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On 29 July 2024, just over three weeks after gaining power in the 2024 general election, the new Labour government led by the new prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced plans to abolish the winter fuel payment for pensioners in England and Wales (these payments are the responsibility of the devolved governments in Northern Ireland and Scotland ...
The paper also takes the opportunity to restate Labour’s manifesto pledges for the health service. It highlights the plans to provide an extra £22.6 billion in 2025/26 to support the delivery ...
In October, Labour unveiled its first Budget in power with Rachel Reeves promising to “support people with the cost of living.” The chancellor confirmed that the national living wage would ...
Labour’s DWP plans explained – from Jobcentres to disability benefits ‘New plan to drive down economic inactivity’ - Kendall. 14:12, Joe Middleton. The final major reform announced by Ms ...
Keir Starmer became Prime Minister of the UK after the Labour Party won a large majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election on a manifesto titled Change.By the end of 2024, however, opinion polling for the Labour Party and Starmer's personal approval ratings had dropped significantly.
Change is a political manifesto published in 2024 by the British Labour Party under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer. The manifesto sets out the party's new approach to policy, ahead of their successful campaign in the 2024 general election, in which they won a landslide victory. [1] [2]
Labour has been accused of plans to break a manifesto commitment after repeatedly refusing to rule out an increase to employers’ national insurance contributions.. The party has come under ...
From August 2024 the Labour party started the introduction of targeted removal of benefits, primarily for people of pension age. Some commentators referred to this as a new period of austerity. [80] [81] [82] The Department of Work and Pensions started a process of making savings in disability payments, expected to save £150m per year by 2028 ...