The party will properly fund local planning departments and allow them to set their own fees while ensuring flood risk mitigation.
“Properly funding local planning departments to improve planning outcomes and ensure housing is not built in areas of hig…”
The party will encourage rural exception sites to expand housing in rural areas.
“Encouraging the use of rural exception sites to expand rural housing.”
The party will trial Community Land Auctions to ensure local communities benefit from development and fund local services.
“Trialling Community Land Auctions to ensure that local communities receive a fair share of the benefits of new developme…”
The party will incentivise brownfield development and require inclusion of affordable and social housing.
“Encouraging development of existing brownfield sites with financial incentives and ensuring that affordable and social h…”
The party will introduce 'use-it-or-lose-it' planning permissions to prevent developers from holding land without building.
“Introducing 'use-it-or-lose-it' planning permission for developers who refuse to build.”
The party will invest in construction sector skills, training, and modern construction technologies.
“Putting the construction sector on a sustainable footing by investing in skills, training and new technologies such as m…”
The party will integrate infrastructure and public service planning into the development process to ensure adequate provision.
“Ensure that all development has appropriate infrastructure, services and amenities in place, integrating infrastructure …”
The party will implement a ten-year home upgrade programme and require all new homes to be zero-carbon.
“Make homes warmer and cheaper to heat with a ten-year emergency upgrade programme, and ensure that all new homes are zer…”
The party will remove dangerous cladding from buildings at no cost to leaseholders.
“Remove dangerous cladding from all buildings, while ensuring that leaseholders do not have to pay a penny towards it.”
The party will introduce a Rent to Own scheme for social housing allowing tenants to build ownership over 30 years.
“Help people who cannot afford a deposit to own their own homes by introducing a new Rent to Own model for social housing…”
The party will publish a comprehensive cross-government plan to end homelessness.
“Urgently publishing a cross-Whitehall plan to end all forms of homelessness.”
The party will exempt homeless people and those at risk from the Shared Accommodation Rate.
“Exempting groups of homeless people, and those at risk of homelessness, from the Shared Accommodation Rate.”
The party will establish a legal duty to provide emergency accommodation and needs assessment for those at risk of rough sleeping.
“Introducing a 'somewhere safe to stay' legal duty to ensure that everyone who is at risk of sleeping rough is provided w…”
The party will ensure local authorities have sufficient funding to deliver homelessness reduction services and domestic abuse accommodation.
“Ensuring sufficient financial resources for local authorities to deliver the Homelessness Reduction Act and provide acco…”
The party will grant local authorities powers to control second homes and short-term lets.
“Give local authorities new powers to control second homes and short-term lets in their areas, as set out in chapter 15.”
The party will enforce clear standards for socially rented homes with strict repair timeframes.
“Proactively enforcing clear standards for homes that are socially rented, including strict time limits for repairs.”
The party will formally recognise tenant panels to give renters a voice in landlord governance.
“Fully recognising tenant panels so that renters have a voice in landlord governance.”
The party will address local authority funding through multi-year settlements, increased social housing, and a cross-party social care agreement.
“Tackle the funding crisis facing local authorities, including by providing multi-year settlements, boosting the supply o…”
The party will give communities control over second homes and short-term lets in their areas.
“Give communities more control over the number of second homes and short-term lets in their areas.”
The party will provide local authorities with powers and resources to address climate and nature emergencies.
“Ensure local authorities have the powers and resources they need to tackle the climate and nature emergencies, as set ou…”
The party will ensure gigabit broadband availability to all homes and businesses including rural areas.
“Ensure that gigabit broadband is available to every home and business, including in rural and remote communities, and su…”
The party will end top-down council reorganisation and stop imposing elected mayors on unwilling communities.
“End the top-down reorganisation of councils and the imposition of elected mayors on communities who do not want them.”
The party will work with communities to address rising antisemitism and Islamophobia.
“Work with communities to tackle the alarming rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia.”
The party will decentralise decision-making by allowing local areas to control key services.
“Decentralise decision-making from Whitehall and Westminster by inviting local areas to take control of the services that…”
The party will strengthen local democracy by introducing proportional representation for council elections and removing voter ID requirements.
“Strengthen local democracy as set out in chapter 20, including introducing proportional representation for electing coun…”
The party will appoint a cross-departmental Minister for Rural Communities to ensure rural representation in government.
“Appoint a cross-departmental Minister for Rural Communities, to make sure that rural voices are heard across government.”
The party will allow councils to increase council tax up to 500% on second homes and impose stamp duty surcharges on overseas purchases.
“Allowing them to increase council tax by up to 500% where homes are being bought as second homes, with a stamp duty surc…”
The party will create a new planning classification for second homes and short-term lets.
“Creating a new planning class for these properties.”
The party will develop post offices as community banking and government service hubs and maintain DVLA services there.
“Encourage post offices to become community banking and government hubs, and keep DVLA services available at post office …”
The party will enhance local authority powers to protect community assets including pubs and community farms.
“Enhance powers over community assets to help local authorities protect pubs, community farms, and other vital infrastruc…”
The party will invest in leisure facilities and support community sports clubs.
“Invest in leisure centres, swimming pools and other grassroots facilities, and support community sports clubs, as set ou…”
The party will establish a fund to sustain GP services in rural and remote areas.
“Establish a Strategic Small Surgeries Fund to sustain GP services in rural and remote areas, as set out in chapter 6.”
The party will properly fund local planning departments and grant authorities power to end Right to Buy.
“Properly fund local planning departments and give local authorities the powers to end Right to Buy in their areas, as se…”
The party will give local authorities powers to restore and add bus routes based on local need.
“Give local authorities the powers they need to restore bus routes and add new ones where there is local need, especially…”
The party will expand Rural Fuel Duty Relief to help rural motorists with fuel costs.
“Help motorists in rural areas who face higher fuel costs by expanding Rural Fuel Duty Relief.”
The party will introduce a strategic framework to balance competing land and sea use demands.
“Introduce a strategic Land and Sea Use Framework to effectively balance competing demands.”
The party will expand EV charging infrastructure, reintroduce the plug-in car grant, and require zero-emission vehicles from 2030.
“Make it cheaper and easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles by rapidly rolling out far more charging points, r…”
The party will freeze rail fares and simplify public transport ticketing to ensure affordability.
“Freeze rail fares and simplify ticketing on public transport to ensure regular users are paying fair and affordable pric…”
The party will extend rail electrification, improve stations and disabled access, reopen smaller stations, and deliver Northern Powerhouse rail.
“Significantly extend the electrification of Britain's rail network, improve stations, greatly improve disabled access, r…”
The party will enhance local authority powers to franchise bus services and simplify funding to restore and add routes.
“Boost bus services by giving local authorities more powers to franchise services and simplifying funding, so that bus ro…”
The party will create new cycling and walking networks through a nationwide active travel strategy.
“Transform how people travel by creating new cycling and walking networks with a new nationwide active travel strategy.”
The party will allocate more roads funding to local councils for maintenance and pothole repair.
“Give more of the roads budget to local councils to maintain existing roads, pavements and cycleways, including repairing…”
The party will invest in zero-carbon flight technology and implement measures to reduce flying demand.
“Invest in research and development to make the UK the world leader in zero-carbon flight, and take steps to reduce deman…”
The party will expand EV charging infrastructure including residential on-street and ultra-fast chargers.
“Rolling out far more charging points, including residential on-street points and ultra-fast chargers at service stations…”
The party will upgrade the National Grid and local grid capacity to support EV charging expansion.
“Supporting new charging points with an upgraded National Grid and a step-change in local grid capacity.”
The party will reduce VAT on public EV charging to 5%.
“Cutting VAT on public charging to 5%.”
The party will require all EV charging points to accept bank card payments.
“Requiring all charging points to be accessible with a bank card.”
The party will protect motorists from unfair insurance and fuel pricing practices.
“Protect motorists from rip-offs, including unfair insurance and petrol prices.”
The party will support rural bus services and promote alternative services like on-demand transport where conventional buses are not viable.
“Supporting rural bus services and encouraging alternatives to conventional bus services where they are not viable, such …”
The party will maintain the £2 bus fare cap during a fares review.
“Maintaining the £2 cap on bus fares while fares are reviewed.”