and investing in clean energy, transport, and industry.

The party commits to environmental restoration and reducing air pollution.

The party commits to providing training, incentives, and advice to support the transition to net zero.

The party commits to increasing green infrastructure investment and giving the UK Infrastructure Bank a zero-carbon mandate.

The party commits to supporting industry emissions reductions and holding businesses accountable for climate action.

The party commits to accelerating the circular economy transition to reduce waste, costs, and environmental impact while creating jobs.

The party commits to accelerating a circular economy model that maximises recovery, reuse, recycling and remanufacturing to reduce resource use and pollution.

The party commits to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 at the latest.

The party will launch a ten-year home upgrade programme providing free insulation and heat pumps for low-income households and require all new homes to be zero-carbon.

The party will expand incentives for household solar installation and guarantee fair prices for electricity fed back to the grid.

The party commits to ensuring 90% of UK electricity comes from renewable sources by 2030.

The party will create a Chief Secretary for Sustainability, establish a Net Zero Delivery Authority, and devolve powers to local councils for net zero planning.

The party will establish citizens' assemblies at national and local levels to involve people in climate change decisions.

The party will increase international development spending to 0.7% of national income with climate change as a priority.

The party commits to meeting the Paris Agreement target of reducing emissions by at least 68% from 1990 levels by 2030.

The party will require the National Infrastructure Commission to fully consider environmental implications in all infrastructure decisions.

The party will make climate change central to a new industrial strategy.

The party will invest in education and training to develop skills for the low-carbon economy.

The party will make nature-based solutions including tree planting central to UK climate change strategy.

The party will reform farming and food systems to be environmentally sustainable.

The party will require all new cars and vans to be zero-emission from 2030, invest in active travel and public transport, electrify railways, and reduce aviation emissions.

The party will create a Joint Climate Council of the Nations to coordinate climate action across the UK.

The party will launch an emergency home energy upgrade programme providing free insulation and heat pumps for low-income households through local authorities.

The party will provide incentives covering the full cost of heat pump installation.

The party will require all new buildings to meet zero-carbon standards with solar panels and progressively increase standards.

The party will require landlords to upgrade rental properties to EPC C energy efficiency rating by 2028.

The party will introduce a subsidised Energy-Saving Homes scheme combining tax incentives, loans, grants, and support.

The party will introduce a social tariff providing targeted energy discounts for vulnerable households.

The party will decouple electricity prices from wholesale gas prices.

The party will eliminate regional disparities in domestic energy bills.

The party will remove restrictions on solar and wind power and support investment in tidal and wave energy.

The party will maintain the fracking ban and introduce a ban on new coal mines.

The party will build grid infrastructure supported by a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework.

The party will end fossil fuel subsidies while supporting a just transition for oil and gas workers and affected communities.

The party will invest in energy storage technologies including green hydrogen, pumped storage, and batteries.

The party will work with European partners to develop sustainable renewable energy technology supply chains.

The party will build electricity interconnectors with other countries to ensure energy security while minimising environmental impact.

The party will give local authorities power to develop local renewable energy generation and storage strategies.

The party will give small low-carbon generators the right to sell electricity to suppliers on fair terms.

The party will require large energy suppliers to work with community schemes to sell locally-generated power.

The party will reduce grid connection costs.

The party will reform energy networks to allow local energy grids.

The party will guarantee community benefit funds receive a fair share of wealth from local renewable infrastructure.

The party will meet the UK's Paris Agreement commitments and advocate for greater global climate ambition.

The party will work with European partners on climate action and link the UK Emissions Trading System with the EU ETS.

The party will continue supporting the UN Loss and Damage Fund for climate-vulnerable countries.

The party will advocate for OECD countries to end subsidies for foreign fossil fuel projects.

The party will introduce a general environmental duty of care.

The party will require large listed companies to set net zero targets and report on progress.

The party will regulate financial services to ensure pension funds and investors align with Paris Agreement goals and manage climate risks.

The party will provide a clear, stable net zero roadmap to give businesses investment confidence.

The party will use public procurement to expand the market for climate-friendly products and services.

The party will implement a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to protect UK businesses from unfair competition.

The party will support carbon capture and storage and low-carbon production processes for cement and steel.

The party will provide emissions advice to companies, support regional zero-carbon innovation clusters, and increase the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.

The party will require pension funds and managers to demonstrate that their investments align with the Paris Agreement.

The party will transform water companies into public benefit companies, ban bonuses for executives until sewage discharges end, and replace Ofwat with a stronger regulator.

The party will set binding targets to double nature by 2050, including doubling protected areas, wildlife habitats, species abundance, and woodland cover.

The party will plant at least 60 million trees annually to restore woodland habitats and support net zero goals.

The party will pass a Clean Air Act based on WHO guidelines and establish a new Air Quality Agency to enforce it.

The party will strengthen the Office for Environmental Protection and increase funding to the Environment Agency and Natural England.

The party will introduce a sewage tax on water company profits.

The party will enforce existing laws to restrict storm overflow use to exceptional circumstances.

The party will set legally binding targets to prevent sewage dumping into bathing waters and sensitive nature sites by 2030.

The party will use nature-based solutions to address sewage dumping.

The party will strengthen local authority powers to monitor water quality and restore the natural environment.

The party will introduce a 'blue corridor' programme for waterways and establish new 'blue flag' standards for water quality.

The party will improve bathing water and sensitive site quality through more frequent and rigorous water quality testing.

The party will give local environmental groups representation on water company boards.

The party will introduce a single social tariff for water bills to eliminate water poverty.

The party will implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act to require sustainable drainage in new developments.

The party will require all water companies to publish accessible real-time data on sewage discharges.

The party will increase accessible green space, protect up to a million acres, complete the coastal path, explore waterway access rights, and create National Nature Parks.

The party will pass an Environmental Rights Act recognising the human right to a healthy environment and guaranteeing environmental justice access.

The party will protect at least 30% of land and sea areas by 2030 for nature recovery.

The party will work with European partners on the nature crisis and apply to join the European Environment Agency.

The party will require large businesses to publish transition plans to become nature-positive in their operations and supply chains.

The party will introduce nature-related financial disclosure requirements for large businesses.

The party will ensure new developments deliver significant biodiversity net gain, up to 100% for large projects.

The party will introduce a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework to balance competing demands on land and oceans.

The party will empower Local Nature Recovery Strategies to identify a new Wild Belt for nature recovery.

The party will introduce a deposit return scheme for food and drink bottles and containers across the UK.

The party will eliminate non-recyclable single-use plastics within three years and replace them with affordable alternatives.

The party will work to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030 and finalise a Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution.

The party aims to end plastic waste exports by 2030.

The party will restore peatlands as carbon stores and ban horticultural peat use and routine heather burning.

The party will protect and enhance the UK's temperate rainforest.

The party will create and restore coastal habitats including saltmarshes, mudflats, and seagrass meadows for flood protection and carbon absorption.

The party will combat greenwashing by introducing and enforcing Blue Carbon and Soils Carbon Standards.

The party will work with international partners to combat global deforestation.

The party will establish a network of fully protected marine protected areas to preserve blue carbon and ensure climate resilience.

The party will increase funding for Environmental Land Management schemes by £1 billion annually to support sustainable farming practices.

The party will support farmers in land restoration activities including woodland and peatland management for environmental and flood protection benefits.

The party will establish public funding programmes for nature recovery and wildlife protection conditional on farmer participation in Environmental Land Management schemes.

The party will reform fisheries policy to prioritise sustainability, rebuild fish stocks, ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas, and establish decentralised management involving stakeholders.

The party will support farmers in reducing water pollution from agricultural activities.

The party will incentivise farmers to reduce artificial fertiliser and pesticide use to protect pollinators and the environment.

The party will provide local authorities with powers and resources to address climate and nature emergencies.

The party will introduce a strategic framework to balance competing land and sea use demands.

The party commits to creating a Joint Climate Council of the Nations to tackle the climate emergency through innovation and collaborative action.

The party commits to increasing the proportion of Official Development Assistance committed to tackling climate change and environmental degradation.

The party commits to providing training, incentives, and advice to support the transition to net zero.

The party will ensure the UK maintains the world's highest environmental standards.

The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations and removing trade barriers.

The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations and negotiating a comprehensive trade agreement to reduce barriers.

The party commits to promoting liberal international order and opposing authoritarianism.

The party commits to restoring funding to the Army and international development programmes.

The party will work with Europol and Eurojust to develop and implement a joint strategy for cross-border crime threats.

The party will restore UK police direct access to EU data sharing systems to identify and arrest traffickers, terrorists, and international criminals.

The party will negotiate veterinary and plant health agreements with European neighbours to reduce trade checks for farmers.

The party will renegotiate trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand to meet health, environmental, and animal welfare standards, or withdraw if necessary.

The party pledges to push for a global convention or treaty to combat disinformation and electoral interference, supported by an annual conference and a Global Counter-Disinformation Fund.

The party pledges to fix the UK's relationship with Europe and reduce trade barriers between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The party commits to reversing the Conservative Government's cut to the Army and aims to increase regular troop numbers back to over 100,000.

The party pledges to maintain UK support for NATO and increase defence spending every year of the Parliament, aiming for at least 2.5% of GDP.

The party pledges to maintain the UK's nuclear deterrent with four submarines providing continuous at-sea deterrence while pursuing multilateral global disarmament.

The party commits to controlling arms exports to countries with poor human rights records.

The party pledges to legislate requiring a parliamentary vote before military action, supporting intervention only with clear legal or humanitarian justification, while preserving emergency action with retrospective votes or treaty obligations.

The party commits to introducing a 'presumption of denial' for arms exports to governments listed as human rights concerns in the Foreign Office's annual report.

The party pledges to strengthen the Intelligence and Security Committee by giving it power to decide what it publishes and when, and enabling Parliament to elect its members.

The party commits to tackling defence procurement problems by integrating procurement into a comprehensive industrial strategy to secure reliable long-term equipment pipelines.

The party pledges to support and promote development of international treaties on principles and limits of technology use in modern warfare.

The party commits to strengthening the Armed Forces Covenant by placing a legal duty on the Defence Secretary and government departments to give it due regard.

The party pledges to improve the standard of Ministry of Defence housing by reviewing maintenance contracts.

The party commits to waiving application fees for indefinite leave for armed forces members on discharge and their families.

The party pledges to accept the recommendations of the Atherton Report on women in the armed forces.

The party pledges to establish a 'Fair Deal for Service Personnel, Veterans and Families Commission'.

The party commits to strengthening cooperation with Nordic and Baltic allies via the Joint Expeditionary Force.

The party pledges to build on existing UK-French cooperation arrangements including the Lancaster House Treaties.

The party commits to developing closer cooperation with EU agencies and member states on defence, intelligence and cyber-security.

The party pledges to prioritise interoperability with NATO allies and other strategic partners.

The party commits to working more closely in joint development of innovative defence technologies and procurement.

The party pledges to seek a defence and security agreement with the EU and its member states.

The party commits to continuing to work closely with Five Eyes partners.

The party pledges to counter global authoritarianism by championing the liberal, rules-based international order and supporting international institutions.

The party commits to fixing the UK's relationship with Europe and concluding a new comprehensive agreement to remove trade barriers.

The party pledges to stand with Ukraine and provide support against Putin's illegal invasion.

The party commits to restoring the UK's reputation as an international development superpower by returning spending to 0.7% of national income and re-establishing an independent development department.

The party pledges to advocate for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict to resolve the humanitarian crisis and enable a two-state solution.

The party commits to working to abolish the death penalty and end torture.

The party pledges to use the UK's Magnitsky sanctions to stand up against human rights abuses.

The party commits to banning imports from areas with egregious human rights abuses such as Xinjiang.

The party pledges to enshrine in law a right for British nationals who have been politically detained or face human rights violations abroad to access UK consular services.

The party commits to developing a comprehensive strategy for promoting decriminalisation of homosexuality and advancing LGBT+ rights globally.

The party pledges to appoint an ambassador-level Champion for Freedom of Belief.

The party commits to taking initial unilateral steps to rebuild the UK-EU relationship by declaring a fundamental change in approach and improving foreign policy cooperation channels.

The party pledges to rebuild UK-EU confidence by seeking partnerships or associations with EU agencies and programmes including aviation, education, science, climate and defence.

The party commits to deepening the UK-EU trading relationship by negotiating comprehensive veterinary, plant health and mutual recognition agreements.

The party pledges to seek to join the Single Market once UK-EU ties have been renewed and trade damage repaired.

The party commits to seizing frozen Russian assets in the UK and repurposing proceeds to finance support for Ukraine.

The party commits to conducting an audit of UK-based assets owned by officials from countries listed as Foreign Office human rights priorities.

The party pledges to advocate for an immediate bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, recognising there is no military solution to remove Hamas.

The party commits to leading a diplomatic push towards a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine based on 1967 borders.

The party pledges to officially recognise the independent state of Palestine with immediate effect.

The party commits to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard in recognition of the existential threat it poses to Western democracies.

The party commits to recognising the human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang as genocide.

The party pledges to build new diplomatic, economic and security partnerships with democratic countries threatened by China, including Taiwan.

The party pledges to increase UK humanitarian assistance to Sudan and play a stronger role in seeking a ceasefire and long-term peace.

The party pledges to work to extend reproductive rights and end female genital mutilation globally.

The party commits to eradicating sexual violence in conflict by increasing international development funding for such initiatives.

The party pledges to put the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of the UK's international development policy.

The party commits to ensuring international development budget use remains consistent with OECD/DAC rules and UK legislation, with primary focus on economic development and poverty reduction.

The party pledges to spend 15% of Official Development Assistance on education in the world's most vulnerable areas, especially for girls and young women.

The party pledges to tackle global food insecurity and malnutrition by increasing the proportion of Official Development Assistance committed to nutrition interventions.

The party will increase international development spending to 0.7% of national income with climate change as a priority.

The party pledges to uphold and respect international courts and international law.

The party commits to securing a fair deal for service personnel and veterans.

The party will pursue a foreign policy with gender equality at its heart, focusing on women's economic inclusion, education, reproductive rights, ending FGM and eradicating sexual violence in conflict.

The party will fund genuine development partnerships rooted in local needs and mutual respect.

The party guarantees patients the right to see a GP within seven days (or 24 hours for urgent cases) and commits to hiring additional doctors.

The party commits to improving public health services, expanding early access, and reforming social care.

The party commits to guaranteeing GP appointments within seven days (or 24 hours for urgent cases) by recruiting 8,000 additional GPs.

The party will guarantee NHS dentist access for urgent and emergency care, eliminating dental deserts.

The party will establish mental health hubs for young people in every community and introduce regular mental health check-ups at vulnerable life stages.

The party will guarantee all cancer patients start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.

The party will invest in public health to help people spend five additional years in good health.

The party will increase GP numbers by 8,000 through recruitment and retention of experienced GPs.

The party will guarantee named GP access for people over 70 and those with long-term conditions.

The party will expand prescribing rights for pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and paramedics to free up GP time.

The party will introduce a universal 24/7 GP booking system.

The party will reduce bureaucracy to allow GP practices to hire staff and invest in training.

The party will establish a Strategic Small Surgeries Fund to maintain GP services in rural and remote areas.

The party will reform the NHS dental contract and use flexible commissioning to bring dentists back to the NHS.

The party will introduce an emergency scheme guaranteeing free NHS dental check-ups for children, pregnant women, new mothers, and low-income groups.

The party will guarantee dental check-up appointments before major medical procedures.

The party will provide supervised toothbrushing training in nurseries and schools.

The party will develop fairer pharmacy funding and expand Pharmacy First services to reduce GP pressure.

The party will open mental health walk-in hubs for children and young people in every community.

The party will offer regular mental health check-ups at vulnerable life stages.

The party will place a dedicated mental health professional in every school.

The party will end out-of-area mental health placements by increasing capacity and service coordination.

The party will extend mental health services for young people up to age 25 to prevent service drop-off.

The party will increase access to talking therapies.

The party will take an evidence-based approach to eating disorders and challenge weight stigma.

The party will make prescriptions free for people with chronic mental health conditions and review all prescription charge exemptions.

The party will transform mental health support for pregnant women, new mothers, and those who have experienced pregnancy loss.

The party will support mental health stigma reduction through public education campaigns.

The party will reduce suicide rates through community prevention services and NHS staff training.

The party will improve links between mental health services and debt advice.

The party will end inappropriate inpatient placements for people with learning disabilities and autism.

The party will modernise the Mental Health Act to strengthen patient rights and prevent inappropriate detentions.

The party will create a statutory independent Mental Health Commissioner to represent patients and families.

The party will expand mental health hospital safety investigations to cover patient experience, ward design, and treatment options.

The party will guarantee all cancer patients start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.

The party will replace and increase radiotherapy machines to improve access.

The party will recruit more cancer nurses to provide dedicated specialist support for every patient.

The party will pass legislation requiring government coordination and funding for research into low-survival cancers.

The party will expand the MHRA's capacity to halve the time for new treatments to reach patients.

The party will launch a new prostate cancer screening programme for high-risk groups.

The party will increase the Public Health Grant with dedicated funding for communities with worst health inequalities.

The party will establish a Health Creation Unit in the Cabinet Office to coordinate government action on health and health inequalities.

The party pledges to regulate vape use to prevent child access while permitting adult use for smoking cessation, and ban single-use vapes.

The party commits to expanding blood pressure testing availability in community settings.

The party pledges to expand social prescribing and fund community projects to address loneliness.

The party commits to creating a certification system for clinically-proven health apps and digital tools.

The party pledges to impose a new tax on tobacco company profits to fund healthcare and smoking cessation programmes.

The party commits to restricting junk food advertising to children through outdoor and TV advertising controls.

The party pledges to expand the soft drinks levy to include sugary juice and milk-based drinks.

The party commits to introducing a Clean Air Act to address air pollution in public buildings.

The party pledges to create an independent pay review body for NHS staff.

The party commits to implementing a ten-year plan to improve NHS staff retention.

The party pledges to make flexible working a day-one right and expand access to affordable childcare.

The party commits to exempting NHS and care staff from the Immigration Skills Charge.

The party pledges to reduce reliance on agency workers and promote flexible staff banks in the NHS.

The party commits to reducing ambulance handover delays by increasing hospital bed capacity and fixing social care.

The party pledges to publish accessible local reports on ambulance response times.

The party commits to creating an emergency fund to reverse and prevent community ambulance station closures.

The party pledges to implement a ten-year investment plan to repair and modernise hospital and primary care buildings.

The party commits to establishing a legal right for patients to obtain a second medical opinion.

The party pledges to create a legal right for patients to maintain contact with chosen individuals in health and care settings.

The party commits to protecting patient data and ensuring patients can opt out of data sharing.

The party pledges to fully implement Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations and provide fair compensation to victims.

The party commits to establishing independent complaints processes and transparent monitoring of sexual misconduct in the NHS.

The party pledges to abolish the GMC's five-year rule limiting patient complaints.

The party commits to investing in social and community care to enable timely hospital discharge.

The party pledges to develop and implement a strategy to support immunocompromised people post-pandemic.

The party commits to ring-fencing NHS budgets for innovative digital tools that improve care and efficiency.

The party pledges to replace outdated NHS computer systems to improve clinician efficiency.

The party commits to requiring NHS IT systems to be interoperable.

The party pledges to ensure all care settings use electronic records integrated into patient health records with consent.

The party commits to expanding virtual wards and investing in technologies enabling home-based treatment.

The party pledges to review NHS diagnostic services and implement a ten-year strategic plan.

The party commits to negotiating a mutual recognition agreement with the EMA to accelerate access to new medicines and devices.

The party pledges to transfer drugs policy leadership from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care.

The party commits to expanding addiction services and specialist youth drug support.

The party pledges to divert drug possession offenders into treatment to reduce criminal justice burden and drug harms.

The party commits to legalising and regulating cannabis sales to adults through licensed retailers with potency controls.

The party pledges to treat Scotland's drug deaths as a public health emergency and devolve powers for tailored responses.

The party commits to providing fair funding for hospices including children's hospices.

The party will establish a fund to sustain GP services in rural and remote areas.

The party will protect reproductive autonomy, ensure access to reproductive healthcare, and enforce safe access zones around abortion clinics.

The party will allow Parliament time to debate and vote on assisted dying legislation for terminally ill adults with strict safeguards.

The party will implement a Race Equality Strategy including reducing maternal mortality for black women and eliminating racial health disparities.

The party will increase annual housebuilding to 380,000 homes including 150,000 social homes through garden cities and community-led development.

The party will ban no-fault evictions, establish three-year tenancies as standard, and create a national landlord register.

The party will grant local authorities power to end Right to Buy schemes in their areas.

The party will end rough sleeping during the next Parliament and repeal the Vagrancy Act.

The party will abolish residential leaseholds and cap ground rents to nominal levels to give property owners control.

The party will expand Neighbourhood Planning schemes across England.

The party will build ten new garden cities.

The party will reform the Land Compensation Act to allow councils to purchase land at current use value rather than speculative value.

The party will properly fund local planning departments and allow them to set their own fees while ensuring flood risk mitigation.

The party will encourage rural exception sites to expand housing in rural areas.

The party will trial Community Land Auctions to ensure local communities benefit from development and fund local services.

The party will incentivise brownfield development and require inclusion of affordable and social housing.

The party will introduce 'use-it-or-lose-it' planning permissions to prevent developers from holding land without building.

The party will invest in construction sector skills, training, and modern construction technologies.

The party will integrate infrastructure and public service planning into the development process to ensure adequate provision.

The party will implement a ten-year home upgrade programme and require all new homes to be zero-carbon.

The party will remove dangerous cladding from buildings at no cost to leaseholders.

The party will introduce a Rent to Own scheme for social housing allowing tenants to build ownership over 30 years.

The party will publish a comprehensive cross-government plan to end homelessness.

The party will exempt homeless people and those at risk from the Shared Accommodation Rate.

The party will establish a legal duty to provide emergency accommodation and needs assessment for those at risk of rough sleeping.

The party will ensure local authorities have sufficient funding to deliver homelessness reduction services and domestic abuse accommodation.

The party will grant local authorities powers to control second homes and short-term lets.

The party will enforce clear standards for socially rented homes with strict repair timeframes.

The party will formally recognise tenant panels to give renters a voice in landlord governance.

The party will properly fund local planning departments and grant authorities power to end Right to Buy.

The party commits to creating safe and legal refugee pathways and working internationally to combat trafficking, cybercrime, and terrorism.

The party will reform the work visa system and expand the Youth Mobility Scheme to address labour shortages.

The party will end the Hostile Environment policy and invest in officers, training and technology to combat smuggling, trafficking and modern slavery.

The party will move responsibility for work visa and overseas student policy from the Home Office to other departments.

The party will repeal the Illegal Migration Act and Rwanda scheme, uphold the Refugee Convention, and establish safe legal routes for refugees.

The party will establish a dedicated unit to process asylum claims within three months (except complex cases) and speed up returns for those without right to stay.

The party will allow asylum seekers to work after waiting three months for a decision, enabling self-support and economic contribution.

The party will collaborate with Europol and French authorities to dismantle smuggling and trafficking networks operating across the Channel.

The party will replace the salary threshold with a flexible merit-based work visa system developed with employers and integrated with skills training.

The party will exempt NHS and care staff from the Immigration Skills Charge and allow care workers to bring family members.

The party will expand the Youth Mobility Scheme by negotiating reciprocal EU extension, raising the age limit to 35, abolishing fees, and extending visa length to three years.

The party will reverse the income threshold increase for family visas to prevent family separation.

The party will automatically grant full Settled Status to those with Pre-Settled Status and provide physical proof of right to stay.

The party will reduce the child citizenship registration fee from £1,214 to administrative cost only.

The party will simplify and clarify Immigration Rules and increase parliamentary scrutiny of future changes.

The party will increase devolved administrations' involvement in developing work permit and student visa policy to reflect regional skills needs.

The party will enhance the powers of the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.

The party commits to fully implementing the Windrush Lessons Learned Review without delay.

The party will make the Windrush compensation scheme independent of the Home Office to ensure victims receive entitled compensation.

The party will repeal the 'Right to Rent' scheme that requires landlords to check immigration status.

The party will create a firewall preventing public agencies from sharing personal data with the Home Office for immigration enforcement and repeal the immigration exemption in data protection law.

The party will improve access to immigration legal advice by making the legal aid system simpler, fairer and more generous.

The party will expand the UK Resettlement Scheme, create humanitarian travel permits, resettle unaccompanied child refugees, enable family reunion, and fund community sponsorship projects.

The party will grant asylum to those fleeing violence based on sexual orientation or gender identity and end disbelief toward LGBT+ asylum seekers.

The party will cancel the Rwanda scheme and redirect savings to clear the asylum backlog.

The party will end child detention for immigration purposes and limit adult detention to 28 days as a last resort.

The party will extend the move-on period for refugees from current levels to 60 days to allow preparation time.

The party commits to continuing to fight for British National (Overseas) passport holders' rights by closing gaps in the BNO visa scheme.

The party pledges to extend BNO integration funding for Hong Kongers in the UK for the duration of the Parliament.

The party commits to working with the international community to provide safe, legal passages for those leaving Afghanistan and to support Afghan refugees in the UK.

The party will expand and properly fund the UK Resettlement Scheme to provide safe legal routes for refugees.

The party will create humanitarian travel permits allowing asylum seekers to travel safely to the UK to pursue their claims.

The party will establish a new scheme to resettle unaccompanied child refugees from Europe.

The party will reunite unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Europe with family members in the UK.

The party will expand refugee family reunion rules to allow unaccompanied child refugees to sponsor close family members.

The party will fund community-sponsorship projects for refugees and reward groups developing innovative integration approaches.

The party will end the Hostile Environment, implement the Windrush review and repeal the Right to Rent law.

The party commits to providing safe and legal routes to sanctuary for refugees.

The party commits to restoring community policing and ensuring all burglaries receive proper investigation.

The party will address family court backlogs by making the legal aid system simpler, fairer, and more generous.

The party will restore community policing with visible, trusted officers focused on preventing and solving crimes, particularly rape and violent crime.

The party will create a statutory guarantee that all burglaries will be attended and properly investigated by police.

The party will invest in the criminal justice system to reduce court backlogs and deliver swift justice.

The party will reduce reoffending by improving prison rehabilitation, post-release support, and community supervision of offenders.

The party will ensure survivors of violence against women and girls receive proper support through mandatory trauma-informed training for police and prosecutors.

The party will establish a new Online Crime Agency to combat illegal online content and activity including fraud, revenge porn, and incitement to violence.

The party will provide adequate resources to the National Crime Agency to combat serious and organised crime.

The party will abolish Police and Crime Commissioners and replace them with local Police Boards comprising councillors and community representatives, reinvesting savings in frontline policing.

The party will require senior officials to develop an urgent plan implementing the Baroness Casey Review recommendations to address sexism, racism, and homophobia in policing.

The party will end the disproportionate use of stop and search powers.

The party will require all police forces to set ambitious diversity targets and report progress regularly to Parliament.

The party will improve access to restorative justice services.

The party will introduce the Hillsborough Law establishing a statutory duty of candour for police officers and public officials.

The party will develop a national strategy to recruit, train, and retain detectives to address shortages.

The party will ensure fair police pay by reforming the Police Remuneration Review Body to be independent of government.

The party will embed domestic abuse specialists in every police force and emergency call centre to ensure survivors' reports are handled effectively and sensitively.

The party will address delays in domestic abuse referrals from police to the Crown Prosecution Service to protect women's safety.

The party will set a one-hour target for transferring people in mental health crisis from police to mental health services.

The party will ensure all police forces have a mental health professional available in the control room at all times.

The party will support police forces in achieving adequate mental health response training.

The party will set a target to halve the time from offence to sentencing and implement a funded strategy across the criminal justice system.

The party will implement a data strategy across the criminal justice system to match capacity to demand and understand the needs of victims, vulnerable people, and ethnic minorities.

The party will develop a workforce strategy to ensure adequate numbers of criminal barristers, judges, and court staff.

The party will improve criminal justice transparency by allowing victims to request free court transcripts.

The party will adopt a public health approach to youth violence, with coordinated action by police, teachers, health professionals, youth workers, and social services to address root causes.

The party will invest in engaging youth services that reach more young people.

The party will make youth diversion a statutory duty, ensuring every area has pre-charge diversion schemes for young people up to 25.

The party will publicly identify banks with poor fraud prevention and victim reimbursement records.

The party will require banks to reimburse victims of automated push payment scams except where the victim is clearly at fault.

The party will launch a high-profile public awareness campaign to help people identify, avoid, and report fraud and scams.

The party will reverse Conservative rollbacks of modern slavery protections.

The party will transfer responsibility for identifying modern slavery victims from the Home Office to local safeguarding agencies.

The party will establish a civil remedy allowing modern slavery survivors to seek financial redress from their traffickers.

The party will end prison overcrowding.

The party will recruit and retain more prison officers.

The party will improve training, education, and work opportunities available in prisons.

The party will establish a Women's Justice Board and provide specialist training for staff working with women in the criminal justice system.

The party will replace Young Offender Institutions with Secure Schools and Secure Children's Homes.

The party will ensure every prison has a 'through the gate' mentorship programme to support offenders on release.

The party will introduce a National Resettlement Plan to improve rehabilitation of released prisoners and reduce reoffending.

The party will improve and fund community supervision of offenders with better coordination between agencies to reduce reoffending costs.

The party commits to defending the Human Rights Act and opposing any attempts to weaken or repeal it.

The party will make misogyny a hate crime and provide police and prosecutors with resources and training to prevent and prosecute hate crimes.

The party will repeal anti-protest laws, restore protections for peaceful assembly, and ban live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.

The party will uphold the European Convention on Human Rights, establish affordable legal assistance, introduce a Digital Bill of Rights, end bulk data collection, regulate biometric surveillance, and protect care experience as a characteristic.

The party will fully implement the Istanbul Convention, expand refuges and rape crisis centres, ensure sustainable funding for survivor services, and improve criminal justice support.

The party will confront hate speech in public life and media, and fund protective security for vulnerable places of worship, schools and community centres.

The party will compensate victims of Post Office and Infected Blood scandals, establish an Office of the Whistleblower, and introduce a statutory duty of candour for public officials.

The party pledges to provide full and fair compensation to victims of the Horizon Post Office and Infected Blood scandals without delay.

The party commits to establishing a new Office of the Whistleblower, creating new legal protections for whistleblowers, and raising public awareness of their rights.

The party pledges to introduce the Hillsborough Law, imposing a statutory duty of candour on police officers and public officials during inquiries and investigations.

The party commits to devolving powers over youth justice, probation services, prisons and policing to Wales to enable a community-based approach to policing and crime.

The party pledges to properly resource the National Crime Agency.

The party commits to closing loopholes in economic crime legislation that allow kleptocrats to funnel dirty cash into the UK.

The party pledges to effectively use the UK's sanctions regime to tackle economic crime.

The party will end disproportionate Stop and Search use and require police forces to adopt ambitious diversity targets.

The party will halt facial recognition surveillance which disproportionately misidentifies black people and women.

The party commits to implementing UN Sustainable Development Goals domestically and internationally.

The party will introduce new laws to combat puppy and kitten smuggling.

The party will create a comprehensive National Food Strategy to address food security, affordability, and nutrition outcomes.

The party will enforce high standards in food production and ensure all future trade agreements meet these standards.

The party will invest in rural and coastal infrastructure including local abattoirs to support community viability and workforce retention.

The party will use public procurement to prioritise sustainably-produced, nutritious, and locally-sourced food.

The party will strengthen the Groceries Code Adjudicator to protect consumers and producers from unfair pricing practices.

The party will provide farmers with independent, properly-funded advisory services to support their transition to environmental payment schemes.

The party will establish a research fund to support agricultural innovation including alternative protein development.

The party will give local authorities enhanced powers and resources to inspect and monitor food production standards.

The party will ensure imported food meets UK health and welfare standards with proper checking procedures.

The party will introduce clear and robust food labelling standards.

The party will pass a comprehensive Animal Welfare Bill to establish the highest animal welfare standards.

The party will ban the sale of animal products that would be illegal to produce in the UK, including foie gras and products made with antibiotic growth promoters.

The party will invest in developing vaccines and humane methods to control bovine tuberculosis.

The party will improve agricultural animal welfare standards including banning caged hens and preventing painful farming practices.

The party will match EU rules on antibiotic use in farming and introduce a plan to address antimicrobial resistance in farm animals.

The party will address local authority funding through multi-year settlements, increased social housing, and a cross-party social care agreement.

The party will give communities control over second homes and short-term lets in their areas.

The party will ensure gigabit broadband availability to all homes and businesses including rural areas.

The party will work with communities to address rising antisemitism and Islamophobia.

The party will appoint a cross-departmental Minister for Rural Communities to ensure rural representation in government.

The party will create a new planning classification for second homes and short-term lets.

The party will develop post offices as community banking and government service hubs and maintain DVLA services there.

The party will enhance local authority powers to protect community assets including pubs and community farms.

The party will develop and implement a comprehensive Race Equality Strategy addressing inequalities across education, health, criminal justice and the economy.

The party commits to respecting and defending the rights of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

The party will ban all forms of conversion therapy and related practices.

The party will recognise humanist marriages, reform wedding laws to give couples more choice, and extend legal rights to cohabiting couples.

The party will reform gender recognition by removing medical report requirements, recognising non-binary identities, and removing spousal veto.

The party will implement a comprehensive Race Equality Strategy addressing maternal mortality, Stop and Search, police diversity, Hostile Environment, Windrush, voter ID, candidate diversity and facial recognition.

The party will uphold the UK's commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights and resist withdrawal.

The party will establish a right to affordable legal assistance and reform the legal aid system to be simpler, fairer and more generous.

The party will introduce a Digital Bill of Rights protecting online privacy, free expression and freedom from harassment.

The party will end bulk collection of communications data and internet connection records.

The party will introduce a legally binding regulatory framework for all biometric surveillance.

The party will uphold the Equality Act 2010 and add caring and care experience as protected characteristics.

The party will fully implement the Istanbul Convention to prevent violence against women and domestic abuse with protections for all survivors.

The party will expand the number of refuges and rape crisis centres to meet demand.

The party will ensure sustainable funding for domestic abuse support services, prioritising community-based and specialist services.

The party will expose and confront stereotyping, demagoguery and hate speech in public life and media that incites hate crimes.

The party will fund protective security measures for places of worship, schools and community centres vulnerable to hate crime and terrorism.

The party will introduce legal recognition of humanist marriages.

The party will implement Law Commission proposals to reform wedding laws giving couples more choice while respecting religious beliefs.

The party will extend legal rights to cohabiting couples to provide greater protection in separation or bereavement.

The party will end the gender price gap where women are charged more than men for identical products or services.

The party will end period poverty by providing free access to period products for anyone who needs them.

The party will set ambitious diversity targets for public appointments and require progress reports to Parliament.

The party will adopt new accessibility standards for public spaces to improve disabled people's access.

The party will improve the legislative framework for blue badges.

The party will incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into UK law.

The party will increase British Sign Language use in government communications and work with the BSL Alliance to promote its use.

The party will provide full and fair compensation to victims of the Horizon Post Office and Infected Blood scandals.

This election is our chance to win the change our country desperately needs.

Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to elect a strong local champion who will fight for a fair deal for you a

A fair deal where everyone can afford a decent home somewhere safe and clean –

with a comfortable retirement when the time comes.

A fair deal where every child can go to a good school and have real opportunities to fulfil their potential.

A fair deal where everyone can get the high-quality healthcare they need, when they need it and where they need it.

That is the fair deal the Liberal Democrats are fighting for.

In so many ways, things in our country are broken.

The economy, the National Health Service, the climate, the housing market – all are in crisis after years of Conservativ

Schools are crumbling

and clean rivers seem a thing of the past.

The Conservatives have wrecked our relationship with our nearest neighbours in Europe,

and our political system is simply not fit for purpose.

Millions of people feel powerless and excluded.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Britain has overcome big challenges before and we can do it again now.

For more than 150 years, Liberals and Liberal Democrats have led the fight for a fair, free and open society:

championing free trade,

introducing the state pension and free school meals, laying the foundations of the welfare state and the NHS,

legalising same-sex marriage,

and taking urgent action to tackle the climate emergency.

Today, our fair deal would give everyone the power to make the most of their potential,

and real freedom to decide how they live their lives.

It would call the over-powerful to account.

Everyone deserves the chance to get on in life, see their hard work properly rewarded and realise their hopes for the fu

Businesses and entrepreneurs should be supported to create worthwhile jobs in every part of the UK.

bring down energy bills

and create clean, secure, well-paid new jobs.

We will support entrepreneurs,

back small businesses,

We will make Britain a world leader in the new infrastructure, businesses and technologies needed to tackle climate chan

We will manage the public finances with the utmost care and responsibility.

and tear down the Conservatives’ damaging barriers to trade.

Everyone should receive the care they need when they are ill or frail, and a helping hand when they fall on tough times.

A strong NHS – open to all, regardless of wealth – gives people the freedom they need to live their lives as they choose

Every child deserves the best possible start in life.

We know that education is the best possible investment in our country’s future.

and fixing social care

free school meals for all children in poverty,

and a dedicated mental health professional in every school.

Everyone should be able to enjoy the benefits of our wonderful natural environment, and our children should inherit the

We must act now – locally, nationally and globally.

The UK can lead the world with innovation and ingenuity, while boosting the economy

and enhancing everyone’s quality of life.

and invest in clean energy, transport and industry.

and tackle toxic air pollution.

Liberal Democrats are proud internationalists.

We believe that our country and our people thrive when we are open and outward-looking.

The UK can be an incredible force for good when it stands tall on the world stage, and both the Covid pandemic and Vladi

and move to conclude a new comprehensive agreement that removes as many barriers to trade as possible.

and international development.

and tackle common threats such as human trafficking, cybercrime and terrorism.

Every person matters.

Liberal Democrats believe that basic rights and dignity are the birthright of every individual, to be respected, cherish

Everyone should have equal power in our democracy, and be able to hold all Members of Parliament properly to account.

and cap donations to political parties.

Our goal is to transform the nature of British politics itself – to make it relevant, engaging and responsive to people’

Liberal Democrats will build a strong, fair economy that benefits everyone in the UK, by helping people back to work,

supporting small businesses,

improving long-term productivity,

and delivering much greater stability for long-term investment, especially for the industries of the future.

Core to our economic policy for improving stability and growth will be responsible management of the public finances,

fixing the broken trading relationship with Europe,

and an industrial strategy focused on the skills the future UK economy will need, from the renewables industry to the di

The Conservatives have badly mismanaged the economy and recklessly damaged the public finances,

grinding economic growth to a halt

and adding billions to the cost of servicing our debt.

Their botched Brexit deal has badly damaged the economy, leaving everyone worse off.

By abandoning climate commitments, they have undermined industry’s confidence in investment in the green products and te

And they have taken people for granted, failing to deliver the investment needed to bring prosperity to all nations and

They left families and businesses to suffer the effects of their cost-of-living crisis without enough support,

hit people with years of unfair tax rises, such as the freeze on income tax thresholds,

and their promises to ‘level up’ have proved hollow.

We will empower people

and support businesses to thrive by encouraging investment and boosting productivity.

tackling rising food prices through a National Food Strategy,

and getting mortgage rates under control through careful economic management.

and create good jobs and prosperity in every nation and region of the UK,

while tackling the climate crisis.

and ensure that day-to-day spending does not exceed the amount raised in taxes,

while making the investments our country needs.

giving HMRC the resources it needs to properly tackle tax avoidance and evasion.

and imposing a proper, one-off windfall tax on the super-profits of oil and gas producers and traders.

In addition, we will: Create good jobs

and prosperity in every nation and region of the UK by:

Foster the stability, certainty and confidence that are vital for economic growth and investment by:

and give a clearer zero-carbon remit to the UK Infrastructure Bank.

Work with partners in international forums, including the OECD and the UN,

to tackle international corporate tax avoidance for the benefit of all countries

and make the case for increasing the global minimum rate of corporation tax to 21%.

and taking more low-paid workers out of paying income tax altogether.

Make the tax system fairer and raise the money needed for our investment plans by:

End retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge brought in by the Conservatives,

in particular in zero-carbon products and technologies.

delivering Sharia-compliant student finance

and supporting vulnerable consumers.

We aim to make Britain one of the most attractive places in the world for businesses to invest.

Only in partnership with responsible, sustainable businesses can we tackle the cost-of-living and climate crises,

and create the wealth to invest in healthcare, education and other essential public services.

Private enterprise is the principal engine of growth and prosperity in the UK.

We will support it by creating a stable business environment with smart regulation

and investing in skills, infrastructure, research and innovation.

In return, we expect businesses to commit to promote skills, equality and good governance, and to support their local co

The Conservative Government has failed businesses and workers.

Growth is minimal,

productivity is slipping,

and constant U-turns have badly damaged business confidence.

Unfair tax hikes have further dented our prosperity,

and our town centres and high streets are crying out for a fair business rates system.

The Conservatives’ botched deal with Europe has done enormous damage to British businesses, putting up new barriers to t

The UK has less clout in trade negotiations,

the US is not interested,

and the new trade deals the Conservatives have signed will undercut high environmental standards

and hurt our farmers.

We will work in partnership with business to offer stability and ensure that we maximise the opportunities for investmen

We will make the UK a world leader in ethical, inclusive new technology, including artificial intelligence,

and a global centre for the development, manufacture and export of clean technologies.

And we will prioritise the depth and quality of trade deals, ensuring they deliver benefits for the whole country.

create good jobs

and tackle the climate crisis.

Unlock British businesses’ global potential by bringing down trade barriers

and building stronger future relationships with our closest trading partners,

including by fixing our broken relationship with Europe as set out in chapter 22.

Boost small businesses and empower them to create new local jobs,

and human rights in business operations and supply chains.

take up digital technologies and become more energy efficient,

including through our industrial strategy and reform of business rates.

Establishes transparency and accountability for AI systems in the public sector.

Ensures the use of personal data and AI is unbiased, transparent and accurate, and respects the privacy of innocent peop

and work with international partners in agreeing common standards for AI risk and impact assessment, testing, monitoring

Unlock British businesses’ global potential, bring down trade barriers and use UK trade policy as a force for good by:

This will cut costs for consumers and businesses,

reduce exposure to volatile commodity prices,

protect the environment

and create new jobs and enterprises.

and that they report formally on the wider impact of the business on society and the environment.

Boosting the take-up of apprenticeships,

Modernise employment rights to make them fit for the age of the ‘gig economy’, including by: Establishing a new ‘depende

with entitlements to basic rights such as minimum earnings levels,

sick pay and holiday entitlement.

Fix the broken Statutory Sick Pay system by: Making it available to the more than one million workers earning less than

Climate change is an existential threat.

Soaring temperatures leading to wildfires, floods, droughts and rising sea levels are affecting millions of people direc

and billions more through falling food production and rising prices.

Urgent action is needed – in the UK and around the world – to achieve net zero and avert catastrophe.

At the same time, sky-high energy bills are hurting families and businesses, fuelling the cost-of-living crisis.

Russia’s assault on Ukraine has reinforced the need to significantly reduce the UK’s dependence on fossil fuels and inve

both to cut energy bills and to deliver energy security.

The Conservative Government has failed to act with anything close to the speed or ambition these challenges demand.

The independent Climate Change Committee warns that the Government is not on track to meet its legally binding targets.

We will take the bold, urgent action needed to tackle climate change,

cut energy bills

and create hundreds of thousands of secure, well-paid new jobs.

Together with innovative British businesses, we will make the UK the world leader in the clean technologies of the futur

We will help households meet the cost of the transition to net zero and make sure everyone benefits from it, leaving no

and ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon.

establish a new Net Zero Delivery Authority to coordinate action across government departments and work with devolved ad

and hand more powers and resources to local councils for local net zero strategies.

with tackling climate change a key priority for development spending.

In addition, we will: Take the action needed now to achieve net zero by 2045, including:

investing in active travel and public transport,

electrifying Britain’s railways,

and reducing the climate impact of flying, as set out in chapter 16.

Cut energy bills and emissions, and end fuel poverty, by: Launching an emergency Home Energy Upgrade programme, with fre

and a central role for local authorities in delivering this programme.

Implementing the UK’s G7 pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies,

and takes special care of the regions and communities most affected.

located carefully to avoid disruption to local communities and minimise environmental damage.

Support the expansion of community and decentralised energy, including:

Restore the UK’s role as a global leader on climate change by:

Hold businesses to account for their role in tackling climate change by:

and creating new powers for regulators to act if banks and other investors are not managing climate risks properly.

Support British industry to cut emissions by:

Setting out a clear and stable roadmap to net zero,

repairing the damage done by Conservative U-turns

and giving businesses the confidence to invest.

Good health gives people the freedom to live their lives as they choose.

A thriving economy needs a healthy population.

Universal high-quality healthcare, free at the point of use and accessible wherever and whenever it’s needed, is therefo

Our NHS used to be the envy of the world.

But now, too many people can’t access the care they need.

The Conservatives have plunged the NHS into crisis – as have the SNP in Scotland and Labour in Wales.

With more than a hundred thousand staff vacancies in England alone, a crisis in staff retention, long waiting times, mis

Getting an appointment with a GP can take weeks and seeing an NHS dentist is almost impossible.

People are no longer confident that when they ring 999 an ambulance will turn up in time.

Millions are waiting for treatment, unable to work.

The frontline workers who were rightly applauded are now overworked and burnt out.

Liberal Democrats believe that people should be in control of their own lives and health and that means everyone should

Instead of just spending money firefighting crisis after crisis, we will invest now to save taxpayers’ money in the long

We will strengthen patients’ rights,

fix crumbling hospitals,

recruit and retain a workforce for the future,

invest in technology that improves outcomes and saves money,

and restore the UK as a world leader in health research.

Our plan will tackle the crisis at both the front door and the back door to the NHS:

investing in public health and early access to community services, including GPs, pharmacists and dentists, so fewer peo

and fixing the crisis in social care to stop so many people being stuck in hospital beds.

Liberal Democrats understand that we need to fix social care to save our NHS.

and introducing regular mental health check-ups at key points in people’s lives when they are most vulnerable to mental

In addition, we will: Give everyone the right to see a GP or the most appropriate practice staff member within seven day

Guarantee access to an NHS dentist for everyone needing urgent and emergency care by:

Work towards a fairer and more sustainable long-term funding model for pharmacies,

Improve early access to mental health services by: Opening walk-in hubs for children and young people in every community

Help people spend more years of their life in good health by:

and banning the sale of single-use vapes.

Train, recruit and retain the doctors, nurses and other NHS staff we need, including by:

Fix the life-threatening crisis in our ambulance services by:

and fixing social care as set out in chapter 7.

Create a new ‘Patients Charter’ to harness lived experience of patients and embed patient voice, partnership and safety

Harness the benefits of new technology and digital tools for patients by:

Combat the harms caused by drugs by:

Sales will be restricted to over-18s only, from licensed retailers with strict limits on potency and THC content.

and devolving powers for tailored solutions where necessary.

Everyone deserves high-quality care when they need it.

Liberal Democrats want everyone to be able to live independently and with dignity, and receive any care they need in the

Carers – paid and unpaid, young and old – do a remarkable and important job.

They deserve far more support, but are too often forgotten and ignored.

But social care services in this country are in crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of people are waiting for care.

Many are stranded in hospital beds because the care isn’t in place for them to leave, putting even more strain on the NH

The Conservatives promised to “fix” the crisis in our social care system, that no one would have to sell their house to

They have broken all these promises.

We will empower care users,

and support care workers and the millions of unpaid carers looking after loved ones.

We will forge a new consensus on funding to ensure that no one has to sell their home to pay for their personal care.

We will invest to save, recognising that providing care reduces demand on more expensive NHS services.

and introduce a higher Carer’s Minimum Wage.

In addition, we will: Provide truly personalised care that empowers individuals by:

End the postcode lottery of service provision and provide national, high-quality care for everyone who needs it by:

Give unpaid carers a fair deal by:

and requiring employers to make reasonable adjustments to enable employees with caring responsibilities to provide that

Make careers in social care more attractive and value experienced staff to improve retention by:

Support people to age well by:

Support children in kinship care and their family carers by:

Liberal Democrats believe that education is the best investment we can make in our children’s potential and our country’

The Conservatives have consistently let down children and parents and neglected schools and colleges.

They have failed to grasp the scale of the damage that the Covid pandemic has done to children’s learning and mental hea

We will invest in education, starting in the crucial early years and continuing throughout adulthood.

We want every child to get the support and attention they need at school, so they leave with the skills, confidence and

Increase school and college funding per pupil above the rate of inflation every year,

and aim to increase them to £10,000 in the future when the public finances allow.

and fully funding those rises every year.

This will draw on best practice such as the International Baccalaureate and ensure children learn core skills such as cr

starting with a new free entitlement for disadvantaged children.

and schools get the guidance and support they need to improve.

Tackle the crisis in special educational needs provision, and help to end the postcode lottery in provision, by: Giving

and delivering high-quality relationships and sex education.

Support the education of children in care,

extend Pupil Premium Plus funding to children in kinship care,

and guarantee any child taken into care a school place within three weeks, if required to move schools.

Safeguard the future of our world-leading universities and the wellbeing of every student by:

and make sure there are no more retrospective raising of rates or selling-off of loans to private companies.

prioritising their work with students in schools and colleges

and requiring every university to be transparent about selection criteria.

Every child deserves the best possible start in life and the opportunity to flourish, no matter their background or pers

Protecting their rights and wellbeing as children and ensuring they are properly nourished are top priorities.

Families come in all shapes and sizes, and parents should have the support and flexibility to juggle work with parenting

Flexible, affordable childcare and early years education is a critical part of our economic infrastructure and helps clo

It gives parents more choice over how to organise their lives and helps them return to work if they want to.

Lack of access to affordable childcare is a key driver of the gender pay gap.

But affordable childcare is only part of the picture.

We will also overhaul parental leave to give parents a genuine choice over how to manage things in the first months of t

and introducing an extra use-it-or-lose-it month for fathers and partners, paid at 90% of earnings.

Ensure that all parents can access childcare that is flexible, affordable and fair by:

Give parents genuine flexibility and choice in the crucial early months by:

In the longer term, when the public finances allow, our ambition is to give all families (including self-employed parent

Support children in kinship care and their family carers, as set out in chapter 7.

and ensuring that payments cannot be used as a form of coercive control over domestic abuse survivors.

The cost-of-living crisis has caused huge financial hardship across the country and restricted the life chances of milli

The Government response has been a series of patchy and short-term fixes.

Liberal Democrats believe that no one should fear for their future, struggle to put food on the table, or worry about he

Our aim is to make the UK the best place in the world to work, raise children and enjoy retirement by ensuring that prop

Set a target of ending deep poverty within a decade,

In addition, we will: Repair the broken benefits safety net by:

Increase Carer’s Allowance and expand eligibility for it by:

Make the benefits system work better for disabled people by:

Give everyone the chance to enjoy a decent retirement by:

and ensure working-age carers can save properly for retirement.

Fix the broken Statutory Sick Pay system, as set out in chapter 4.

Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own homes and communities.

But for too many people in the UK, that’s simply not the reality today.

The Conservatives have talked tough on crime, but failed even to get the basics right.

Their unnecessary cuts and ineffective use of resources have contributed to the rise in unsolved crimes as police forces

Serious violence is destroying too many young lives.

Our communities are plagued by burglaries, fraud and anti-social behaviour, and far too many criminals are getting away

Violence against women and girls remains horrifically high.

Huge backlogs in the courts are denying victims the justice they deserve.

Prisons are in crisis: overcrowded, understaffed and failing to rehabilitate offenders.

Liberal Democrats will prevent crime and build communities where people can truly feel safe, including by:

and strengthening the supervision of offenders in the community.

In addition, we will: Free up local officers’ time to focus on their communities by:

Help rebuild public trust in policing by: Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners and replacing them with local Police

while investing the savings in frontline policing.

Address staffing shortages in police forces by:

Ensure that survivors of domestic abuse are properly supported throughout the criminal justice system by:

Tackle the backlogs in the criminal courts and reduce the number of people in prison on remand by:

and to understand the needs of all users, especially victims, vulnerable people and those from ethnic minority backgroun

This means police, teachers, health professionals, youth workers and social services all working closely together to pre

Improve cooperation with our European neighbours on tackling cross-border crime, such as human trafficking, the illegal

Protecting our precious natural environment lies at the heart of the Liberal Democrat approach.

Everyone should be able to enjoy open green spaces, clean blue rivers and the beauty of Britain’s coast.

The UK is facing a nature crisis.

One in six species are threatened with extinction from Britain.

Air pollution claims tens of thousands of lives every year, and costs the NHS billions.

The Government’s own Office for Environmental Protection has rebuked the Conservatives for falling “far short” of the ac

The Conservatives are using Brexit as an opportunity to erode previously high environmental standards.

Nowhere is the Conservatives’ lack of care for the environment clearer than the national sewage scandal.

They are letting water company bosses get away with paying themselves millions of pounds in bonuses while dumping millio

Just one in seven of England’s rivers are in good ecological health,

and every single one is below chemical pollution standards.

Liberal Democrats have a bold plan to restore the UK’s natural environment, and give everyone access to a clean and heal

We will: End the sewage scandal by transforming water companies into public benefit companies,

banning bonuses for water bosses until discharges and leaks end,

and replacing Ofwat with a tough new regulator with new powers to prevent sewage dumps.

increase the use of sustainable wood in construction,

and reach net zero.

In addition, we will: Tackle the national scandal of sewage-polluted rivers, waterways and beaches, and make water compa

Hold businesses to account for their responsibility to the environment by:

Make planning work for our natural environment and ensure that developers pay their fair share by:

Create a nature-positive economy,

tackle plastic pollution and waste, and get Britain recycling by:

Introducing a deposit return scheme for food and drink bottles and containers,

and finalising a Global Plastics Treaty to cut plastic pollution worldwide.

Ensure that nature-based solutions form a critical part of our strategy to tackle climate change by:

Restoring our peatlands as a carbon store,

protecting and restoring blue carbon

and ensuring climate resilience at sea.

The UK’s food system is failing to serve the interests of citizens, whether they are farmers or consumers.

Too many families simply can’t afford enough healthy, nutritious food.

Ultra-processed foods, high in saturated fat, sugar and salt, are usually much cheaper than healthier foods – contributi

Farmers are key allies in tackling climate change and the nature crisis, caring for and restoring the countryside while

But their ability to do this is threatened by the Conservative Government’s botched transition away from the Basic Payme

We support the move to public money for public goods, but many farmers are seeing their incomes threatened as old paymen

Meanwhile, farmers have had to contend with increases in bills for energy, fertilisers and feed.

It is hardly surprising we have seen food shortages in the supermarkets.

The Conservatives’ botched deal with the EU is also contributing to food shortages and high food prices,

and severely damaging farmers’ and fishers’ ability to export to their main markets in Europe

while new trade deals undermine animal welfare and environmental protection,

undercutting responsible British farmers and setting a dangerous precedent for future deals.

Liberal Democrats will stand up for British farmers and ensure everyone can get affordable, healthy and nutritious food,

produced to high welfare and environmental standards.

ensuring that Britain’s farmers and food manufacturers are not put at an unfair disadvantage.

creating new natural flood protections and managing land to encourage species recovery and carbon storage,

while producing food for the table.

Exploring additional funding options to ensure an intelligent transition to better farming practices.

Fishers, scientists and conservationists should all be at the centre of a decentralised and regionalised fisheries manag

Ensure our farming and food system is on an environmentally sustainable footing by: Ensuring farmers receive proper, ind

Ensure Britain continues to be a world leader in animal welfare and standards by:

At least matching the EU’s stricter rules on preventative use of antibiotics,

and introducing a comprehensive plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance in farm animals.

Liberal Democrats know that a home is a necessity and the base on which people build their lives.

So we will ensure that everyone can access housing that meets their needs.

Yet, in Britain today, many people cannot afford to buy or rent a home of good quality where they live.

Too many people live in housing so poor it damages their health.

Government housebuilding targets are regularly missed

and the shortage of affordable and social housing is at crisis point.

Newly built homes are often energy inefficient and environmentally unfriendly.

Too many new houses are built as leasehold and leaseholders still face large bills, not least because of the building sa

Homelessness remains shamefully high.

Local authorities’ powers to build the kind of homes needed in their areas are inadequate.

making three-year tenancies the default,

and creating a national register of licensed landlords.

Ending rough sleeping within the next Parliament

and immediately scrapping the archaic Vagrancy Act.

In addition, we will: Build the homes people desperately need, with meaningful community engagement, by:

Encouraging development of existing brownfield sites with financial incentives

and ensuring that affordable and social housing is included in these projects.

and ensure that all new homes are zero-carbon, as set out in chapter 5.

and provide accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse.

Protect the rights of social renters by:

People want to live in flourishing communities.

No community can flourish without powers and resources.

Liberal Democrats are committed to allowing communities to take the action they need to improve their areas.

We believe, for example, that given sufficient powers and resources local authorities can play a major role in combating

Yet this Government is robbing local communities of their powers and their resources.

The Conservatives have forced councils to do more and more with less and less, plunging many into financial crisis.

In rural areas, the growth of second homes, the lack of public transport and poor broadband connectivity are undermining

Liberal Democrats will support local government through these difficult times,

and review the burdens and costs that councils have shouldered as a result of Conservative Government policies.

This includes tackling the social care funding crisis,

giving councils the freedom to set planning fees to reflect the actual cost of delivering an efficient planning service,

and building more homes to relieve the soaring demand for temporary accommodation.

boosting the supply of social housing, and forging a long-term, cross-party agreement on social care.

and scrapping the Conservatives’ voter ID scheme.

Give local authorities new powers to control second homes and short-term lets in their areas by:

and keep DVLA services available at post office counters.

Properly fund local planning departments

Everyone should have convenient, affordable options to get around – whether to get to work or the shops, to go to school

A safe, reliable transport system is vital for economic prosperity in all parts of the country.

And improving transport is essential to combat climate change and air pollution.

Conservative Ministers have badly neglected our transport infrastructure.

Their chaotic U-turns have seriously undermined the rail industry, electric vehicle manufacturing and regional developme

They have failed to rollout electric charging points at anything like the speed necessary,

and they have left local bus routes in rapid decline.

Roads are in a terrible state, with potholes everywhere.

By investing in electric vehicles and clean public transport, as well as encouraging walking and cycling, Liberal Democr

while boosting the economy,

protecting the environment

and improving public health.

improve stations,

greatly improve disabled access,

reopen smaller stations

and deliver Northern Powerhouse rail.

and take steps to reduce demand for flying.

and switching to zero-emission vehicles.

Exploring the introduction of an annual pass for all railways.

Reviewing the Conservatives’ cancellation of the northern leg of HS2 to see if it can still be delivered in a way that p

and removing the VAT exemptions for private, first-class and business-class flights.

Placing a moratorium on net airport expansion until a national capacity and emissions management framework is in place,

The UK’s rich and vibrant cultural heritage is a national treasure.

Our creative and tourism industries contribute billions of pounds to our economy and employ millions of people.

Art, music, drama and sports bring people together.

They are an essential part of a thriving society.

The Covid pandemic hit culture and tourism businesses extremely hard.

And instead of helping, the Conservatives have only inflicted even more damage.

They have downgraded the status of arts subjects at school,

slashed funding for them at university,

and erected new barriers to British musicians and actors performing elsewhere in Europe following our withdrawal from th

Liberal Democrats will invest in our cultural capital and nurture the next generation of talent.

We will support the creative and tourism industries across the UK so that businesses can thrive and people everywhere ca

Promote creative skills,

address the barriers to finance faced by small businesses,

and support modern and flexible patent, copyright and licensing rules.

The UK has a proud history of welcoming newcomers – whether people seeking to build their lives here, or refugees fleein

People from all over the world have greatly enriched our economy, our culture and our communities.

But our immigration system has been broken by the Conservatives.

Their damaging new rules mean British employers can’t recruit the people they need

and families are separated by unfair, complex visa requirements.

Their dysfunction has made the asylum backlog soar.

Public confidence in the system is shattered.

The Home Office is not fit for purpose.

Meanwhile, the Conservatives have closed down safe and legal routes to sanctuary, leaving desperate people to make peril

Liberal Democrats are fighting for a fair, effective immigration system that treats everyone with dignity and respect.

and speeding up returns of those without a right to stay.

and reverse the Conservatives’ ban on care workers bringing partners and children.

Increasing the age limit from 30 to 35.

Abolishing the fees for these visas.

Extending the length of visas from two to three years.

Providing them with physical proof of their right to stay.

and repeal the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act.

End the detention of children for immigration purposes,

Liberal Democrats exist to build a free society where every person’s rights and liberties are protected.

Everyone should be able to live their lives as who they are: free to pursue their dreams and fulfil their potential, saf

In decades past, the UK has led the world in advancing human rights, civil liberties and equality for women, LGBT+ peopl

But under the Conservatives, progress has stalled.

They are failing to stand up to hatred and prejudice, or tackle entrenched inequalities.

Instead, they keep threatening to rip up the UK’s Human Rights Act, which protects our fundamental British freedoms.

Liberal Democrats champion the freedom, dignity and wellbeing of every individual.

We will combat all forms of prejudice and discrimination, wherever they exist, including where intersectionality means i

We believe that the UK’s rich diversity is one of its greatest strengths.

We will celebrate that diversity and ensure it is better reflected throughout public life.

We will apply the principles of openness, transparency and accountability to tackle institutional biases, promote equali

Make misogyny a hate crime

Give everyone a new right to flexible working

and immediately halt the use of live facial recognition surveillance by the police and private companies.

In addition, we will: Defend hard-won British rights and freedoms by: Upholding the UK’s commitment to the European Conv

Introducing a Digital Bill of Rights to protect everyone’s rights online, including the rights to privacy, free expressi

Ensuring sustainable funding for services to support survivors of domestic abuse, with a particular focus on community-b

Ensuring that survivors are properly supported within the criminal justice system, as set out in chapter 11.

Implementing the Law Commission’s proposals to reform wedding laws, giving couples more choice over how and where their

while respecting religious beliefs and practices.

and ensure access to high-quality reproductive healthcare, including enforcing safe access zones around abortion clinics

Ending the Conservatives’ Hostile Environment, implementing the Windrush Lessons Learned Review

and repealing the Conservatives’ discriminatory ‘Right to Rent’ law, as set out in chapter 18.

Scrapping the Conservatives’ voter ID scheme and requiring political parties to publish candidate diversity data, as set

Make it easier for disabled people to access public life, including the world of work, by:

Adopting new accessibility standards for public spaces.

Raising employers’ awareness of the Access to Work scheme and simplifying and speeding up the application process.

Introducing ‘Adjustment Passports’ to record the adjustments, modifications and equipment a disabled person has received

and ensuring that Access to Work support and equipment stays with the person if they change jobs.

Building on the British Sign Language

Act by increasing the use of BSL in government communications and working collaboratively with the BSL Alliance to promo

We want to ensure that your voice is heard – and we want to transfer power back to the people.

The shambolic Conservative Government has created a crisis for democracy in this country, with their cronyism, rule-brea

Successive Conservative Prime Ministers have acted without integrity and treated Parliament and the people with disdain.

It is a symptom of a broken political system, which enables the Government to take families up and down the country for

It is clear that we need a political system with fair representation, so that politics is made to work for you again.

Liberal Democrats want to begin to repair the damage that has been done by the constant stream of Conservative sleaze, a

Strengthen democratic rights and participation by scrapping the Conservatives’ voter ID scheme

Transfer greater powers away from Westminster and Whitehall,

and oppose a second Scottish independence referendum and independence.

and to anyone else who has lived in the UK for at least five years and has the right to stay permanently.

Introducing a legal requirement for local authorities to inform citizens of the steps they must take to be successfully

and ensuring that the UK has an automatic system of inclusion in elections

Enabling all UK citizens living abroad to vote for MPs in separate overseas constituencies,

and to participate in UK referendums.

Taking a zero-tolerance approach to harassment and bullying in Westminster

and legislating to empower constituents to recall MPs who commit sexual harassment.

Establishing national and local citizens’ assemblies to ensure that the public are fully engaged in finding solutions to

Ensure justice for the victims of scandals and prevent future scandals, including by:

and the Infected Blood scandal as quickly as possible.

Ensuring that a record of all lobbying of Ministers via instant messages, emails, letters and phone calls is published a

Reform the UK and strengthen our family of nations around the principles of federalism, working in cooperation and partn

and put Cardiff Airport on a fair playing field with regional airports in England.

Work constructively with the Northern Ireland Executive to build a permanently peaceful Northern Ireland,

with a stable devolved government

and a truly shared society, including by:

Helping to grow the economy in Northern Ireland,

boost infrastructure

and support local businesses.

founded on the principles of democratic engagement, liberal values and respect for diverse identities,

underpinned by a fair distribution of resources based on respective needs.

The Convention will establish an inclusive approach for determining the structure of government in England.

Keeping our country secure should be the first priority of any government.

We must always take defence seriously –

and work with allies to protect all our freedoms.

The Conservative Government has been negligent in its approach to the defence of the United Kingdom.

Cutting troop numbers by 10,000 is irresponsible.

Their inability to procure assets on time and on budget is leaving our Armed Forces without the equipment they need.

And their failure to look after service personnel and veterans properly – from suitable housing to mental health support

The spectre of Donald Trump returning to power in the United States – and his lack of support for Ukraine and for NATO –

It is time for the UK to lead within Europe on security,

working closely with our democratic European allies so that we can support Ukraine, and each other, during peace and war

Liberal Democrats will strengthen our Armed Forces and support the people who work in them, and keep the UK free, safe a

Maintaining the UK’s support for NATO,

while pursuing multilateral global disarmament.

In addition, we will: Legislate to ensure there is a parliamentary vote before engaging in military action,

and support intervention only when there is a clear legal or humanitarian case,

while preserving the government’s ability to engage in action in emergencies with a retrospective vote or under treaty o

and enabling the Houses of Parliament to elect its members.

Secure a fair deal for the armed forces community, and improve recruitment, retention and resettlement, by:

Work collaboratively with our democratic European partners and promote security, including through deterrence, by:

Whether on apartheid in South Africa, the illegal war in Iraq or the persecution of Hong Kongers, Liberal Democrats have

We will resist those states that threaten us and robustly challenge our allies when necessary.

The UK must support democracies around the world, especially those threatened by aggression such as Ukraine and Taiwan.

We must stand up to states like China and Russia, resisting their attempts to undermine our democratic values

and preventing them from filling the vacuum that the UK has left in Africa and the rest of the Global South, following t

Following years of Conservative Government, our influence on the world stage is sadly but undeniably diminished.

Liberal Democrats will reverse this decline.

We will rebuild our relations with our allies – not trash them.

We will uphold international law – not undermine it.

We will restore Britain’s role as an international development superpower.

With war raging on our continent, now more than ever Britain must lead within Europe.

Liberal Democrats are the only party that will fix the UK’s broken relationship with Europe, by following our four-stage

Not only will this leave us and our allies more secure,

but it will help restore the British economy and the prosperity and opportunities of its citizens.

We will: Work to counter the global rise in authoritarianism by championing the liberal, rules-based international order

and supporting international institutions such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth, NATO and the International Crimi

and move to conclude a new comprehensive agreement which removes as many barriers to trade as possible.

get the hostages out,

and provide the space to reach a two-state solution based on 1967 borders with security and dignity for Israelis and Pal

In addition, we will: Protect, defend and promote human rights for all around the world by: Working to abolish the death

Fix the UK’s broken relationship with Europe by following our four-stage roadmap:

All these measures will help to restore the British economy and the prosperity and opportunities of its citizens,

and are also essential steps on the road to EU membership, which remains our longer-term objective.

Restore the UK’s role as a global leader in tackling the climate and nature emergencies, as set out in chapters 5 and 12

Finally put a stop to oligarchs from corrupt regimes channelling their money through the UK by:

Work with our allies to help bring security and stability to the Middle East, which has become a tinderbox amidst the Is

Stand with Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Uyghurs including by:

and support Afghan refugees in the UK.

Increase UK humanitarian assistance to Sudan

The transformation of the position of women through economic inclusion.

Education and training, ensuring the lives of women and girls are not ignored in favour of trade or regional alliances.

Working to extend reproductive rights

and end female genital mutilation.

Ensure that the UK’s international development spending is used effectively and with a primary focus on poverty reductio

especially focusing on girls and young women.

and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote.

The party commits to funding public services by reversing tax cuts for big banks.

The party commits to funding HMRC adequately to combat tax avoidance and evasion.

The party commits to reversing bank tax cuts and imposing a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas super-profits.

The party commits to working internationally to combat corporate tax avoidance and advocate for a 21% global minimum corporation tax.

The party commits to cutting income tax by raising the personal allowance when finances permit.

The party commits to reversing bank tax cuts and restoring bank levies to 2016 levels.

The party commits to raising the Digital Services Tax from 2% to 6% on tech companies.

The party commits to reforming capital gains tax to eliminate loopholes for the wealthy.

The party commits to introducing a 4% tax on share buybacks by FTSE-100 companies.

The party commits to ending retrospective tax changes and reviewing IR35 reforms to protect self-employed workers.

The party will review tax and National Insurance treatment across employment statuses to ensure fairness.

The party will implement a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas company super-profits to help with energy bills.

The party will remove VAT from children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The party will allow councils to increase council tax up to 500% on second homes and impose stamp duty surcharges on overseas purchases.

The party will expand Rural Fuel Duty Relief to help rural motorists with fuel costs.

The party will reduce VAT on public EV charging to 5%.

The party will reform international flight taxation to target frequent flyers while reducing costs for occasional travellers.

The party will introduce a super tax on private jets and remove VAT exemptions for premium flights.

The party commits to devolving Air Passenger Duty to Wales to place it on equal footing with Scotland and Northern Ireland and to benefit Cardiff Airport.

The party commits to providing gigabit broadband access to all homes and businesses, including rural areas.

The party will give local authorities powers to restore and add bus routes based on local need.

The party will expand EV charging infrastructure, reintroduce the plug-in car grant, and require zero-emission vehicles from 2030.

The party will freeze rail fares and simplify public transport ticketing to ensure affordability.

The party will extend rail electrification, improve stations and disabled access, reopen smaller stations, and deliver Northern Powerhouse rail.

The party will enhance local authority powers to franchise bus services and simplify funding to restore and add routes.

The party will create new cycling and walking networks through a nationwide active travel strategy.

The party will allocate more roads funding to local councils for maintenance and pothole repair.

The party will invest in zero-carbon flight technology and implement measures to reduce flying demand.

The party will expand EV charging infrastructure including residential on-street and ultra-fast chargers.

The party will upgrade the National Grid and local grid capacity to support EV charging expansion.

The party will require all EV charging points to accept bank card payments.

The party will protect motorists from unfair insurance and fuel pricing practices.

The party will support rural bus services and promote alternative services like on-demand transport where conventional buses are not viable.

The party will maintain the £2 bus fare cap during a fares review.

The party will consolidate bus funding into a single integrated fund for service expansion and zero-emission vehicle transition.

The party will extend programmes to encourage transition to zero-emission buses.

The party will establish a Railway Agency to coordinate the rail industry, prioritise commuters, hold operators accountable, and reform fares.

The party will actively sanction and remove train operators that fail to provide quality service.

The party will improve station accessibility through the Access for All programme.

The party will deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail to connect northern cities.

The party will work with local authorities to implement light rail and tram-train schemes where appropriate.

The party will establish a ten-year rail electrification plan and require all new rail lines to be electrified.

The party will introduce a national freight strategy to shift freight from road to rail with electrification targets.

The party will develop an international rail strategy and allow other operators to use the Channel Tunnel and HS1.

The party will extend half-fares on public transport to 18-year-olds.

The party will introduce a Young Person's Buscard offering one-third discount on bus and tram fares for 19-25 year-olds.

The party will require airlines to display carbon emissions for domestic flights compared to rail alternatives at booking.

The party will ban short domestic flights where a direct rail alternative of under 2.5 hours exists, unless planes use alternative fuel.

The party will impose a moratorium on airport expansion and oppose expansion of major London airports pending a national framework.

The party will devolve public transport decision-making to local authorities including network-wide ticketing powers.

The party will integrate ticketing systems across bus, rail, and light rail to introduce daily fare caps.

The party pledges to devolve responsibility for rail services and infrastructure to Wales with fair funding and shared governance on cross-border services.

The party will review the cancelled northern HS2 leg to determine if it can be delivered cost-effectively or if alternatives exist.

The party commits to reforming welfare systems to reduce poverty.

The party pledges to introduce free personal care based on need rather than ability to pay, following the Scottish model.

The party commits to creating a social care workforce plan, establishing a Royal College of Care Workers, and raising the Carer's Minimum Wage.

The party pledges to establish a cross-party commission to develop a long-term sustainable funding agreement for social care.

The party commits to supporting unpaid carers through paid carer's leave and statutory respite breaks.

The party pledges to develop a digital strategy to enable care users to benefit from technology.

The party commits to trialling personal health and social care budgets to give individuals control over their care.

The party pledges to roll out digital platforms enabling care users to build networks and connections.

The party commits to improving communication standards to enable carers and users to co-produce care plans.

The party pledges to develop a digital strategy for tech-enabled care.

The party commits to establishing an Independent Living Taskforce to support people living independently at home.

The party pledges to provide predictable, consistent funding for free personal care.

The party commits to increasing transparency and accountability in local authority social care spending.

The party pledges to create a National Care Agency to establish and enforce national care standards.

The party commits to allowing individuals to transfer care packages between localities.

The party pledges to increase Carer's Allowance and expand eligibility.

The party commits to guaranteeing regular respite breaks for unpaid carers by statute.

The party pledges to introduce paid carer's leave for employees with caring responsibilities.

The party commits to making caring a protected characteristic and requiring employer accommodations for carers.

The party pledges to introduce a Young Carers Pupil Premium to support young people with caring responsibilities.

The party commits to creating a Carer's Minimum Wage with a £2 per hour increase as a starting point.

The party pledges to establish clear career pathways and pay scales for care workers.

The party commits to creating a career ladder enabling staff to work flexibly across NHS and social care.

The party pledges to establish a Royal College of Care Workers to represent the profession.

The party commits to expanding the NHS Digital Staff Passport to cover care sector workers.

The party pledges to recruit more care workers through a comprehensive workforce plan including ethical international recruitment.

The party commits to establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing.

The party pledges to roll out active ageing programmes and falls assessments for people over 75.

The party commits to opening fracture liaison services for osteoporosis patients.

The party pledges to introduce a statutory definition of kinship care.

The party commits to developing a weekly allowance for all kinship carers based on existing pilots.

The party pledges to make care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act.

The party commits to refreshing the national loneliness strategy with a dedicated minister overseeing implementation.

The party will introduce an enhanced Child Benefit rate specifically for one-year-olds.

The party will comprehensively review and reform the Child Maintenance Service, removing charges for receiving parents and preventing use of payments as coercive control.

The party will eliminate child poverty by removing the two-child limit and the benefit cap.

The party will set a target to end deep poverty within ten years and establish an independent commission to recommend annual Universal Credit increases covering essentials.

The party will protect the triple lock to ensure pensions rise in line with inflation, wages, or 2.5%, whichever is highest.

The party will increase Carer's Allowance, expand eligibility, and cease pursuing carers for historical overpayments.

The party will reduce the initial Universal Credit payment wait from five weeks to five days.

The party will abolish the bedroom tax.

The party will replace the benefits sanctions regime with an incentive-based scheme to support people entering employment.

The party will eliminate the reduced Universal Credit rate for parents under 25 by restoring the full rate for all parents regardless of age.

The party will increase the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance and introduce an earnings taper to eliminate the cliff-edge effect.

The party will reduce the weekly care hours requirement for Carer's Allowance eligibility.

The party will extend Carer's Allowance eligibility to carers in full-time education.

The party will reverse Conservative cuts to support payments for parents whose partners have died.

The party will establish an Independent Living Taskforce to enable people to live independently in their own homes with greater choice and control.

The party will give disabled people and their representative organisations greater input into the design of benefits policies and processes.

The party will bring Work Capability Assessments in-house rather than contracting them out.

The party will reform Personal Independence Payment assessments to increase transparency, eliminate unnecessary reassessments, and end informal assessments.

The party will develop measures to eliminate the gender pension gap in private pensions and enable working-age carers to save for retirement.

The party will improve the State Pension system by investing in helplines to provide faster responses and resolve underpayments.

The party will overhaul the pension processing system to end lost top-up payments and provide proper receipts.

The party will exclude military compensation for illness or injury from means testing for benefits.

The party commits to ensuring military compensation for illness or injury does not count towards means-testing for benefits.

The party commits to fairly treating and properly compensating women born in the 1950s affected by state pension age changes.

The party commits to reforming parental leave policies to provide greater flexibility for working families.

The party commits to using technology and flexible working to increase employment among parents, carers, and disabled people.

The party commits to giving employees in large listed companies the right to request shares held in trust.

The party will eliminate the lower apprentice minimum wage rate and guarantee all apprentices earn at least the National Minimum Wage.

The party will create a new Worker Protection Enforcement Authority consolidating enforcement of minimum wage, modern slavery, and agency worker protections.

The party will commission an independent review to recommend a genuine living wage and commit public sector employers to lead by example in paying it.

The party will create a new 'dependent contractor' employment status with entitlements to minimum earnings, sick pay, and holiday pay.

The party will set a 20% premium on the minimum wage for zero-hour contract workers during normal demand periods.

The party will give zero-hour and agency workers the right to request fixed-hours contracts after 12 months.

The party will review pension rules to ensure gig economy workers have fair access and portable pension benefits.

The party will shift the burden of proof in employment status disputes from workers to employers in tribunals.

The party will expand parental leave and pay entitlements to be available from day one of employment.

The party will extend Statutory Sick Pay to workers earning below £123 per week.

The party will align Statutory Sick Pay rates with the National Minimum Wage.

The party will make Statutory Sick Pay available from the first day of absence rather than the fourth.

The party will provide financial support to small employers for Statutory Sick Pay costs.

The party will introduce an additional use-it-or-lose-it month of parental leave for fathers and partners, paid at 90% of earnings with a cap for high earners.

The party will require large employers to publicly disclose their parental leave and pay policies.

The party aims to provide six weeks of use-it-or-lose-it parental leave per parent, paid at 90% of earnings, when public finances allow.

The party aims to provide 46 weeks of shareable parental leave paid at double the current statutory rate, when public finances allow.

The party will introduce paid leave for neonatal care.

The party will establish a Worker Protection Enforcement Authority to protect precarious workers through proactive enforcement, separate from immigration enforcement.

The party will establish a right to flexible working for all and a right to work from home for disabled people unless significant business reasons prevent it.

The party will end the gender price gap, provide free period products, expand affordable childcare, double Statutory Maternity Pay, and expand shared parental leave.

The party will require large employers to monitor and publish diversity data with targets, extend name-blind recruitment, improve public appointment diversity, and support neurodiversity in workplaces.

The party will adopt accessibility standards, improve blue badge framework, incorporate UN disability rights convention, support disabled employment, introduce Adjustment Passports, and promote British Sign Language.

The party will expand access to flexible affordable childcare, double Statutory Maternity Pay and expand shared parental leave.

The party will require large employers to monitor and publish diversity data and set five-year diversity targets.

The party will extend name-blind recruitment in the public sector and encourage it in the private sector.

The party will provide employer support on neurodiversity and develop a cross-government strategy to tackle discrimination against neurodiverse people.

The party will implement a targeted strategy with specialist support to help disabled people into employment.

The party will raise employer awareness of the Access to Work scheme and simplify its application process.

The party will introduce Adjustment Passports to record workplace adjustments and ensure support transfers when disabled people change jobs.