Manifesto Tracker — Labour Party
Every major commitment from the 2024 manifesto, tracked against real progress. Updated as news breaks — no spin, just status.
Reduce NHS waiting times
Return to the NHS standard of 92% of patients waiting no longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment, by delivering an extra 40,000 appointments a week.
VAT on private school fees
End the VAT exemption for private school fees and use the revenue to fund state education priorities.
Onshore wind planning reform
Lift the de facto ban on onshore wind in England by changing planning rules to treat it like other infrastructure.
Establish a Border Security Command
Create a new Border Security Command with hundreds of new specialist investigators to tackle criminal smuggling gangs.
Abolish non-dom tax status
Replace the non-domiciled tax regime with a new residence-based system, ending preferential tax treatment for non-doms.
Recruit 13,000 more neighbourhood police officers
Put 13,000 additional police officers, PCSOs and special constables into neighbourhood roles across England and Wales.
Set up a National Wealth Fund
Launch a National Wealth Fund to invest in ports, gigafactories, green hydrogen, and carbon capture, aiming to attract billions in private investment.
Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
Roll out free breakfast clubs in every primary school in England to support working families and improve attendance.
Recruit 6,500 new teachers
Fund 6,500 new teachers in key subjects across England, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools.
Make work pay — strengthen workers rights
Introduce a New Deal for Working People including day-one rights, banning exploitative zero-hours contracts, and ending fire-and-rehire practices.
Strengthen employment rights from day one
Give workers protection from unfair dismissal, sick pay and parental leave from their first day in a job, removing existing qualifying periods.
Establish Great British Energy
Set up a publicly owned clean energy company, headquartered in Scotland, to help deliver clean power by 2030.
Build 1.5 million new homes
Reform the planning system and release land to deliver 1.5 million new homes over the course of this Parliament, including reviewing green belt boundaries where needed.
Introduce a Renters Rights Bill
Abolish Section 21 "no fault" evictions and give tenants greater security and rights in the private rented sector.
Reduce NHS dentist appointment backlog
Provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and reform the dental contract to incentivise NHS work.
Cut NHS waiting lists with extra appointments
Deliver an additional 40,000 NHS operations, scans and appointments every week, funded by clamping down on tax avoidance.
Bring railways back into public ownership
Bring train operating companies into public ownership as contracts expire, creating Great British Railways.
Publish a Child Poverty Strategy
Develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty, working across government departments.