The party commits to giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote.
“Giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote, as set out in chapter 20.”
The party pledges to review rates paid to childcare providers to ensure they cover actual costs.
“Reviewing the rates paid to providers for free hours to ensure they cover the actual costs of delivering high-quality ch…”
The party commits to developing a career strategy for nursery staff with training requirements.
“Developing a career strategy for nursery staff, including a training programme with the majority of those working with c…”
The party pledges to include SEND identification and support in early years staff training.
“Including a specific emphasis on identifying and supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities in …”
The party commits to replacing three childcare registration processes with a single register.
“Replacing the three different current registration processes with a single childcare register.”
The party pledges to commission a practitioner-led review to simplify childminding regulation and reduce burdens.
“Commissioning a practitioner-led review to simplify regulation, reduce administrative burdens and attract new childminde…”
The party commits to making parental pay and leave day-one rights for all parents including adoptive and kinship carers.
“Making all parental pay and leave day-one rights, including for adoptive parents and kinship carers, and extending them …”
The party pledges to double Statutory Maternity and Shared Parental Pay to £350 per week.
“Doubling Statutory Maternity and Shared Parental Pay to £350 a week.”
The party commits to increasing paternity leave pay to 90% of earnings with a cap for high earners.
“Increasing pay for paternity leave to 90% of earnings, with a cap for high earners.”
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.
“Introducing an extra use-it-or-lose-it month for fathers and partners, paid at 90% of earnings, with a cap for high earn…”
The party will require large employers to publicly disclose their parental leave and pay policies.
“Requiring large employers to publish their parental leave and pay policies.”
The party will introduce an enhanced Child Benefit rate specifically for one-year-olds.
“Introducing a 'Toddler Top-Up': an enhanced rate of Child Benefit for one-year-olds.”
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.
“Six weeks of use-it-or-lose-it leave for each parent, paid at 90% of earnings.”
The party aims to provide 46 weeks of shareable parental leave paid at double the current statutory rate, when public finances allow.
“46 weeks of parental leave to share between themselves as they choose, paid at double the current statutory rate.”
The party will introduce paid leave for neonatal care.
“Introduce paid neonatal care leave.”
The party will provide free sign language lessons to parents and guardians of deaf children.
“Provide free access to sign language lessons for parents and guardians of d/Deaf children.”
The party will address family court backlogs by making the legal aid system simpler, fairer, and more generous.
“Tackle the backlogs in the family courts that leave children and families waiting nearly a year for cases to be resolved…”
The party will comprehensively review and reform the Child Maintenance Service, removing charges for receiving parents and preventing use of payments as coercive control.
“Fully review and reform the Child Maintenance Service to ensure it works for all children and parents, including removin…”
The party will eliminate child poverty by removing the two-child limit and the benefit cap.
“Tackle 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.
“Set a target of ending deep poverty within a decade, and establish an independent commission to recommend further annual…”
The party will protect the triple lock to ensure pensions rise in line with inflation, wages, or 2.5%, whichever is highest.
“Support pensioners by protecting the triple lock so that pensions always rise in line with inflation, wages or 2.5% – wh…”
The party will increase Carer's Allowance, expand eligibility, and cease pursuing carers for historical overpayments.
“Give unpaid carers the support they deserve by increasing Carer's Allowance and expanding it to more carers, and stop pu…”
The party will reduce the initial Universal Credit payment wait from five weeks to five days.
“Reducing the wait for the first payment of Universal Credit from five weeks to five days.”
The party will abolish the bedroom tax.
“Scrapping the bedroom tax.”
The party will replace the benefits sanctions regime with an incentive-based scheme to support people entering employment.
“Replacing the sanctions regime with an incentive-based scheme to help people into work.”
The party will eliminate the reduced Universal Credit rate for parents under 25 by restoring the full rate for all parents regardless of age.
“Ending the young parent penalty for under-25s by restoring the full rate of Universal Credit for all parents regardless …”
The party will increase the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance and introduce an earnings taper to eliminate the cliff-edge effect.
“Raising the amount carers can earn and introducing an earnings taper to end the unfair cliff-edge.”
The party will reduce the weekly care hours requirement for Carer's Allowance eligibility.
“Reducing the number of hours' care per week required.”
The party will extend Carer's Allowance eligibility to carers in full-time education.
“Extending it to carers in full-time education.”
The party will reverse Conservative cuts to support payments for parents whose partners have died.
“Reverse the Conservatives' cut 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.
“Establish an Independent Living Taskforce to help people live independently in their own homes, with more choice and con…”
The party will give disabled people and their representative organisations greater input into the design of benefits policies and processes.
“Giving disabled people and organisations representing them a stronger voice in the design of benefits policies and proce…”
The party will bring Work Capability Assessments in-house rather than contracting them out.
“Bringing Work Capability Assessments in-house.”
The party will reform Personal Independence Payment assessments to increase transparency, eliminate unnecessary reassessments, and end informal assessments.
“Reforming Personal Independence Payment assessments to make the process more transparent and stop unnecessary reassessme…”
The party will develop measures to eliminate the gender pension gap in private pensions and enable working-age carers to save for retirement.
“Developing measures to end the gender pension gap in private pensions and ensure working-age carers can save properly fo…”
The party will improve the State Pension system by investing in helplines to provide faster responses and resolve underpayments.
“Improving the State Pension system by investing in helplines to ensure quicker responses to queries and resolution of un…”
The party will overhaul the pension processing system to end lost top-up payments and provide proper receipts.
“Ending the scandal of lost top-up payments by overhauling the processing system and providing proper receipts.”
The party will require pension funds and managers to demonstrate that their investments align with the Paris Agreement.
“Require pension funds and managers to show that their portfolio investments are consistent with the Paris Agreement, as …”
The party will exclude military compensation for illness or injury from means testing for benefits.
“Ensure that military compensation for illness or injury does not count towards means testing for benefits, as set out in…”
The party will restore community policing with visible, trusted officers focused on preventing and solving crimes, particularly rape and violent crime.
“Restoring proper community policing, where officers are visible, trusted and focused on preventing and solving crimes – …”
The party will create a statutory guarantee that all burglaries will be attended and properly investigated by police.
“Creating a new statutory guarantee that all burglaries will be attended by the police and properly investigated.”
The party will invest in the criminal justice system to reduce court backlogs and deliver swift justice.
“Investing in the criminal justice system to tackle the backlog of court cases and ensure swift justice.”
The party will reduce reoffending by improving prison rehabilitation, post-release support, and community supervision of offenders.
“Breaking the cycle of reoffending by improving rehabilitation in prisons and on release, and strengthening the supervisi…”
The party will ensure survivors of violence against women and girls receive proper support through mandatory trauma-informed training for police and prosecutors.
“Ensuring survivors of violence against women and girls are properly supported in the criminal justice process, including…”
The party will establish a new Online Crime Agency to combat illegal online content and activity including fraud, revenge porn, and incitement to violence.
“Creating a new Online Crime Agency to effectively tackle illegal content and activity online, such as personal fraud, re…”
The party will provide adequate resources to the National Crime Agency to combat serious and organised crime.
“Properly resourcing 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.
“Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners and replacing them with local Police Boards made up of councillors and represen…”
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.
“Requiring the Home Secretary, the Mayor of London and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to draw up an urgent plan to …”
The party will end the disproportionate use of stop and search powers.
“Ending the disproportionate use of Stop and Search.”
The party will require all police forces to set ambitious diversity targets and report progress regularly to Parliament.
“Requiring all police forces to adopt ambitious targets for improving the diversity of their workforce and make regular p…”