2024 UK Labour Government

Pledge Progress is currently tracking 191 campaign pledges announced by the 2024 UK Labour Government. Browse the full collection of pledges below to see how well the government has kept to their word.

The Government's current progress

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Build 1.5 million new homes
28th November 2024: 221,070 net additional dwellings built in 2023-24, a 6% decrease on the previous year
Ban junk food advertisements to children
3rd December 2024: The Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024 comes into force 1st October 2025
End puppy smuggling and farming
29th November 2024: The Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill will make it more difficult for traders to smuggle animals fraudulently
No changes to BBC licence fee model
29th November 2024: New plans for BBC financial sustainability laid out
Commission a HIV action plan to eradicate HIV by 2030
29th November 2024: New funding and a new HIV Action Plan announced
Great British Railways
28th November 2024: Royal Assent granted for Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill
End the injustice of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme
29th November 2024: Over 100,000 former mineworkers receive first pension increase
Increase international visitors to UK to 50m per year by 2030
UK Armed Forces Veterans, Care leavers and DV survivors given social housing exemption
27th November 2024: New regulations to remove a local connection requirement for veterans to access social housing.
Ban new leasehold flats and ensure commonhold is the default
21st November 2024: Owners of five million leasehold homes to benefit from increased rights and reform to system
Audit the relationship with UK and China
21st November 2024: Indo-Pacific minister Catherine West announcement
Warm Homes Plan
21st November 2024: Rules relaxations on heat pumps plus funding from Treasury in 2025
Introduce new 'Respect Orders', granting powers to ban persistent offenders from town centres
22nd November 2024: New Respect Orders will see repeat perpetrators of anti-social behaviour subject to tough restrictions on their behaviour.
Introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms
20th September 2024: Domestic Abuse specialists embedded in 999 control rooms
End VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools
29th July 2024: VAT applied from 1st Jan 2025
Resolve the Junior Doctors strikes
17th September 2024: Junior doctors accept terms of pay deal
Establish a Modernisation Committee to reform House of Commons procedures
12th September 2024: Modernisation Committee publishes key strategic aims for reform
Strengthen rules on donations to political parties
Continue support for Ukraine, and back calls for a special tribunal for the crime of Aggression
20th November 2024: The Bill makea provision for loans or other financial assistance to be provided to, or for the benefit of, the government of Ukraine.
Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee
19th November 2024: Home Secretary announces major policing reforms
Create a National Centre of Policing
Create a Police Performance Unit to drive up standards
Create a Clean Power Alliance
19th November 2024: The Prime Minister has officially launched the UK-led Global Clean Power Alliance, in a major boost for the world’s clean energy transition.
Free Trade Agreement with India
18th November 2024: Climate, tech, health, education and development on the agenda as Catherine West, the UK’s Minister for the Indo-Pacific, visits India to reiterate the UK’s commitment to strengthening bilateral relations.  
Support the transition to EVs by increasing the rollout of charger points
14th November 2024: Government's figures show that rollout is slower than required to meet 2030 target
Ban ninja swords, zombie-style blades and machetes
13th November 2024: The consultations will run until 11th December
Establish a Border Security Command
13th November 2024: Small Boat and migrant prevention Activity update
Reduce UK's 2035 greenhouse gas emissions by 81% of 1990 levels
Establish a youth guarantee of access to training, apprenticeships and support
12th November 2024: Young people will be invited to be part of a national conversation to help co-produce the Strategy to unlock opportunities in every community
Complete Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
11th November 2024: Great British Nuclear (GBN) has today started detailed negotiations with the final four shortlisted bidders into the UK’s Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme.
Close loopholes in windfall tax on oil and gas giants
30th October 2024: Money raised from these measures will support the transition to clean energy, improving energy security and independence, while providing sustainable jobs for the future and helping protect energy bills against future price shocks.
Modernise the Mental Health Act to prevent discrimination
7th November 2024: The bill aims to amend the MHA 1983 to strengthen patient's rights with regards to their own care
Halve violence of women and girls by 2034
8th November 2024: Victims of crime and specialist RASSO units will be better supported thanks to funding allocated to the CPS from the Budget, confirms the Solicitor General.
Put failing water companies into special measures
8th November 2024: Nearly 500 inspections of water company assets have happened in South West. Inspection teams continue to grow, focused on checks, enforcement, and regulation.
Ban sale of cigarettes and restrict sales of vapes to children
5th November 2024: A Bill to make provision about the supply of tobacco, vapes and other products, including provision prohibiting the sale of tobacco to people born on or after 1 January 2009
Implement the Windsor Framework and protect the UK internal market
31st October 2024: This is the first step in continuing the Windsor Framework agreement for another 4 years
Deliver 2 million additional NHS operations, scans and appointments every year through paying overtime to willing NHS staff
29th October 2024: New funding to fix waiting lists announced
Act on the findings of the infected blood, Grenfell, Covid-19 and Windrush inquiries
24th October 2024: First compensation claims started
Ban MPs taking up paid advisory or consultancy roles
25th October 2024: Exclusion on paid consultancy roles ended
Football Governance Bill
24th October 2024: Football Governance Bill presented in House of Lords
Employment Rights Bill
21st October 2024: Employment Rights Bill 2nd reading completed
Transform the NHS app
21st October 2024: Patients to get full access to record on NHS App
Deal with Fly Tippers
19th October 2024: Progress on Fly tipping and illegal waste sites
Remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords
16th October 2024: Second reading of Hereditary Peers Bill voted through
Fix inconsistencies in Voter ID rules
15th October 2024: Armed Forces Veteran Cards now accepted form of Voter ID
Enact Martyn's Law
14th October 2024: The Bill was nodded through with no detractors
Strategic Defense Review
14th October 2024: John Healey confirms SDR released in first half of 2025
Develop a Rolling Stock Strategy
Establish an Industrial Strategy Council
14th October 2024: The consultation runs until 24th November
Increase renewable energy generation
11th October 2024: Thousands of jobs in green industries announced as the UK Government welcomes more than £24 billion of private investment for pioneering energy projects ahead of the International Investment Summit on 14th October.
Implement a Creative industries sector plan as part of the Industrial Strategy
9th October 2024: Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has today laid legislation in Parliament introducing a new tax relief for independent British films to boost the growth of the UK’s world class film sector.
Equal pay for disabled people, and large employers must report on ethnic and disabled people pay gaps.
9th October 2024: Equality Hub replaced by Office for Equality and Opportunity
Ban all conversion therapy
9th October 2024: Equality Hub replaced by Office for Equality and Opportunity
Abolish Section 21 'No Fault' evictions
9th October 2024: Renter protections closer as Bill progresses through Parliament
Create 9 new national river walks and 3 new national forests
8th October 2024: Natural England is seeking views on a new Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Yorkshire Wolds
Create a new Regulatory Innovation Office
8th October 2024: Science Secretary launches new Regulatory Innovation Office today to speed up public access to new technologies.
Establish a Council of Nations and Regions
5th October 2024: Leaders from across the UK will come together in Scotland next week [Friday 11 October] as the Prime Minister convenes the first Council of Nations and Regions.
Create 650,000 job in energy by 2030
4th October 2024: Government confirms funding to launch the UK's first carbon capture sites, set to bring thousands of new skilled jobs, billions in private investment and support acceleration to net zero.
Establish a National Wealth Fund
4th October 2024: Government confirms funding to launch the UK's first carbon capture sites, set to bring thousands of new skilled jobs, billions in private investment and support acceleration to net zero.
Introduce a new expanded fraud strategy
3rd October 2024: Banks to be given new powers to protect consumers against scams.
Stop future fossil fuel drilling, fracking and coal mining
30th September 2024: All coal-fired power generation closes from today
Open 3,000 additional nurseries within primary schools
25th September 2024: The first stage of the government’s plan to deliver 3,000 nurseries by upgrading spare spaces in primary schools will begin next month.
Hillsborough Law
24th September 2024: Recruitment campaign launched for new champion to support victims of major incidents
Reform the points-based immigration system
24th September 2024: The government's plan to reduce net migration has been bolstered by new measures announced today.
Create Great British Energy
24th September 2024: PM confirms location of Great British Energy HQ in Aberdeen
Introduce free breakfast clubs in every primary school
23rd September 2024: Rollout in hundreds of schools by April 2025
Introduce shared waiting lists across neighbouring hospitals
Housebuilding targets and Planning changes
English Devolution Bill
21st September 2024: Four devolution agreements signed off and others progressing
AI Regulation
19th September 2024: UK to bring global AI developers together ahead of AI Action Summit
Take action on late payments to ensure small businesses and self-employed are paid on time
19th September 2024: Crack down on late payments in major support package for small businesses
Support Sustainable Aviation fuel production
Pension Schemes Bill
Restore development spending at 0.7% of gross national income
Push for immediate ceasefire in Gaza and introduce a 2 state solution.
Support the implementation of OECD global minimum corporation tax
Work to allow Ukraine NATO membership
Create a military strategic HQ
Prioritise UK businesses for defence investment
Scrap VISA fees for non-UK veterans who have served for 4 or more years
Establish Armed Forces Commissioner to improve service life
17th July 2024: King's Speech
Put the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law
Remain a member of the ECHR
Seek new bilateral agreements and work closer with Join Expeditionary Force Partners to strengthen NATO
Negotiate a Veterinary and Touring artists agreement
Make Brexit work
5th September 2024: Border Checks mentioned as needing reform
Repeal the Legacy Act and provide justice to the families and victims of the troubles
28th August 2024: Secretary of State consults victims on Legacy Act repeal
Oppose an independence referendum in Scotland
Allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote
Replace the House of Lords with an alternative second chamber
Reform the appointments process
Introduce a participation requirement for MPs
Require 80 year olds to retire from the House of Lords
Enforce restrictions on ministers lobbying for companies they used to regulate
New independent Ethics and integrity commission
Half the gap in life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions in England
18th September 2024: ONS 2018-2020 data
Reform gambling regulation
Build on the Online Safety Act to keep children safe from harmful content
Ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s
Recruit 8,500 staff to treat children with mental health issues
Establish a Fair Pay Agreement in adult social care
Create a National Care Service with national standards and consistent care across the country
Introduce supervised tooth brushing schemes for 3-5 year olds
Provide 700,000 additional urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them
Trial Neighbourhood health centres
Allow professionals such as opticians make direct referrals to specialists and expand self-referral
Create a Community Pharmacist Prescribing Service
Deliver a modern appointment booking system to end the 8am scramble.
Train thousands more GPs, guarantee a face to face appointment for all who want one
Regulate NHS managers, implementing professional standards to conduct
Establish a Royal College of Clinical Leadership to champion the voice of clinicians
Digitise the red book records
Train thousands more midwives as part of the NHS Workforce Plan
Develop an NHS innovation and adoption strategy, including a plan for procurement
Deliver the New Hospitals programme
Introduce a new ‘fit for the future’ fund to double the number of CT and MRI scanners
Deliver the NHS Long-term workforce plan to train the staff needed
Implement an 18 week wait target from referral for consultant-led treatment of non-urgent health conditions
Reform the gender recognition law to a new process
Protect LGBT+ and disabled people by making existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence
Introduce a Race Equality Act to ensure equal pay for all ethnic minorities
17th July 2024: Kings Speech
Reduce the gender pay gap further
17th July 2024: Kings Speech
Strengthen rights to equal pay and improve protections from maternity, menopausal discrimination and sexual harassment
17th July 2024: King's Speech
Reintroduce the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010
Introduce new consumer protections on ticket resales
5th September 2024: CMA investigating Ticketmaster sale of Oasis tickets
Create a Growth and Skills Levy
22nd July 2024: Skills England Bill
Provide access to specialist mental health professionals in every school
Limit the number of branded items of uniform and PE kit that schools can require
Remove the single word headline grade system for school inspections
2nd September 2024: Single headline OFSTED inspection grades now abolished
Create an excellence in leadership programme
Fund evidence-based early-language interventions in primary schools to develop every child’s communication skills
Reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to address acute recruitment and retention crisis
17th September 2024: School Support Staff Negotiating Body
Recruit an additional 6,500 teachers
Review the parental leave system within 1 year of government
Retain the triple lock on pensions
Conduct a strategic review of probation governance
Reduce re-offending and get re-offenders back into work
Build Prisons to improve capacity
9th September 2024: Government plans for prison capacity debated in House of Lords
Allow associate prosecutors to work on appropriate cases
Introduce new legal safeguards around strip-searching children and young people
Automatic suspensions for police officers suspected of domestic abuse
Introduce mandatory professional standards on vetting checks for police officers
Create a new offence for spiking
Strengthen stalking protection orders
Improvements to justice in rape and sexual offences crimes
16th August 2024: Win for witnesses as courts revamp waiting rooms
Create a new offence of criminal exploitation of children
Young Futures Programme
Halve knife crime in a decade
9th September 2024: Coalition to tackle knife crime launched
Create a new offence for assaults on shopworkers
End animal testing
Ban trail hunting and import of hunting trophies
Eradicate Bovine TB to prevent badger culling
30th August 2024: TB eradication strategy announced
Introduce a land use framework to protect farmers and nature
Introduce a carbon border adjustment mechanism to protect British business
Upgrade the national transmission infrastructure
Local Power Plan
25th July 2024: Local Power Plan update
Create a new Energy Independence Act
17th July 2024: Kings Speech
Account for cost of living in minimum wage setting, and remove all age bands
5th September 2024: Commons Update
Reduce the backlog of Access to Work claims
Create a national Jobs and Career service
11th July 2024: 'Back to Work' Plan announcement
Multi-year funding for local councils
Permanent mortgage guarantee scheme for FTBs
16th September 2024: Mortgage Guarantee Scheme deadline
Give First-Time Buyers first refusal on purchasing new homes
Devolved housing growth plans to combined and mayoral authorities
30th July 2024: Letter from Deputy PM to all Metro Mayors
Review Compulsory Purchase Orders amounts
30th July 2024: Consultation launched
Increase affordable homes availability
30th July 2024: Consulation launched
Increase building on 'Greybelt' land
Increase stamp duty charges for non-UK residents
Fully compensate those affected by the Horizon Scandal
Reform the British Business Bank
Increase funding cycle length to 10 years for key Research and Development
National Data Library
Allow local leaders the power to franchise local bus services
Restore the phase out date of ICE cars to 2030
Fix an additional 1m potholes in every year of Parliament
 Scrutinise any planned takeover of Royal Mail and ensure guarantees are in place to protect the workforce & customers.
Deliver full gigabit and national 5G coverage by 2030
Develop a 10 year infrastructure strategy
Replace business rates system
Cap Corporation tax at 25% for 5 years
End the Rwanda agreement
6th July 2024: Keir Starmer confirms Rwanda deportation plan 'Dead'
Create a new returns and enforcement unit
Strengthen the OBR
10th September 2024: Budget Responsibility Bill receives Royal Assent
No raises to Income tax, National Insurance or VAT
Abolish Non-Dom status
9th April 2024: BBC Article on 'tackling Tax dodgers'
Close the loophole on bonus payments
End use of offshore trusts to avoid inheritance tax
COVID Corruption Commissioner
2nd September 2024: COVID Corruption Commissioner vacancy
Stop Minister Access for Public Contracts
Clear Asylum Backlog
New Security Agreement with EU
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