The party commits to establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing.
“Establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing.”
The party pledges to roll out active ageing programmes and falls assessments for people over 75.
“Rolling out active ageing programmes and trips and falls assessments for everyone over the age of 75 to prevent falls, a…”
The party commits to opening fracture liaison services for osteoporosis patients.
“Opening fracture liaison services so that osteoporosis patients can get the treatment they need and prevent long-term is…”
The party pledges to introduce a statutory definition of kinship care.
“Introducing a statutory definition of kinship care.”
The party commits to developing a weekly allowance for all kinship carers based on existing pilots.
“Building on the existing pilot to develop a weekly allowance fo r all kinship carers.”
The party pledges to make care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act.
“Make care experience a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 to strengthen the rights of people who are i…”
The party commits to refreshing the national loneliness strategy with a dedicated minister overseeing implementation.
“Refresh the national strategy for loneliness collaboratively with service providers and people who have lived experience…”
The party pledges to place mental health professionals in all primary and secondary schools, funded by increasing the Digital Services Tax.
“Put a dedicated, qualified mental health professional in every primary and secondary school, making sure all children an…”
The party commits to increasing school and college funding above inflation annually and investing in building repairs.
“Increase school and college funding per pupil above the rate of inflation every year, and end the scandal of crumbling s…”
The party pledges to guarantee tutoring support for every disadvantaged pupil.
“Introduce a 'Tutoring Guarantee' for every disadvantaged pupil who needs extra support.”
The party commits to providing extra free early years hours and tripling the Early Years Pupil Premium for disadvantaged children.
“Invest in high-quality early years education and close the attainment gap by giving disadvantaged children aged three an…”
The party pledges to reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged university students.
“Reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged students immediately to make sure that living costs are not a barrier to …”
The party commits to creating Lifelong Skills Grants of £5,000 for all adults, with an aim to increase to £10,000.
“Create new Lifelong Skills Grants, giving all adults £5,000 to spend on education and training throughout their lives, a…”
The party pledges to create a teacher workforce strategy ensuring specialist subject teaching in secondary schools.
“Creating a teacher workforce strategy to ensure that every secondary school child is taught by a specialist teacher in t…”
The party commits to reforming the School Teachers' Review Body to be independent and fully fund recommended pay rises.
“Reforming the School Teachers' Review Body to make it properly independent of government and able to recommend fair pay …”
The party pledges to properly fund teacher training so all school trainee posts are paid.
“Funding teacher training properly so that all trainee posts in school are paid.”
The party commits to providing properly funded professional development for all teachers including parental engagement training.
“Introducing a clear and properly funded programme of high-quality professional development for all teachers, including t…”
The party pledges to establish a standing commission to broaden the curriculum and modernise qualifications at 16 and 18.
“Urgently establish a standing commission to build a long-term consensus across parties and teachers to broaden the curri…”
The party commits to improving vocational education quality including entrepreneurship and self-employment skills.
“Improve the quality of vocational education, including skills for entrepreneurship and self-employment.”
The party pledges to strengthen careers advice and employer links in schools and colleges.
“Strengthen careers advice and links with employers in schools and colleges.”
The party commits to including arts in the English Baccalaureate and empowering Ofsted to monitor curriculum breadth.
“Include arts subjects in the English Baccalaureate and give power to Ofsted to monitor the curriculum so that schools co…”
The party pledges to expand extracurricular activities with a free entitlement for disadvantaged children.
“Expand provision of extracurricular activities, such as sport, music, drama, debating and coding, starting with a new fr…”
The party commits to reforming Ofsted inspections to end single-word judgements and provide clearer feedback.
“Reform Ofsted inspections and end single-word judgements so that parents get a clear picture of the true strengths and w…”
The party pledges to implement a parental engagement strategy with regular surveys and accessible school information.
“Implement a new parental engagement strategy, including a regular, published parent survey and guidance for schools on p…”
The party commits to tackling persistent absence through a register and addressing barriers to attendance.
“Tackle persistent absence by setting up a register of children who are not in school, and working to understand and remo…”
The party pledges to provide extra funding to local authorities to reduce school contributions to EHCP costs.
“Giving local authorities extra funding to reduce the amount that schools pay towards the cost of a child's Education, He…”
The party commits to establishing a National Body for SEND to fund support for children with very high needs.
“Establishing a new 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.
“Give local authorities with responsibility for education the powers and resources to act as Strategic Education Authorit…”
The party commits to redirecting free school capital funding to clear school repair backlogs.
“Redirect capital funding for unnecessary new free schools to help clear the backlog of school repairs.”
The party pledges to tackle school bullying through pastoral leadership and relationships and sex education.
“Tackle bullying in schools by promoting pastoral leadership in schools and delivering high-quality relationships and sex…”
The party commits to providing extra free early years hours for disadvantaged two-year-olds when finances allow.
“When the public finances allow, give disadvantaged two-year-olds an extra five free hours of early years education a wee…”
The party pledges to introduce a Young People's Premium extending Pupil Premium to disadvantaged 16-18 year-olds.
“Introduce a Young People's Premium, extending Pupil Premium funding to disadvantaged young people aged 16-18.”
The party commits to reviewing further education funding and considering VAT exemption for colleges.
“Review further education funding, including the option of exempting colleges from VAT.”
The party pledges to support children in care and kinship care with extended Pupil Premium Plus and guaranteed school places.
“Support the education of children in care, extend Pupil Premium Plus funding to children in kinship care, and guarantee …”
The party commits to supporting university research and innovation including participation in Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council.
“Supporting science, research and innovation in universities, including continuing to participate in Horizon Europe and j…”
The party pledges to impose a statutory duty of care on higher education institutions for their students.
“Giving higher education institutions a statutory duty of care for their students.”
The party commits to introducing a statutory Student Mental Health Charter and requiring accessible mental health services.
“Introducing a statutory Student Mental Health Charter and requiring universities to make mental health services accessib…”
The party pledges to return to the Erasmus Plus programme as an associated country.
“Returning to the Erasmus Plus programme as an associated country, as set out in chapter 9.”
The party commits to reviewing higher education finance to ensure no retrospective rate increases or loan privatisation.
“Establishing a review of higher education finance in the next Parliament to consider any necessary reforms in the light …”
The party pledges to report international student flows separately from long-term migration estimates.
“Reporting international student flows separately to estimates of long-term migration.”
The party commits to requiring universities to widen participation and be transparent about selection criteria.
“Ensuring that all universities work to widen participation by disadvantaged and underrepresented groups across the secto…”
The party pledges to extend free school meals to all children in poverty, with future ambition for all primary pupils.
“Extend free school meals to all children in poverty, with an ambition to extend them to all primary school children when…”
The party commits to appointing a Cabinet Minister for Children and Young People.
“Appoint 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.
“Give parents genuine flexibility and choice in the crucial early months by doubling Statutory Maternity and Shared Paren…”
The party commits to making parental pay and leave day-one rights and extending them to self-employed parents.
“Make all parental pay and leave day-one rights, and extend them to self-employed parents.”
The party pledges to expand opportunities for young people to study and volunteer abroad through Erasmus Plus.
“Expand opportunities for young people to study, teach and volunteer abroad by returning to the Erasmus Plus programme as…”
The party commits to incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.
“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.
“Setting up an independent advocacy body for children's safety online.”
The party commits to addressing underfunding of children's mental health, youth, and youth justice services.
“Addressing the underfunding and neglect of children's mental health services, youth services and youth justice services.”
The party pledges to tackle child poverty.
“Tackling child poverty, as set out in chapter 10.”