The party will improve access to restorative justice services.
“Improving access to restorative justice services.”
The party will introduce the Hillsborough Law establishing a statutory duty of candour for police officers and public officials.
“Introducing the Hillsborough Law: a statutory duty of candour on police officers and all public officials, as set out in…”
The party will develop a national strategy to recruit, train, and retain detectives to address shortages.
“Urgently drawing up a national recruitment, training and retention strategy to tackle the shortage of detectives.”
The party will ensure fair police pay by reforming the Police Remuneration Review Body to be independent of government.
“Ensuring fair pay rises for police officers by reforming the Police Remuneration Review Body to make it properly indepen…”
The party will embed domestic abuse specialists in every police force and emergency call centre to ensure survivors' reports are handled effectively and sensitively.
“Embedding domestic abuse specialists in every police force and 999 operator assistance centre to ensure that reports fro…”
The party will address delays in domestic abuse referrals from police to the Crown Prosecution Service to protect women's safety.
“Addressing the delays in domestic abuse referrals from the police to the CPS and subsequent decision making by the CPS, …”
The party will set a one-hour target for transferring people in mental health crisis from police to mental health services.
“Introducing a target of one hour for handover of people suffering from mental health crisis from police to mental health…”
The party will ensure all police forces have a mental health professional available in the control room at all times.
“Ensuring that all forces have a mental health professional in the control room at all times.”
The party will support police forces in achieving adequate mental health response training.
“Supporting the police to achieve adequate levels of training in mental health response.”
The party will set a target to halve the time from offence to sentencing and implement a funded strategy across the criminal justice system.
“Setting a clear target of halving the time from offence to sentencing for all criminals, and implementing a properly fun…”
The party will implement a data strategy across the criminal justice system to match capacity to demand and understand the needs of victims, vulnerable people, and ethnic minorities.
“Implementing a new data strategy across the criminal justice system to ensure that capacity meets demand, and to underst…”
The party will develop a workforce strategy to ensure adequate numbers of criminal barristers, judges, and court staff.
“Developing a workforce strategy to ensure there are enough criminal barristers, judges and court staff.”
The party will improve criminal justice transparency by allowing victims to request free court transcripts.
“Improve transparency throughout the criminal justice process by enabling all victims to request a transcript of court pr…”
The party will adopt a public health approach to youth violence, with coordinated action by police, teachers, health professionals, youth workers, and social services to address root causes.
“Adopting a public health approach to the epidemic of youth violence which identifies and treats risk factors, rather tha…”
The party will invest in engaging youth services that reach more young people.
“Investing in youth services that are genuinely engaging and reach more young people.”
The party will make youth diversion a statutory duty, ensuring every area has pre-charge diversion schemes for young people up to 25.
“Making youth diversion a statutory duty so that every part of the country has a pre-charge diversion scheme for young pe…”
The party will publicly identify banks with poor fraud prevention and victim reimbursement records.
“Naming and shaming the banks with the worst records on preventing fraud and reimbursing victims.”
The party will require banks to reimburse victims of automated push payment scams except where the victim is clearly at fault.
“Requiring banks to reimburse victims of automated push payment scams unless there is clear evidence that they are at fau…”
The party will launch a high-profile public awareness campaign to help people identify, avoid, and report fraud and scams.
“Launching a high-profile public awareness campaign to help people spot, avoid and report frauds and scams.”
The party will work with Europol and Eurojust to develop and implement a joint strategy for cross-border crime threats.
“Working with Europol and Eurojust to develop and implement a joint strategy for dealing with cross-border threats, with …”
The party will restore UK police direct access to EU data sharing systems to identify and arrest traffickers, terrorists, and international criminals.
“Restoring direct, real-time access for UK police to EU-wide data sharing systems to identify and arrest traffickers, ter…”
The party will reverse Conservative rollbacks of modern slavery protections.
“Reversing the Conservatives' rollbacks of modern slavery protections.”
The party will establish a Worker Protection Enforcement Authority to protect precarious workers through proactive enforcement, separate from immigration enforcement.
“Establishing a powerful new Worker Protection Enforcement Authority to protect people in precarious work, with proactive…”
The party will transfer responsibility for identifying modern slavery victims from the Home Office to local safeguarding agencies.
“Transferring responsibility for identifying modern slavery victims from the Home Office to local safeguarding agencies.”
The party will establish a civil remedy allowing modern slavery survivors to seek financial redress from their traffickers.
“Creating a financial deterrent by establishing a civil remedy for survivors seeking redress from their traffickers.”
The party will introduce new laws to combat puppy and kitten smuggling.
“Introduce new laws to crack down on puppy and kitten smuggling.”
The party will end prison overcrowding.
“Ending prison overcrowding.”
The party will recruit and retain more prison officers.
“Recruiting and retaining more prison officers.”
The party will improve training, education, and work opportunities available in prisons.
“Improving the provision of training, education and work opportunities in prisons.”
The party will establish a Women's Justice Board and provide specialist training for staff working with women in the criminal justice system.
“Establishing a Women's Justice Board and providing specialist training for all staff in contact with women in the crimin…”
The party will replace Young Offender Institutions with Secure Schools and Secure Children's Homes.
“Replacing Young Offender Institutions with Secure Schools and Secure Children's Homes.”
The party will ensure every prison has a 'through the gate' mentorship programme to support offenders on release.
“Ensuring that every prison has a 'through the gate' mentorship programme.”
The party will introduce a National Resettlement Plan to improve rehabilitation of released prisoners and reduce reoffending.
“Introducing a National Resettlement Plan to improve the rehabilitation of people leaving prison and cut reoffending.”
The party will improve and fund community supervision of offenders with better coordination between agencies to reduce reoffending costs.
“Improving and properly funding the supervision of offenders in the community, with far greater coordination between the …”
The party will transform water companies into public benefit companies, ban bonuses for executives until sewage discharges end, and replace Ofwat with a stronger regulator.
“End the sewage scandal by transforming water companies into public benefit companies, banning bonuses for water bosses u…”
The party will set binding targets to double nature by 2050, including doubling protected areas, wildlife habitats, species abundance, and woodland cover.
“Set meaningful and binding targets to stop the decline of our natural environment and 'double nature' by 2050: doubling …”
The party will plant at least 60 million trees annually to restore woodland habitats and support net zero goals.
“Plant at least 60 million trees a year, helping to restore woodland habitats, increase the use of sustainable wood in co…”
The party will pass a Clean Air Act based on WHO guidelines and establish a new Air Quality Agency to enforce it.
“Pass a Clean Air Act, based on World Health Organization guidelines, enforced by a new Air Quality Agency.”
The party will strengthen the Office for Environmental Protection and increase funding to the Environment Agency and Natural England.
“Strengthen the Office for Environmental Protection and provide more funding to the Environment Agency and Natural Englan…”
The party will introduce a sewage tax on water company profits.
“Introducing a Sewage Tax on water company profits.”
The party will enforce existing laws to restrict storm overflow use to exceptional circumstances.
“Enforcing existing laws to ensure that the storm overflows only function in exceptional circumstances.”
The party will set legally binding targets to prevent sewage dumping into bathing waters and sensitive nature sites by 2030.
“Setting legally binding targets to prevent sewage dumping into bathing waters and highly sensitive nature sites by 2030.”
The party will use nature-based solutions to address sewage dumping.
“Embracing nature-based solutions to tackle the problem of sewage dumping.”
The party will strengthen local authority powers to monitor water quality and restore the natural environment.
“Strengthening the powers of local authorities to monitor the health of our rivers, lakes and coastlines, restore our nat…”
The party will introduce a 'blue corridor' programme for waterways and establish new 'blue flag' standards for water quality.
“Introducing a 'blue corridor' programme for rivers, streams and lakes to ensure clean and healthy water and setting new …”
The party will improve bathing water and sensitive site quality through more frequent and rigorous water quality testing.
“Improving the quantity and quality of bathing waters and sensitive nature sites with more regular and robust testing of …”
The party will give local environmental groups representation on water company boards.
“Giving local environmental groups a place on water companies' boards.”
The party will introduce a single social tariff for water bills to eliminate water poverty.
“Introducing a single social tariff for water bills to help eliminate water poverty within the next Parliament.”
The party will implement Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act to require sustainable drainage in new developments.
“Implementing Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act to require sustainable drainage systems in new development…”
The party will require all water companies to publish accessible real-time data on sewage discharges.
“Mandating all water companies to publish accessible real-time data on any sewage they dump.”