Labour Policy Commitments - Party Conference


1			Last Updated: 07/10/22 * = new policy annouced at conference Older policies annouced pre conference will be added shortly
2	Shadow Team	Policy Area	Annoucements	Sources
3	Business and Industrial Strategy	Industry	*New industrial strategy working in partnership with businesses, establishing a new industrial strategy council on statutory footing with four missions - delivering clean power by 2030 - harnessing data for public good - caring for the future - building a resilient economy Commitment to spend 3% GDP on R&D (Labour Industrial Stategy) Establish an Industrial Strategy Council on a Statutory footing like the Committee on Climate Change or OBR. This council would report to parliament and Government. (Labour Industrial Strategy) Secure future participation in Horizon Europe (Labour Industrial Strategy)	Jonathan Reynolds MP Conference Speech Labour Industrial Strategy
4	Climate Change and Net Zero	Energy	New Green Prosperity Plan including increasing wind, solar, tidal, hydrogen and nuclear investment New net zero industiral cluster in every region of the country Set a target for zero carbon power by 2030 National mission to insulate 19 million homes , costing £60bn over a decade, ensuring homes meet a minimum standard of EPC Band C. Grants will be provided to low income households, while others will recieve low interest loands (InsideHousing 29.09) New publically owned Great British Energy company Match fund investment in green steel to drive innovation in the steel industry (Labour Industrial Strategy)	Keir Starmer MP Conference speech Ed Milliband MP Conference Speech
5		Climate Change	Commitment to invest £28bn in climate measures - £225bn over eight years (Guardian 27/09) Implementing a Net Zero and Nature Test for all government spending (Labour Press Release 13/10)
6	Cabinet Office	Procurement	A National Procurement Plan, which includes making social value mandatory in all contracts and creating a public dashboard of government contracts to improve transparency Open and transparaent digital database of government contracts	Angela Rayner MP Conference Speech
7	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Media	Keep Channel 4 in public hands	Lucy Powell MP Conference Speech
8	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	Sport	*New statutory independent football regulator	Lucy Powell MP Conference Speech
9		Culture	Push for a visa waiver for touring artists and negotiate an EU-wide cultural touring agreement (Labour Industrial Strategy)
10		Digital	An industry wide social tariff for low income families; an Ofcom investigation and action to strengthen consumer protections; Reverse regulation that allowed regulated wholesale prices to rise with CPI rather than costs.
11	Education	Schools	*Free breakfast clubs for every primary school in England (as a first step towards a new modern childcare system) End VAT tax break on private school fees Specialist mental health support in every school	Bridget Phillipson MP Conference Speech Party Press Release Rosenna Allin-Khan MP Conference Speech
12	Education	Skills	* Reform the apprenticeship levy to allow firms to spend up to 50% of their levy contributions on non-apprenticeship training ("Growth and Skills Levy) Devolve adult education skills spending to combined authorities * Establish a new skills expert body (Skills England) to oversee national skills New modern careers advice and work experience system, including recruiting over 1000 careers advisors and a two week work experience minimum guarantee (Labour Industiral Strategy) Agree mutual recognition of professsional qualifications (Labour Industrial Strategy)
13	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Water	*New action on water companies to address sewage including Deliver mandatory monitoring of all sewage outlets Introduce a legally binding target to end 90% of sewage discharges by 2030 Introduce automatic fines for discharges, and a standing charge penalty for discharge points without monitoring in place Striking off company directors of water companies that systematically do not comply	Jim McMahon Conference Speech
14	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	International Development	Reinstate Britain's commitment to spend 0.7% of income on aid *Legislate to ensure that Britain's aid budget helps address climate change	Preet Gill MP Conference Speech David Lammy MP Conference Speech
15	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	Foreign Affairs	Implement the Russia Report Legislate for a new legal right to consular assistance New Green dimension to Labour's foreign policy • Working with international partners at the ICC to agree a new international law of ecocide, creating international criminal responsibility for large scale, wanton, and unlawful destruction of the environment. • Putting the environment at the top of the international agenda by pushing for climate action to become a fourth pillar of the UN. • Recommit to 0.7% development spending, to support developing countries addressing climate change and meet the UK’s commitments to international climate finance following government cuts. • Making the climate crisis a standing item on the agenda of the National Security Council, reflecting the gravity and urgency of the challenge.
16	Health and Social Care	NHS workforce	Double the number of medical training places Create an extra 10,000 nursing and midwifery clinical placements every year Recruit 8,5000 mental health workers Double the number of district nurses qualifying every year *Train 5,000 health visitors Reform to GPs so that they become state NHS employees rateher than self-employed	Wes Streeting MP Conference Speech Rosenna Allin-Khan MP Conference Speech Guardian Telegraph 16/01
17		NHS services	Guaranteed GP appointments within two days Build a new National Care Service that requires private providers to meet new standards and requires firms operating care services to pay their taxes Allow more self-referral for patients so that they won't need to go via GPs to access specialist services
18		Mental Health	Establish mental health hubs for young people in every community Guarantee NHS mental health support within a month
19	Home Office	Crime	£360m programme for 13,000 additional police and PCSOs into community teams New law to crack down on corporate fraud, making companies liable for corporate crime committed by their employees New rape investigation units in every police force Additional domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms Minimum sentences for rape and stalking Legislate to make misogyny a hate crime	Yvette Cooper MP Conference Speech Evening Standard Annelise Dodds MP Conference Speech
20	International Trade	Trade	*Nationwide network of Climate Export Hubs Establish firm rules to ensure trade negotiatios have binding responsibilities to deliver economic opportunities across the whole of the UK	Nick Thomas Symonds MP Conference Speech
21	Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government	Housing	New target for 70% home ownership New mortage guarantee scheme New renters charter New decent homes standard	Keir Starmer Conference Speech
22	Defence		Put the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law Strengthen cooperation with the EU with a new security pact to complement NATO's role	John Healy MP Conference Speech David Lammy MP Conference Speech
23	Justice		Open specialist rape courts to increase rape convictions New Domestic Violence Register for convicted abusers Put the Hillsborough Law on the statute book	Steve Reed MP Conference Speech Keir Starmer Conference Speech
24	Transport	Rail	Deliver Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 in full Bring railways back into public ownership	Louise Haigh MP Conference Speech
25	Treasury	Tax	*Reverse cut in the 45% rate of income tax Replace business rates with a new system of business taxation (Labour Industrial Strategy)	Rachel Reeves MP Conference Speech Keir Starmer Conference Speech Rachel Reeves MP Conference Speech
26	Treasury	Public Spending	New Office for Value for Money to make sure public spending targets the national interest *New National Wealth Fund - which would initially fund £8.3bn in green projects Implement a minimum wage set at a level that reflects cost of living ("Living Wage") Commitment that every manifesto pledge will be costed and fully funded Establish a National Economic Council to bring together industry and trade unions to inform economic decision-making
27	Women & Equalities	Gender	Modernising Gender Recognition Act	Annelise Dodds MP Conference Speech
28		LGBT+	Banning all forms of conversion therapy
29		Race	New Race Equality Act, Implementing all the Lammy Review recommendations