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FOREWORD 4
2 NEGOTIATING BREXIT 23
Immigration 28
International trade 30
5 SOCIAL SECURITY 53
Dignity for pensioners 54
Dignity for those who cannot work 56
8 SAFER COMMUNITIES 75
Police and crime 76
Border security 78
Fire and Rescue Services 79
Justice 80
Prisons and Probation service 82
But Ive also heard something far less the rich getting richer, more children
positive, something which motivates in poverty, our NHS failing and our
us in the Labour Party to work for schools and social care in crisis.
the kind of real change set out in this Or you can vote for the party that
manifesto. It is a growing sense of has a plan to change all of this
anxiety and frustration. The Labour Party.
Faced with falling living standards, Britain is the fifth richest country
growing job insecurity and shrinking in the world. But that means little
public services, people are under when many people dont share in
increasing strain. Young people are that wealth. Many feel the system
held back by debt and the cost of is rigged against them. And this
housing. Whole families are being manifesto sets out exactly what
held back from the life they have can be done about it.
worked towards.
Britain needs to negotiate a Brexit
Im constantly told of these pressures deal that puts our economy and
in the workplace. Faced with constant living standards first. That wont
cuts and interference, our police, be achieved by empty slogans and
nurses, doctors, teachers and council posturing. We cannot put at risk
staff are held back from delivering our links with our largest trading
the public services they signed up to. partner. Instead we need a jobs-first
Brexit that allows us to upgrade our
Workers are held back by falling
economy for the 21st century.
real pay and job security. Our
entrepreneurs and managers are Labour will invest in the cutting-edge
being held back from growing their jobs and industries of the future
business. If you are increasingly that can improve everybodys lives.
asked to do more with less, then Which is why this manifesto outlines
you are not alone. a fully costed programme to upgrade
our economy. From childcare
Every election is a choice. What
to transport, housing to lifelong
makes this election different is that
learning, Labour understands how
the choice is starker than ever before.
a successful economy depends on
You can choose more of the same:
services that support us all.
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So yes, this election is about what the homes we need to rent and
sort of country we want to be after buy, keeping our communities safe
Brexit. Is it one where the majority with more police officers, giving our
are held back by the sheer struggle childrens schools the funding they
of getting by? That isnt the Britain badly need, and restoring the NHS
Labour is determined to create. to its place as the envy of the world.
So lets build a fairer Britain where Dont let the Conservatives hold
no one is held back. A country where Britain back.
everybody is able to get on in life, to
Lets build a Britain that works
have security at work and at home, to
for the many, not the few.
be decently paid for the work they do,
and to live their lives with the dignity
they deserve.
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CHAPTER 01
CREATING AN
ECONOMY THAT
WORKS FOR ALL
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BALANCING Responsibility, which we will make
accountable to Parliament. We will
Labour will make different choices. into Scotland, consulting with and,
We will take advantage of near- where necessary, compensating)
record low interest rates to create communities. e will link HS2 with
a National Transformation Fund other rail investments, such as
that will invest 250 billion over ten Crossrail of the North tying together
years in upgrading our economy. our great northern cities) and on to
We will ensure that the huge the Durham Freight Centre. We will
potential of every part of our country build a new Brighton ain Line for
is met. The next Labour government the South ast.
will rebuild communities ripped apart
In London, to ensure our capital
by globalisation and neglected for
continues to prosper, we will build
years by government. We will rebuild
Crossrail 2.
and transform our economy so that
it works for the many, not the few. To harness the economic potential
So we will put in place tight rules of new technologies and science,
to ensure that investment is fairly we will complete the Science ale
shared around every region and transport arc, from Oxford to
nation of the . e will tear Cambridge through ilton eynes.
down the barriers that have held
nd we will deliver rail electrification
too many people back.
and expansion across the whole
A Labour government will complete country, including Wales and the
the HS2 high-speed rail line from South est.
London through Birmingham to
Leeds and anchester, and then
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We will transform our energy
systems, investing in new, state-
of-the-art low-carbon gas and
renewable electricity production.
CHAPTER 01 C TIN N C N TH T S LL 13
challenges of our times. In meeting Procurement by requiring the
these challenges, we will move best standards on government
beyond the narrow approaches of contracts.
the past, and mobilise the talents and
Research and development
resources of our whole country to
by committing extra research
deliver an economy fit for the future.
investment.
The first missions set by a Labour
Energy costs and security by
government will be to:
capping costs and investing in new
1. ensure that 60 per cent of the s publicly owned energy provision.
energy comes from zero-carbon
While our industrial strategy is one
or renewable sources by 2030
for growth across all sectors, Labour
2. create an innovation nation with recognises that certain sectors are
the highest proportion of high- of strategic significance to the
skilled jobs in the Organisation economy. For each strategic industry,
for Economic Co-operation and the next Labour government will
Development by 2030. e will establish a council modelled on
meet the CD target of 3 per cent the highly successful Automotive
of GDP spent on research Council) to oversee its future security
and development by 2030. and growth. We will also encourage
private investment by removing new
In order to create a fertile ground for
plant and machinery from business
businesses to achieve these missions
rate calculations.
Labour will take action across the
areas we know are necessary for National and local government spends
business and industry to grow: 200 billion a year in the private-
sector procurement. Labour will put
Skills by creating a National
that spending power to good use to
ducation Service for ngland.
upgrade our economy, create good
Infrastructure by investing 250 local jobs and reduce inequality. We will
billion over the next ten years. re uire firms supplying national or local
government to meet the high standards
supply chains by targeting
we should expect of all businesses:
government support where there
paying their taxes, recognising trade
are gaps.
unions, respecting workers rights and
Trade by negotiating a new deal equal opportunities, protecting the
with Europe that puts jobs and the environment, providing training, and
economy first. paying suppliers on time. We will expect
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TRANSFORMING Labour will overhaul the regulation
of our financial system, putting in
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rapid communication, mean smaller, Declare war on late payments by:
faster businesses will be the future of
Using government procurement
our economy.
to ensure that anyone bidding
et this Conservative overnment for a government contract pays
has taken small businesses for its own suppliers within 30 days.
granted. Labour is the party of small
Developing a version of the
businesses. We understand the
Australian system of binding
challenges our smaller businesses
arbitration and fines for
face. In order to provide the support
persistent late-payers for the
many small businesses need,
private and public sectors.
a Labour government will:
We will also bring forward legislation
andate the new National
to create a proper legal definition for
Investment Bank, and regional
co-operative ownership. The National
development banks in every
Investment Bank and regional
region, to identify where other
development banks will be charged
lenders fail to meet the needs
with helping support our co-operative
of S s and prioritise lending to
sector. Labour will aim to double the
improve the funding gap.
size of the co-operative sector in the
Reinstate the lower small-business , putting it on a par with those in
corporation tax rate. leading economies like Germany or
the S.
Introduce a package of reforms
to business rates including
switching from RPI to CPI
indexation, exempting new
investment in plant and machinery
from valuations, and ensuring that
businesses have access to a proper
appeals process while reviewing
the entire business rates system
in the longer run.
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SUSTAINABLE household energy bill remains
below 1,000 per year, while we
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our grandchildren and future
generations. et recent years have
seen a failure to progress towards
our targets. A Labour government
will put us back on track to meet the
targets in the Climate Change Act
and the Paris Agreement.
NEGOTIATING BREXIT
TOWARDS
A NATIONAL
EDUCATION SERVICE
Labour would:
A FAIR DEAL
AT WORK
12. Enforce all workers rights to trade 20. Introduce a civil enforcement
union representation at work system to ensure compliance
so that all workers can be with gender pay auditing so
supported when negotiating that all workers have fair access
with their employer. to employment and promotion
opportunities and are treated
13. Abolish employment tribunal
fairly at work.
fees so that people have
access to justice. A Labour government will ensure
Britain abides by the global Labour
14. Double paid paternity leave to
standards of the ILO conventions.
four weeks and increase paternity
pay because fathers are parents All workers should be able to work
too and deserve to spend more in a safe environment and return to
time with their new babies. their families at the end of the day.
Labour will enforce regulations that
15. Strengthen protections for
save lives.
women against unfair redundancy
because no one should be As well as legislating against zero
penalised for having children. hours contracts, there are many
more workers on short hours
16. Hold a public inquiry into
contracts (some only guaranteed
blacklisting to ensure that
a few hours per week), but who
blacklisting truly becomes and
regularly work far more. We will
remains a thing of the past.
strengthen the law so that those who
17. Give equalities reps statutory work regular hours for more than 12
rights so they have time weeks will have a right to a regular
to protect workers from contract, re ecting those hours.
discrimination.
We will also scrap the changes
18. Reinstate protection against brought in by the Conservatives in
third party harassment because 2014 to TUPE, which weakened the
everyone deserves to be safe protections for workers transferring
at work. between contractors, and we will
abolish the loophole to the agency
19. Use public spending power to
workers regulations known as the
drive up standards, including
Swedish derogation.
SOCIAL SECURITY
SECURE HOMES
FOR ALL
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PRIVATE RENTERS e will reverse the cruel decision
to abolish housing benefit for
18 to 21- year-olds, which risks
We will end insecurity for private
putting even more vulnerable
renters by introducing controls on
young people on our streets.
rent rises, more secure tenancies,
landlord licensing and new
consumer rights for renters.
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HOMELESSNESS
Homelessness is not inevitable in
a country as decent and well off
as ours. However, since 2010 the
number of people sleeping rough
in shop doorways and on park
benches has more than doubled.
This shames us all. There can be
no excuses it must end. Full stop.
HEALTHCARE
FOR ALL
SAFER
COMMUNITIES
LEADING
RICHER LIVES
EXTENDING
DEMOCRACY
A MORE
EQUAL SOCIETY
A GLOBAL BRITAIN
We will also urge negotiations We will always stand up for the rights,
towards a political resolution in all interests and self-determination of
other regions currently experiencing Britains overseas territories and
con ict, including ashmir, Libya, their citizens, whether protecting the
Nigeria, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia sovereignty of the Falkland Islands
and Yemen, and give our strong against anyone who would seek to
support to those countries already challenge it, or supporting the right
working to end decades of division, of the Chagos islanders to return to
including Colombia, Cyprus and the their homelands.
Democratic Republic of Congo.
We will reclaim Britains leading role in
In other regions, including the orean tackling climate change, working hard
Peninsula and the South China Sea, to preserve the Paris Agreement and
rising tensions threaten global peace. deliver on international commitments
Under a Labour government, Britain to reduce emissions while mitigating
will work to reduce those tensions the impacts of climate change on
through an insistence on multilateral developing countries.
political dialogue.
While strengthening our commitment
From Afghanistan and Iraq to to the UN, we also acknowledge its
the streets of European cities, shortcomings, particularly in light of
Daesh continues to commit acts repeated abuses of the veto power by
of indiscriminate barbarism. We some permanent members of the UN
will take all lawful action necessary Security Council. We will work with
to counter and confront this evil, our international partners to build
and we will advocate a long-term support for UN reform and make
multinational political strategy, led by its institutions more effective and
regional actors, to tackle the spread responsive. We will appoint dedicated
of extremism. global ambassadors for womens
rights, LGBT rights and religious
In our discussions with different
freedom to fight discrimination and
governments, including China,
promote equality globally.
Egypt, the Gulf States, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Russia and Turkey, we
will urge respect for human rights