The party will increase apprenticeships and introduce new Lifelong Skills Grants to support workforce development.
“We will put people first, investing in more apprenticeships and new Lifelong Skills Grants.”
The party commits to reforming parental leave policies to provide greater flexibility for working families.
“We will overhaul parental leave to give families more choice and flexibility over how to juggle work and home life.”
The party will support small businesses and reform business rates to strengthen high street economies.
“We will support entrepreneurs, back small businesses, and reform business rates to help our high streets.”
The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations and removing trade barriers.
“We will fix the UK's broken relationship with Europe and tear down the Conservatives' damaging barriers to trade.”
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.
“Liberal Democrats will give everyone a new right to see a GP within seven days, or 24 hours if it's urgent, with the ext…”
The party commits to improving public health services, expanding early access, and reforming social care.
“We will invest in improving public health, expanding early access to health services, and fixing social care.”
The party commits to hiring specialist teachers, providing free school meals for disadvantaged children, and placing mental health professionals in all schools.
“We will give every child the support they need with more specialist teachers, free school meals for all children in pove…”
The party commits to reforming welfare systems to reduce poverty.
“We will repair the broken safety net that currently consigns so many to poverty.”
The party commits to restoring community policing and ensuring all burglaries receive proper investigation.
“We will restore community policing and ensure that every burglary is properly investigated.”
The party commits to funding public services by reversing tax cuts for big banks.
“We will fund public services through fair taxes, such as reversing the Conservatives' tax cuts for big banks.”
The party commits to imposing environmental duties on companies and banning water companies from dumping raw sewage.
“Liberal Democrats will hold big companies to account by giving them a duty to protect the environment, including banning…”
The party commits to making climate change central to industrial strategy.
“We will put tackling climate change at the heart of a new industrial strategy.”
The party commits to launching an emergency Home Energy Upgrade programme to reduce emissions and energy bills.
“We will cut emissions and bills with an emergency Home Energy Upgrade programme.”
The party commits to promoting rooftop solar installations and investing in clean energy, transport, and industry.
“We will drive a rooftop solar revolution and invest in clean energy, transport and industry.”
The party commits to environmental restoration and reducing air pollution.
“We will restore nature and tackle toxic air pollution.”
The party commits to providing training, incentives, and advice to support the transition to net zero.
“And we will provide skills training, incentives and advice to help families and businesses with the transition to net ze…”
The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations and negotiating a comprehensive trade agreement to reduce barriers.
“Liberal Democrats will immediately fix our broken relationship with Europe, forge a new partnership built on cooperation…”
The party commits to promoting liberal international order and opposing authoritarianism.
“We will stand up to authoritarianism by championing the liberal, rules-based international order.”
The party commits to restoring funding to the Army and international development programmes.
“We will reverse the Conservatives' damaging cuts to the Army and international development.”
The party commits to creating safe and legal refugee pathways and working internationally to combat trafficking, cybercrime, and terrorism.
“We will work across borders to provide safe and legal routes to sanctuary for refugees and tackle common threats such as…”
The party commits to introducing proportional representation for MPs and local councillors and capping political donations.
“Liberal Democrats will introduce proportional representation for electing MPs, and local councillors in England, and cap…”
The party commits to devolving power from central government to local communities.
“We will shift power out of the centre in Westminster and Whitehall, so local decisions are made by and for the people an…”
The party commits to legally enshrining the Ministerial Code to enforce higher standards of ministerial conduct.
“We will demand higher standards of behaviour from Government Ministers by enshrining the Ministerial Code in law.”
The party commits to defending and strengthening the Human Rights Act.
“We will champion the UK's Human Rights Act and resist any attempts to weaken or repeal it.”
The party commits to reducing energy bills via home upgrades, addressing food prices through a national strategy, and managing mortgage rates.
“Provide long-term help with the cost of living by cutting energy bills through an emergency Home Energy Upgrade programm…”
The party commits to investing in green infrastructure and skills to drive economic growth and address climate change across all UK regions.
“Invest in green infrastructure, innovation and skills to boost economic growth and create good jobs and prosperity in ev…”
The party commits to repairing UK-Europe relations to restore economic benefits.
“Repair the broken relationship with Europe, which acts as a brake on the economy and costs the UK investment, jobs and t…”
The party commits to responsible fiscal management to reduce national debt as a share of GDP while maintaining necessary investments.
“Foster stability, certainty and confidence by managing the public finances responsibly to get the national debt falling …”
The party commits to funding HMRC adequately to combat tax avoidance and evasion.
“Put an end to Conservative waste and give taxpayers real value for money, giving HMRC the resources it needs to properly…”
The party commits to reversing bank tax cuts and imposing a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas super-profits.
“Implement a tax policy that recognises how high the Conservatives have raised personal taxes, making the cost-of-living …”
The party commits to developing an industrial strategy to encourage business investment and job creation.
“Launching an ambitious industrial strategy to incentivise businesses to invest and create good jobs across the UK, as se…”
The party commits to supporting regional economic initiatives in the North, Midlands, and West.
“Continuing to champion investment in the Northern Powerhouse, Western Gateway and Midlands Engine.”
The party commits to supporting local and regional partnerships to coordinate development and growth.
“Supporting local and regional economic partnerships to coordinate development projects and boost growth in their areas.”
The party commits to working with devolved governments to develop joint growth policies.
“Working with the devolved administrations to develop joint policies and partnerships to boost growth across the whole UK…”
The party commits to providing gigabit broadband access to all homes and businesses, including rural areas.
“Ensuring that gigabit broadband is available to every home and business, including in rural and remote communities, as s…”
The party commits to maintaining Bank of England independence and the 2% inflation target.
“Protecting the independence of the Bank of England and keeping the inflation target of 2%.”
The party commits to requiring independent OBR forecasts for all fiscal announcements.
“Ensuring that all fiscal events are accompanied by independent forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility.”
The party commits to increasing green infrastructure investment and giving the UK Infrastructure Bank a zero-carbon mandate.
“Increase investment in green infrastructure, including renewable energy and zero-carbon transport, industry and housing,…”
The party commits to implementing UN Sustainable Development Goals domestically and internationally.
“Remain committed to delivering the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the UK and around the world.”
The party commits to working internationally to combat corporate tax avoidance and advocate for a 21% global minimum corporation tax.
“Work with partners in international forums, including the OECD and the UN, to tackle international corporate tax avoidan…”
The party commits to cutting income tax by raising the personal allowance when finances permit.
“Our priority for tax cuts, when the public finances allow, will be to cut income tax by raising the tax-free personal al…”
The party commits to reversing bank tax cuts and restoring bank levies to 2016 levels.
“Reversing Conservative tax cuts for the big banks, restoring Bank Surcharge and Bank Levy revenues to 2016 levels in rea…”
The party commits to raising the Digital Services Tax from 2% to 6% on tech companies.
“Increasing the Digital Services Tax on social media firms and other tech giants from 2% to 6%.”
The party commits to reforming capital gains tax to eliminate loopholes for the wealthy.
“Fairly reforming capital gains tax to close loopholes exploited by the super wealthy.”
The party commits to introducing a 4% tax on share buybacks by FTSE-100 companies.
“Introducing a 4% tax on the share buyback schemes of FTSE-100 listed companies, to incentivise productive investment, jo…”
The party commits to ending retrospective tax changes and reviewing IR35 reforms to protect self-employed workers.
“End retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge brought in by the Conservatives, and review the Government's off-p…”
The party commits to expanding the British Business Bank to improve SME access to capital and encourage private investment in green technologies.
“Expand the British Business Bank to perform a more central role in the economy, to ensure that viable small and medium-s…”
The party commits to setting digital literacy targets and requiring simplified product terms regarding data and privacy.
“Empower consumers and ensure that everyone can enjoy the benefits of new technology, by setting a UK-wide target for dig…”
The party commits to developing a financial inclusion strategy and requiring regulators to protect cash access, banking hubs, and support vulnerable consumers.
“Introduce a national financial inclusion strategy and require both the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Re…”
The party commits to developing an industrial strategy to encourage business investment in new technologies and climate solutions.
“Develop an industrial strategy that will give businesses certainty and incentivise them to invest in new technologies to…”