The police and intelligence services will continue to function in their stated aims/roles.
Secretary of State for Defence
The pre-existing sunset clause in the Energy Profits Levy of 31 December 2025 will be extended to end of the 2024-2029 Parliament. . The sunset clause typically means that the levy is temporary and will automatically expire unless renewed.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The process of ‘fire and rehire’ will be outlawed, no longer allowing employers to fire employees and then rehire them on less favourable terms.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The recommendations of the Cass Review – on how to improve NHS gender identity services, and ensure that children and young people who are questioning their gender identity or experiencing gender dysphoria receive a high standard of care, that meets their needs, is safe, holistic and effective – will be implemented by NHS England by the Government.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Red Book record of children’s health will be digitised to provide easier access to information that can support new and existing families.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The remit of the independent Low Pay Commission will be expanded to account for the cost of living, meaning that wages are more likely to go up following any increases in the cost of living.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Royal Mail will undergo a review to see if a new business and governance model can be implemented to give workers and customers a greater level of control in the governnce and direction of the Royal Mail, especially after the prosecution of Postmasters and the Inquiry into the Post Office scandal.
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
The rules, regulation and guidance limiting Ministers and former Ministers in libbying for companies they used to work for or regulate will be tightened up following a consultation or review, and harsher sanctions will likely be created.
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The Sewel Convention – which applies when the UK Parliament wants to legislate on a matter within the devolved competence of the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales or Northern Ireland Assembly, dictates tbat the UK Parliament will “not normally” do so without the relevant devolved institution having passed a legislative consent motion – will be strengthened with a memorandum outlining how HM Government and Devolved Government will work together in the common-good interests of the United Kingdom and its componet parts.
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The total number of UK households who cannot afford to keep their home ‘adequately heated’ will decline from its pre-July 2024 level by the end of the 2024-29 Parliament (below current level of 13% of households in England were classed as fuel poor, 20% in Scotland, 14% in Wales, and 24% in Northern Ireland).
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
This new Skills England body will work formally the existing Migration Advisory Committee to make sure training in England accounts for the overall needs of the labour market, and that the changes to the previous Government’s points-based immigration system reflect the needs of the UK labour market when determining the annual rate of immigration (for workers).
Secretary of State for Education
The use of the ‘Capital Gains Tax’ rate for taxing individuals working in private equaity in the private sector will cease to be allowed, meaning performance-related pay is taxed as income at a higher rate than at present.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
There must be more prosecutors made available compared with the numbers pre-July 2024, with Associate Prosecutors allowed work on appropriate cases by the end of the 2024-29 Parliament.
Secretary of State for the Home Department
There will be an increase in distributed production capacity through the ‘Local Power Plan’, thus localising power generation and likely leading to more local energy ownership.
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
There will not be equivalent cuts to Government spending comparable to those of the 2010-15 Coalition Government.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Thousands more midwives will be trained compared with the number trained per year preJuly 2024 as part of the NHS Workforce Plan. This will build on the previous 2019 Election Manifesto commitment to the 50,000 Nurses Programme (training 50,000 new nurses by the end of the 2019-24 Parliament, which the previous Government had claimed to have achieved).
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Three new National Forests will be established in England whilst also planting ‘millions’ of trees and creating new woodlands.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Time in schools for Physical Education (PE) will be protected (and presumably made mandatory for students in schools).
Secretary of State for Education
UK national debt must be falling as a proportion of the UK’s GDP by the end of the 2029 financial year (the fifth year in the first 2024-29 5-year forecast for the 2024-29 Parliament).
Chancellor of the Exchequer
TV and online advertising likely to be banned for ‘junk food’ – read, most ‘fast food’ before 21 > 00 PM on TV and banned in public places and online where children could obvserve them.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Use British aid budget and soft power to stabilise countries and ensure more rule-of-law democracies exist in the world that are safe for their people, so that fewer leave non-democratic non-rule-of-law countries to seek safety in Britain.
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Vaccinations for babies and children will be enabled by the Government and NHS England as part of existing health visits by appropriate/approved medical professionals. This will increase the uptake and coverage of vaccines within the population more widely, especially amongst the next generations of children.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Vapes will be banned from using adverts, flavour-descriptive names, and styles of packaging that could be interpreted as ‘attractive’ to children to reduce the demand for vapes from children. Also, online advertising likely to be banned for most or all vapes and banned in public places where children could obvserve them.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Visa fees for non-UK national veterans who have served for four or more years with HM Armed Forces, and their dependents, will be scrapped (removed) to enable them to settle in the United Kingdom more easily and freely.
Secretary of State for Defence
Voter ID will not be removed, but instead restrictions and regulations around what ID can be used will be reviewed and addressed to provide easier access to voting and to widen the types of acceptable ID.
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UK-regulated financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, pension funds, insurers, and FTSE 100 companies, will be mandated by the new Government to prepare and disclose credible transition plans that align with the 1.5° goal of the Paris Agreement, in lign with the Government’s plan for ‘Net Zero’.
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
We will also guarantee two weeks’ worth of work experience for every young person
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Within the first year of the 2024-29 Parliament, the National Policy Planning Framework will be updated to include the restoration of national housing targets.
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Young Futures hubs will be created by the Government to provide free mental health support services for children and young people in every community across the United Kingdom, with easy-to-access ‘drop-in’ appointments which do not require ‘pre-booking’.
Secretary of State for Education
Young Futures hubs will be created by the Government to provide free mental health support services for children and young people in every community across the United Kingdom.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Youth workers and mentors in A and E units, as well as Pupil Referral Units, will be created and funded by full recovery of the cost of firearm licensing by the end of the 2024-29 Parliament.
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Zero hour contracts will be banned to give workers increased job security through more predictable hours and income. ‘Fire and rehire’ will be outlawed, and a right to day one parental leave, sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal guaranteed.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Water companies that are failing to maintain good standards of clean water will be forced to clean up rivers and waterways. New regulators will be given powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives of companies that pollute waterways, the regulator will also have the power to bring criminal charges against ‘persistent’ law breakers.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Young persons found in posession of a knife will be referred to a Youth Offending Team and will be given a plan to with possible penalties to prevent reoffending.
Secretary of State for the Home Department