Labour’s conference in September 2019 was the most dramatic in generations for the policies it agreed to implement in government. The result – together with those Labour had already announced – is a astonishing list of over two hundred policies to transform life for vast majority of the UK’s people.
Some major and some less extensive, they will restore this country to a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after decades of stripping and selling off by the Conservatives:
- new National Care Service
- new National Education Service abolish Universal Credit
- halt NHS privatisation
- replace DWP with new Department for Social Security
- scrap hospital parking charges
- abolish Zero Hours Contracts
- skills-based immigration system
- end academies & free schools
- 1/3 of board seats for workers
- lift bans on onshore wind farms
- overhaul gambling regulation
- 10 policies to fix the BBC
- safe standing allowed at stadia
- additional health visit for babies
- nationalise the National Grid
- restore nurses’ bursary
- extend £10/hr MW to 16yr olds+
- extend FOI Act to private sector
- halt Saudi Arabia arms exports
- recognise State of Palestine
- new Rogue Landlord Register
- raise Corporation Tax to 26%
- extend free-to-air sport events
- overseas Loan Transparency Act
- move part of Treasury north
- 5 pledges for the Armed Forces
- register of Beneficial Ownership
- interest free Homeowner Loans
- £5bn Robin Hood Tax
- extend abortion rights to NI
- new Green Tech Deal for North
- abolish in-work poverty
- leaseholder-rights revolution
- mandatory alcohol labelling
- declare climate emergency
- bring rail into public ownership
- 500,000 new council homes
- solar panels for 1.7m homes
- elected House of Lords
- 3,000 more prison officers
- redistribute disused retail outlets
- menopause-friendly policies
- commission on ftar-right Threat
- integrate private schools
- Sure Start Plus.
- free nursery for 2-4 year olds
- scrap Ofsted
- cap school uniform costs
- low emission Ambulances
- 1m NHS trees planted
- 1,500 more trainee GP places
- scrap prescription charges
- end detaining & torturing suspects
- reverse legal aid cuts
- £20m People’s Law Centres fund
- 200 new Community Lawyers
- new access to justice rights
- 5,000 more prison officers
- end short prison sentences
- £20m for women’s centres
- public accountability law
- renationalise Scottish Rail
- £30 per week for ESA recipients
- end Sure Start Closures
- zero emissions by 2050
- 400,000 Green Tech Jobs
- earn more on Social Care
- home help for 160,000 more
- £1bn for new Bus Routes
- right to an Indefinite Tenancy
- free bus travel for under 255
- not for profit buses in England
- £250m children’s health fund
- £6bn p.a. extra for the NHS
- scrap Work Capability test
- 1 year maternity leave
- 3,000 more firefighters
- all class sizes under 30
- £3bn Mersey Tidal Project
- £1bn Cultural Capital Fund
- a Workers’ Protection Agency
- private rent cap
- implement Leveson 2
- scrap SATs
- Clean Air Act
- Fair Food Act
- restore EMA
- end Right to Buy
- War Powers Act
- ban fracking
- scrap tuition Fees
- £500bn investment
- end badger cull
- Second Home Tax
- restore Legal Aid
- £1bn oligarch Levy
- Gender Pay Gap Act
- repeal Lobbying Act
- scrap Bedroom Tax
- reverse PIP cuts
- free school Meals
- transgender rights
- new Well-being Act
- ban on new Grammars
- repeal Tory NHS Act
- reform outsourcing
- repeal Vagrancy Act
- £3bn pa for Education
- £500 p.a. for carers
- Orgreave Inquiry
- Shrewsbury Inquiry
- blacklisting Inquiry
- Hillsborough Inquiry
- renationalise Rail
- renationalise Water
- renationalise Energy
- nationalise Probation
- a Co-Op University
- votes for 16 year olds
- equal Marriage in NI
- 4 day week in 10 years
- £6bn free personal social care
- Second EU Referendum
- carbon neutral by 2030
- homeless Bill of Rights
- closing all detention centres
- 67,000 wind shore jobs
- 400,000 Green Tech Jobs
- 10% transfer of shares to workers
- restore Trade Union rights
- collective bargaining powers
- 27m new GP appointments
- race & Faith Manifesto
- ban animal trophy imports
- new legal right to food
- double no. of apprenticeships
- £8bn for new schools
- renationalise Royal Mail
- 4 new public holidays
- Crossrail for the North
- new National Investment Bank
- 2% of GDP for Defence Spending
- NHS safe staffing Law
- 20-point workers’ rights deal
- childhood obesity strategy
- switch business tax to CPI
- end Post Office closures
- abolish food poverty in 3 years
- £6m people’s access to food fund
- new state-owned Pharma firm
- Ministry for Employment Rights
- scrap UK Office Conversion Clause
- reverse £1bn Inheritance Tax Cut
- break up Big 4 Accountancy Firms
- create a Social Justice Commission
- scrap Non-Dom Status
- £3.6bn vehicle-charging network
- build 1 million new homes in 5yrs
- ban unpaid internships
- 5% of Premier League cash for grassroots
- £20bn investment bank for Scotland
- like for like replacement of Trident
- establish a new Post Office Bank
- 50p tax for those on £123,000+
- ‘fat-cat levy’ on bosses making £350k
- maintenance grants for students
- 45p rate for earners (£80k – £123k)
- new violence against women commission
- new Brighton mainline for SW England
- reverse £735m Capital Gains Tax Cut
- 20% tax on Private Health Insurance
- create Minister for Mental Health
- 17 point plan to beat Tax Avoidance
- 5 year tax freeze on incomes below £80k
- £100m Cold weather plan for rough sleepers
- ‘Build it in Britain’ guarantee e.g. naval ships
- implement Parker Review for BAME equality
- paid leave for domestic abuse victims
- 5 point plan for High Street e.g. free Wi-Fi
- 8,000 new homes for rough sleepers
- equal rights for gig-economy workers
- free childcare for low income families
- new Scottish Devolution Bill on employment law
- Vehicle Scrappage Scheme to remove 400,000 cars
- 2.5m interest free loans to buy new electric cars
- government car fleet will be 100% electric
- 3 new battery Gigafactories (Stoke, Croydon & Wales)
- £300m Community owned Car Clubs
- 50% cut in food bank usage in first year
- compulsory licensing to cut cost of medicines
- the Caerphilly Strategy for Mental Health (£2bn)
- ban donations from non-UK taxpayers
- Big Pharma research-funding reform
- freedom of movement Conference motion
- £50,000 compensation to test veterans
- compulsory licensing for Big Pharma medicines
- 37 state-owned off-shore wind farms
- electricity profits into Norway-style wealth fund
- end opt-out of Working Time Directive.
Thanks to https://skwawkbox.org/2019/09/28/labours-201-policies-to-make-a-uk-to-be-proud-of/?fbclid=IwAR2amFLyyBQq1rCuMwWorSWV7AtDWSgF1H2EGgbgWW4tmqFksBYNQaTTlH0 for this.
For more information on Labour 2019/20 policies these videos by skwawkbox are worth viewing
Jackie Owen
Secretary
Clwyd South CLP
Hi Jackie Brilliant ✊ In solidarity Liz
On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 11:14 PM Clwyd South Labour Party wrote:
> jacsowen posted: “Labour’s conference in September 2019 was the most > dramatic in generations for the policies it agreed to implement in > government. The result – together with those Labour had already announced – > is a astonishing list of over two hundred policies to transfo” >
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