The Labour Manifesto 1/?
IT'S TIME FOR REAL CHANGE
FOR THE MANY NOT THE FEW

Election is not just about Brexit
It is also about
Climate crisis
Investment
NHS
Living standards
Education
Poverty
Fair taxes

Above all it's about CHANGE
Labour Manifesto 2/?

Time to take on the vested interests holding people back
Big polluters, financial speculators, corporate tax-dodgers have had a free ride too long
Labour will build a fairer Britain that cares for all, where wealth & power are shared
Labour Manifesto 3/?

We are not prepared to continue to see more families without a proper home and more people queuing at food banks or sleeping rough on the streets

We can do better than this
Labour Manifesto 4/?

We are not prepared to put up with communities blighted by lack of investment, endless cuts to vital services and millions struggling to make ends meet, while tax cuts are handed to the richest

We can do better than this
Labour Manifesto 5??

How can it be right that in the fifth richest country in the world, people's living standards are going backwards and life expectancy is stalling?
Labour Manifesto 6/?

We will rewrite the rules of the economy, so that it works for everyone. We will rebuild public services, by taxing those at the top to properly fund the services we all rely on.
We will launch largest-scale investment programme in modern times FULLY COSTED
Labour Manifesto 7/?

We will kick-start a Green Industrial Revolution to tackle the climate emergency
Labour Manifesto 8/?

We will deliver full-fibre broadband free to everybody in every home by creating a new public service, boosting the economy, connecting communities and putting money in your pocket
Labour Manifesto 9/?

We will end food bank Britain and lift children and pensioners out of poverty

We will bring in a Real Living Wage of at least £10 per hour for all workers

We will end zero hour contracts
Labour manifesto 10/?

We will create a National Education Service - to provide support and opportunity throughout your life
Labour manifesto 11/?

We will give NHS funding it needs, and end privatisation

Free prescriptions for all

Free basic dentistry for all
Labour Manifesto. 12/?

We will end social care crisis

We will fund free personal care for older people and extra care packages
Labour Manifesto 13/?

We will reverse a decade of cuts to the police

You can’t keep people safe on the cheap
Labour Manifesto 13/?

We will have a foreign policy based on peace, justice and human rights and we will end the “bomb first, talk later” approach
Labour Manifesto 15/?

We will get Brexit sorted in six months by having a second referendum - with a choice between a sensible Leave deal or Remain. We will then implement the result
Labour Manifesto 16/?

We will bring rail, mail, water and energy into public ownership to end the great privatisation rip-off and save you money on your fares and bills
Labour Manifesto 17/?

When Labour wins, the nurse wins, the pensioner wins, the student wins, the office worker wins, the engineer wins. We all win
Labour Manifesto 18/?

This election is our last chance to tackle the climate emergency

This election is our last chance to tackle the climate emergency

This election is our last chance to tackle the climate emergency

#VoteLabour
Labour Manifesto 19/?

Labour will lead world in fighting climate emergency
Will transform economy into one low in carbon, rich in jobs, radically fairer & more democratic
IPCC say we need to cut global emissions in half by 2030

Tories in hock to big polluters

Labour will ACT
Labour Manifesto 20/?

Labour will kick-start a Green Industrial Revolution that will
Create one million jobs
Transform industry, energy, transport, agriculture, our buildings
Restore nature
Labour Manifesto 21/?

We will work in partnership with workforce and their unions so that they lead the transition in their industries, creating new, good-quality jobs
Labour Manifesto 22/?

Sustainability offers humanity a pathway to a more equitable & enlightened economy: that protects our environment, reins in corporate power, unites communities and promises a better quality of life for all
Labour Manifesto 23/?

Will create a Sustainable Investment Board to oversee, co-ordinate and bring forward the investment needed to tackle climate emergency

Cost of NOT acting is far greater than cost of acting
Labour Manifesto 24/?

Just 100 companies globally are responsible for the majority of carbon emissions. We won't be afraid to tackle this wanton corporate destruction by taking on the powerful interests that are causing climate change
Labour Manifesto 25/?

We will bring a radical decentralisation of power in Britain so that local people and communities are given far greater control over their lives and prospects

Will be a Local Transformation Fund in each English region to fund infrastructure decided locally
Labour Manifesto 26/?

Devolved govts in Wales, Scotland, N Ireland will decide on their own infrastructure projects

Regional Development Banks will be governed by boards made up of local stakeholders

Every nation & region will have a powerful lever to rebuild their economy
Labour Manifesto 27/?

7,000 new offshore wind turbines
2,000 new onshore wind turbines
Enough solar panels to cover 22k football pitches
New nuclear power needed for energy security
Trial & expand tidal
Upgrade almost all of UK 27 million homes
New homes = 0 carbon
Ban fracking
Labour Manifesto 28/?

Windfall tax on oil companies so that the companies that knowingly damaged our climate will help cover the costs.
Labour Manifesto 29/?

Privatisation of our utilities has been a disaster for both our planet & our wallets

We will put people & planet before profit by bringing our energy & water into democratic public ownership

Energy & water will be treated as rights rather than commodities
Labour Manifesto 30/?

Communities themselves will decide. Utilities won't be run from Whitehall but by service-users and workers.

Collective stewardship for key natural resources
Labour Manifesto 31/?

Tories squandered North Sea oil money on tax cuts for richest and profits for a few

We will make sure that the green future is owned by all of us

We'll invest in energy generation projects and profits will return to the public
Labour Manifesto 32/?

Science, research and innovation will be crucial to tackling the climate crisis and many other challenges such as an ageing population, antibiotic resistance, plastics in ocean and elsewhere

Target of 3% of GDP (public + private)to be spent on R&D by 2030
Labour Manifesto 33/?

We will ensure that new technologies aren't just invented in UK but are engineered, manufactured and exported from the UK.

We will put British innovation at the heart of our procurement to support local sourcing and reshoring.
Labour Manifesto 34/?

We will take on the global plastics crisis by investing in a new plastics remanufacturing industry creating thousands of jobs, ending exports of plastic waste and reducing our contribution to ocean pollution.
Labour Manifesto 35/?

We will uphold the highest environmental and social regulations in all our trade relations and we will never downgrade standards as "barriers" to trade.
Labour Manifesto 36/?

Our Green Industrial Revolution will create at least one million well-paid, unionised jobs in the UK. We will train people in the skills they need to access these jobs of the future.
Labour Manifesto 37/?

We will improve the operation of the Apprenticeship Levy

We will launch a Climate Apprenticeship with targeted bursaries
Labour Manifesto 38/?

We will build a sustainable, affordable, accessible and integrated transport system, founded on the principle that transport is an essential public service

Cutting emissions is key

We will increase bus services, reinstating 3000 routes that have been cut
Labour Manifesto 39/?

We will bring improvements for rail passengers by bringing back public ownership

We will rebuild fragmented railways, cut wastage of private profit, improve accessibility for disabled people

We will deliver Crossrail for the North, full HS2 to Scotland
Labour Manifesto 40/?

We will increase funding for cycling and walking

We will improve public transport so people less reliant on cars

We will invest in electric vehicle infrastructure

We will transition to zero-emission buses

We will adopt ambitious approach to road safety
Labour Manifesto 41/?

Any expansion of airports must pass our tests on air quality, noise pollution, climate change obligations and countrywide benefits.
Labour Manifesto 42/?

Our Green Industrial Revolution is complemented by our Plan for Nature

Our commitments to ecosystem repair and environmental protections work hand in hand with sustainable jobs and industries and social justice
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