The party will enforce the Online Safety Act to require social media companies to protect children from illegal or harmful content, with financial penalties for non-compliance.
“From next year, our Online Safety Act will make it a legal requirement for social media firms to protect children from i…”
The party will make mobile phone bans during the school day mandatory for all schools and provide funding to support implementation.
“We will put our guidance on banning mobile phones in the school day on a statutory footing which will require all school…”
The party will consult on introducing enhanced parental controls and age verification for social media access, working with other countries on technology development.
“We will urgently consult on introducing further parental controls over access to social media. We know this is a complex…”
The party commits to reforming the welfare system to make it fairer and more sustainable while supporting people into work.
“So we will reform the system to make it fairer and more sustainable, unlocking the potential of millions of people and g…”
The party will reform disability benefits to better target genuine needs and improve PIP assessments while expanding mental health provision.
“Reform our disability benefits so they are better targeted and reflect people's genuine needs, while delivering a step-c…”
From September 2025, the party will change work capability assessments to provide tailored support for those with moderate mental health or mobility issues rather than placing them on long-term benefits.
“We will change the assessments from September 2025 so that those with more moderate mental health issues or mobility pro…”
The party will transfer fit note issuance from GPs to specialist work and health professionals and integrate this with the WorkWell service to support employment.
“We will design a new system which moves the responsibility for issuing fit notes away from our hard-pressed GPs towards …”
The party will introduce stricter sanctions allowing benefit removal for those refusing suitable work after 12 months and accelerate claimant reviews from 18 to 12 months.
“Introduce tougher sanctions rules so people who refuse to take up suitable jobs after 12 months on benefits can have the…”
The party will accelerate migration of all remaining legacy benefit claimants to Universal Credit to ensure work always pays.
“Accelerate the rollout of Universal Credit to ensure it always pays to work. We will move all of those remaining on outd…”
The party will introduce a Fraud Bill giving the DWP powers equivalent to HMRC to identify, investigate, and prosecute benefit fraud.
“To deliver further savings, we will maintain our zero-tolerance approach to fraud. This will include a new Fraud Bill to…”
The party will reform the Child Maintenance Service and introduce new laws to enforce child maintenance payments.
“We will reform the Child Maintenance Service to prevent non-compliance and new laws to help crack down on non-payment.”
The party commits to protecting per-pupil school spending in real terms throughout the next Parliament.
“We will build on this progress in the next Parliament by protecting day-to-day schools spending in real terms per pupil.”
The party will provide tax-free bonuses of up to £30,000 over five years to new teachers in priority areas and STEM subjects, extending to further education.
“From this September, new teachers in priority areas and key STEM and technical subjects will receive bonuses of up to £3…”
The party will require two hours of PE per week in all primary and secondary schools and extend the PE and Sport Premium to secondary schools.
“We will mandate two hours of PE every week in primary and secondary schools, supported by extending the PE and Sport Pre…”
The party will increase funding for School Games Organisers and work with sporting bodies to create more UK-wide school competitions.
“We will increase funding for School Games Organisers to get more competitive sport into and between schools and work wit…”
The party will introduce the Advanced British Standard for 16-19 education, combining academic and technical routes with mandatory English and maths to age 18.
“To keep pace with our global competitors we will introduce the Advanced British Standard, a new approach to 16-19 educat…”
The party will legislate to create a register of children not in school and continue improving attendance through mental health support.
“We will continue to work with schools and local authorities to improve school attendance, including through more mental …”
The party will introduce legislation guaranteeing parents the right to see all school materials, particularly on relationships and sex education.
“We will work to strengthen the relationship between schools and parents, including by delivering new legislation which w…”
The party commits to expanding strong academy trusts and continuing to deliver free schools.
“We will expand strong academy trusts. This builds on our record to date, where half of all state-funded schools are now …”
The party will remove the cap on faith school expansion to allow more faith-based places.
“We will lift the cap on faith schools, allowing them to offer more places to children based on faith and encouraging the…”
The party will rebuild or refurbish over 500 schools, including all schools with RAAC, through the School Rebuilding Programme.
“We are rebuilding over 500 schools through the School Rebuilding Programme, including rebuilding or refurbishing every s…”
The party will create 60,000 additional school places and 15 new free schools for children with special educational needs.
“We will transform education for children with special educational needs, ending the postcode lottery of support by deliv…”
The party commits to supporting independent special schools without taxation to preserve parental choice.
“Instead of penalising independent special schools by taxing them, we will back them because we believe in the right of p…”
The party commits to creating 100,000 additional apprenticeships per year in England by the end of the next Parliament.
“We will build on this by creating 100,000 more apprenticeships in England every year by the end of next Parliament.”
The party will change the law to prevent university courses with excessive dropout rates or poor graduate outcomes from recruiting students.
“We will fund this by changing the law to close university courses in England with the worst outcomes for their students.…”
The party has reformed student loans so repayment does not exceed the original amount borrowed in real terms.
“We are committed to delivering the best value for students, so have already reformed student loans to make them fairer, …”
The party will work with universities to ensure students receive promised contact hours and timely exam marking.
“We will work with universities to ensure students get the contact hours they are promised and their exams get marked.”
The party commits to supporting the National Citizen Service to develop young people's skills and confidence.
“We will support the National Citizen Service to help young people build confidence and develop the skills they need to t…”
The party will introduce the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, allowing adults to access loans for retraining and upskilling from the 2025 academic year.
“We will deliver the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, giving adults the support they need to train, retrain and upskill fle…”
The party commits to expanding adult skills programmes including Skills Bootcamps to address skills shortages.
“We will also continue to expand our adult skills programmes, such as Skills Bootcamps which meet skills shortages.”
The party will introduce compulsory National Service for all 18-year-olds, offering a choice between civic service (25 days/year volunteering) or military service (full-time paid placement).
“We will reinvent National Service for this century to give young people valuable life skills and build a stronger nation…”
The party will establish a Royal Commission to design modernised National Service, backed by funding rising to £2.5 billion annually and new legislation.
“We will establish a Royal Commission, the first in a quarter of a century, to design our modernised National Service. It…”
The party commits to increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 as a fully funded plan.
“We will hit 2.5% of GDP on defence in 2030 with our fully funded plan.”
The party pledges to invest in future military capabilities and equipment for the Armed Forces.
“We will invest in the vital capabilities of the future, to give our Armed Forces the best equipment to do their job.”
The party commits to maintaining support for Trident and investing up to £763 million in nuclear skills by 2030.
“We will always be steadfast in our support for our Trident nuclear deterrent and have invested in its modernisation, inc…”
The party will campaign to establish 2.5% defence spending as a new baseline requirement for all NATO members by 2030.
“We will launch a campaign to set a new baseline of 2.5% for all NATO allies by 2030.”
The party commits to investing at least £10 billion in UK munitions production over the next decade to strengthen the defence industrial base.
“Boosting the UK defence industrial base by giving industry the multi-year certainty it requires to produce the equipment…”
The party will establish a Defence Innovation Agency and commit to scaling R&D funding to at least 5% of the defence budget plus an additional 2% for exploitation.
“Through our new Defence Innovation Agency, we will scale R&D funding to a minimum of 5% of the defence budget, together …”
The party pledges to maintain current levels of military support to Ukraine and secure additional supplies, while building international agreement to use frozen Russian assets.
“Guaranteeing Ukraine the support it needs for the long haul, assuring current levels of support for as long as they are …”
The party commits to delivering a comprehensive National Defence and Resilience Plan addressing security, preparedness and resilience.
“We will deliver a National Defence and Resilience Plan for our security, preparedness and resilience as a nation.”
The party pledges to improve the quality of Service Family Accommodation and enhance support for military families.
“We will improve Service Family Accommodation, improving quality and ensuring military families get the support they dese…”
The party commits to maintaining the Office for Veterans Affairs as a Cabinet-level position with a dedicated Minister.
“We will maintain the Office for Veterans Affairs in its current position in the Cabinet Office, with a dedicated Ministe…”
The party pledges to maintain the Office for Veterans Affairs budget at £10 million for the duration of the next Parliament.
“We will maintain the base operating budget of the Office for Veterans Affairs at £10 million throughout the next Parliam…”
The party commits to retaining the National Insurance holiday for veteran employers and ensuring military pensions are not counted as income for benefits purposes.
“We will retain the National Insurance holiday for those who employ veterans and we will bring forward measures so that W…”
The party pledges to extend visa fee waivers for Commonwealth military personnel to include their direct dependants.
“We will extend the visa fees waiver introduced to cover Commonwealth personnel, to include their direct dependants.”
The party commits to fully implementing the findings of the independent review into Veterans UK.
“We will fully implement the findings of the independent review into Veterans UK.”
The party pledges to introduce measures requiring public bodies to record military service status.
“We will bring forward measures to ensure public bodies record whether someone has served in the UK's Armed Forces.”
The party commits to reducing the cost of the Veterans Railcard to match the HM Forces Railcard price.
“We will cut the cost of the Veterans Railcard so that it costs the same as the HM Forces Railcard.”
The party pledges to pass a Veterans' Bill enshrining veterans' rights in law, ensuring service qualifications are recognised, creating a legal duty to support veterans, and expanding the Armed Forces Covenant.
“We will pass the UK's first ever Veterans' Bill to enshrine Veterans' rights in law. Ensuring qualifications from Servic…”
The party commits to changing the law to make Veterans ID cards valid identification for all future elections.
“We will change the law to ensure Veterans ID cards are valid identification in all future elections.”