Labour will consult on and implement a Fair Pay Agreement with training standards, learning from international examples.
“This sector collective agreement will set fair pay, terms and conditions, along with training standards. Labour will con…”
Labour commits to guaranteeing visiting rights for residential care residents.
“We will guarantee the rights of those in residential care to be able to see their families.”
Labour will task regulators to assess social care workers' role in basic health treatment and monitoring.
“As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulat…”
Labour commits to building consensus for long-term National Care Service reform.
“Along side these changes, we will build consensus for the longer-term reform needed to create a sustainable National Car…”
Labour commits to recruiting 8,500 additional mental health staff to reduce waiting times and enable early intervention.
“Labour will bring waiting times down and intervene earlier. We will recruit an additional 8,500 new staff to treat child…”
Labour will train new mental health staff to support suicide prevention.
“As part of our mission to reduce the lives lost to suicide, these new staff will be specially trained to support people …”
Labour will establish Young Futures hubs providing accessible mental health services for young people in all communities.
“Labour's new Young Futures hubs will provide open access mental health services for children and young people in every c…”
Labour commits to modernising mental health legislation to enhance patient choice, autonomy, and rights.
“Labour will modernise legislation to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure eve…”
Labour will ban cigarette sales to future generations and integrate smoking cessation into hospital care.
“Labour will ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes and ensure all hospitals integrate 'opt-out' smo…”
Labour will ban vape branding and advertising targeting children.
“Labour will ban vapes from being branded and advertised to appeal to children to stop the next generation from becoming …”
Labour commits to banning junk food advertising to children and restricting high-caffeine energy drink sales to under-16s.
“Labour is committed to banning advertising junk food to children along with the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to u…”
Labour will implement Online Safety Act provisions and explore additional measures for online safety.
“Labour will build on the Online Safety Act, bringing forward provisions as quickly as possible, and explore further meas…”
Labour will grant coroners expanded powers to access technology company data following child deaths.
“We will also give coroners more powers to access information held by technology companies after a child's death.”
Labour commits to reforming gambling regulation to strengthen consumer protections and reduce harm.
“Labour is committed to reducing gambling-related harm. Recognising the evolution of the gambling landscape since 2005, L…”
Labour will work with the gambling industry on responsible gambling measures.
“We will continue to work with the industry on how to ensure responsible gambling.”
Labour commits to halving the healthy life expectancy gap between richest and poorest regions.
“As part of our health mission, Labour will tackle the social determinants of health, halving the gap in healthy life exp…”
Labour commits to prioritising women's health in NHS reform.
“Never again will women's health be neglected. Labour will prioritise women's health as we reform the NHS.”
Labour will commission a new HIV action plan targeting elimination of new cases by 2030.
“Labour will commission a new HIV action plan in England, in pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030.”
Labour will create an independent Ethics and Integrity Commission with its own Chair to oversee government probity and standards.
“We will establish a new independent Ethics and Integrity Commission, with its own independent Chair, to ensure probity i…”
Labour will update post-government employment rules and enforce restrictions on ministers lobbying for companies they previously regulated, with sanctions for violations.
“Labour will review and update post-government employment rules to end flagrant abuses seen under the Conservatives. This…”
Labour will grant the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests investigative powers and access to evidence needed for misconduct investigations.
“We will give the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests the powers to start investigations into misconduct and ens…”
Labour will create a Modernisation Committee to reform House of Commons procedures and improve working standards and practices.
“Labour will establish a new Modernisation Committee tasked with reforming House of Commons procedures, driving up standa…”
Labour will immediately ban MPs from taking paid advisory or consultancy roles.
“Labour will support an immediate ban on MPs from taking up paid advisory or consultancy roles.”
Labour will introduce legislation to remove hereditary peers' right to sit and vote in the House of Lords.
“The next Labour government will therefore bring about an immediate modernisation, by introducing legislation to remove t…”
Labour will introduce a mandatory retirement age of 80 for House of Lords members.
“Labour will also introduce a mandatory retirement age. At the end of the Parliament in which a member reaches 80 years o…”
Labour will introduce participation requirements for peers and strengthen removal procedures for disgraced members.
“Labour will ensure all peers meet the highest standards the public expect of them, and we will introduce a new participa…”
Labour will reform the House of Lords appointments process to improve quality and regional balance.
“We will reform the appointments process to ensure the quality of new appointments and will seek to improve the national …”
Labour is committed to replacing the House of Lords with a more representative second chamber reflecting regions and nations.
“Whilst this action to modernise the House of Lords will be an improvement, Labour is committed to replacing the House of…”
Labour will improve voter registration and address inconsistencies in voter ID rules to enable legitimate voters to vote.
“To encourage participation in our democracy, Labour will improve voter registration and address the inconsistencies in v…”
Labour will give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections.
“We will increase the engagement of young people in our vibrant democracy, by giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vo…”
Labour will strengthen rules governing donations to political parties.
“And we will protect democracy by strengthening the rules around donations to political parties.”
Labour will grant devolved legislature members the same free speech protections as Westminster MPs.
“We will ensure members of devolved legislatures have the same free speech protections enjoyed by MPs at Westminster, so …”
Labour will improve structures and institutions of intergovernmental working to enhance relationships and policy collaboration.
“Labour will ensure the structures and institutions of intergovernmental working improve relationships and collaboration …”
Labour will strengthen the Sewel Convention through a new memorandum of understanding on how nations will collaborate.
“Labour will strengthen the Sewel Convention by setting out a new memorandum of understanding outlining how the nations w…”
Labour will create new opportunities for the Prime Minister and devolved government heads to collaborate.
“Labour will renew opportunities for the Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Government to collaborate with each other.”
Labour will establish a Council of the Nations and Regions to bring together the Prime Minister, First Ministers, and Combined Authority Mayors.
“As recommended in the Report of the Commission on the UK's future, we will establish a new Council of the Nations and Re…”
Labour will make UK-wide bodies more representative of nations and regions.
“The next Labour government will also ensure that UK-wide bodies are more representative of our nations and regions.”
Labour will have UK trade negotiators work with devolved governments to promote businesses and services internationally.
“UK trade negotiators will work with devolved governments to promote our fantastic businesses and services internationall…”
Labour will restore decision-making power over structural fund allocation to representatives of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
“Labour will restored decision-making over the allocation of structural funds to the representatives of Scotland, Wales, …”
Labour will strengthen Scottish democracy and devolution while championing Scotland internationally.
“Labour will strengthen Scottish democracy and devolution, championing Scotland at home and abroad.”
Labour will ensure Scotland's devolution settlement enables collaboration on national government missions.
“We will ensure the devolution settlement for Scotland enables collaboration on Labour's national missions for government…”
Labour will maintain the arrangements in the new Scottish fiscal framework.
“We will maintain the arrangements in the new Scottish fiscal framework.”
Labour will take a more collaborative approach with the Scottish Government on international engagement.
“A UK Labour government will have a more collaborative approach to the Scottish Government on their international engagem…”
Labour will support the Scottish Government to partner with international bodies on devolved issues like global health.
“In respect to wholly devolved issues, Labour will support the Scottish Government to partner with international bodies w…”
Labour will make the Scotland Office an advocate for Scotland at home and abroad to maximise its influence.
“The Scotland Office will maximise Scotland's influence, and with Labour it will once again become an advocate for Scotla…”
Labour will ensure the Scotland Office ensures Scotland's voice is heard on UK Government competence issues.
“The Scotland Office will ensure the voice of Scotland is properly heard on issues under the competence of the UK Governm…”
Labour will champion 'Brand Scotland' internationally through the Scotland Office and diplomatic and trade networks.
“Labour will champion 'Brand Scotland' across the world through the Scotland Office, and our diplomatic and trade network…”
Labour will strengthen the relationship between Westminster and Welsh Government.
“We will strengthen the relationship between the governments in Westminster and Cardiff Bay.”
Labour will ensure Westminster and Welsh Government work collaboratively to deliver national missions.
“The two governments will work collaboratively to deliver Labour's national missions.”
Labour will work with the Welsh Government to update the Welsh Fiscal Framework to deliver value for money.
“Labour recognises that the Welsh Fiscal Framework is out of date. We are committed to working in partnership with the We…”