Labour Party

Track record

Cards

24

Net cost of costed cards, a year

+£56.4bn

12 of 24 cards costed

Funding named

13 of 24

Status mix

• Delivered: 5
• In progress: 19
• Not met: 0
• Undone: 0
• Unscoreable: 0

No score: the mix speaks for itself. Every actor is held to the same promise standard.

Contracts behind delivery

Contracts linked

16

Change in value since the first notice

None

Median delay to the end date

On time

Across the public contracts editors linked to these promises once they were funded or under way, read from the contract notices. Each promise card lists its contracts.

Promises

• Labourin governmentExtend Awaab's Law to private renters“Awaab’s Law is already helping to drive up standards in the social housing sector. We’re now moving to extend it to private landlords so that England’s 11 million private renters can enjoy the same protections.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Housing & environmentCost not statedMatthew Pennycook, 8 Oct 2026
• Labourin governmentCut manufacturers’ electricity bills by up to 25%“When it comes to energy costs, our British industrial competitiveness scheme will save more than 10,000 manufacturers up to 25% of their electricity bills.”In plan✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Transport & economyCosts £0.54bn to £0.66bn a yearBlair McDougall, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentPublish curriculum and assessment reform proposals“Our curriculum and assessment reform will go hand in hand with that ambition, and we will soon publish proposals building on the Becky Francis review.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)EducationCost not statedLucy Powell, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentGive mayors control of the 16-19 education budget“For the first time, mayors will have control of the 16-19 education budget, and I know that, in respect of early years and early intervention, we can transform outcomes through the power of place.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)EducationCost not statedLucy Powell, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentPresent a mental health strategy before Christmas“This will all be considered as part of a mental health strategy that will come before this House before Christmas.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)HealthCost not statedDue Dec 2026Andy Burnham, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentPublish national inclusion standards for SEND“We are developing national inclusion standards, which we will publish alongside any legislation or further steps we take on SEND.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)EducationCost not statedLucy Powell, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentEnact the Socio-Economic Duty“Crucially, the unit will lead the enactment of the Socio-Economic Duty, a new power in the Equality Act that will legally require public bodies to consider how to improve the lives of lower-income families as part of decisions around issues like transport, services and budgets.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Social protectionCost not statedBridget Phillipson, 9 Sep 2026
• Labourin governmentFree unlimited bus travel for disabled people“Disabled people will now have unlimited free bus travel 24/7.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Transport & economyCost not statedDue Apr 2027Andy Burnham, 18 Aug 2026
• Labourin governmentCap bus fares at £2“I’ve done it before and I will do it again now: a £2 cap on bus fares for millions across the country.”In plan✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Transport & economyCosts £0.36bn to £0.44bn a yearDue Jan 2027Andy Burnham, 22 Jul 2026
• Labourin governmentCut taxes on energy bills“We’re taking immediate action to cut taxes on energy bills, put more money in people’s pockets and bring back hope.”Delivered✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesCosts £0.77bn to £0.94bn a yearDue Oct 2026Andy Burnham, 21 Jul 2026
• Labourin governmentMeet the fiscal rules, with a buffer“We will meet the fiscal rules. And Andy Burnham and I have talked about how we will do that in lockstep, ensuring there’s a buffer also for uncertainty.”Promised✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Running governmentCost not statedDue Oct 2026John Healey, 21 Jul 2026
• Labourin governmentRemove the two-child limit in full“I can announce today, fully costed and fully funded, the removal of the two-child limit in full from April.”Delivered✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Social protectionCosts £2.1bn to £2.6bn a yearDue Apr 2026Rachel Reeves, 26 Nov 2025
• Labourin government5% of GDP on national security by 2035“That is why, as part of this strategy, we make a historic commitment to spend 5% of our GDP on national security by 2035.”In plan✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)DefenceCosts £36bn to £44bn a yearDue Dec 2035Keir Starmer, 24 Jun 2025
• Labourin governmentSpend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2027“We will deliver our commitment to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence, but we will bring it forward so that we reach that level in 2027 and we will maintain that for the rest of this Parliament.”Funded✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)DefenceCosts £6bn to £13.4bn a yearDue Apr 2027Keir Starmer, 25 Feb 2025
• Labourin governmentMeet the 18-week NHS waiting time standard“ending hospital backlogs to meet the NHS standard of 92% of patients in England waiting no longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment”Delivering✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)HealthCost not statedDue Mar 2029Keir Starmer, 5 Dec 2024
• Labourin governmentAbolish non-dom status“We will abolish non-dom status once and for all, replacing it with a modern scheme for people genuinely in the country for a short period.”Delivered✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesRaises £2.3bn to £2.8bn a year13 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentClose the carried interest loophole“Private equity is the only industry where performance-related pay is treated as capital gains. Labour will close this loophole.”Delivered✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesRaises £72m to £88m a year13 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentCap corporation tax at 25%“Labour will cap corporation tax at the current level of 25 per cent, the lowest in the G7, for the entire parliament, and we will act if tax changes in other countries pose a risk to UK competitiveness.”Legislated✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesCost not statedDue Jul 202913 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentCreate Great British Energy“To drive forward investment in clean, home-grown energy production, Labour will create a new publicly-owned company, Great British Energy. It will be owned by the British people and deliver power back to the British people.”Delivering✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Transport & economyCosts £1.5bn to £1.9bn a yearDue Jul 202913 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentBuild 1.5 million new homes“Labour will get Britain building again, creating jobs across England, with 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament.”Delivering✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Housing & environmentCost not statedDue Jul 202913 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentThousands of new neighbourhood police officers“Labour will introduce a new Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, restoring patrols to our town centres by recruiting thousands of new police officers, police and community support officers, and special constables.”Delivering✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)Police, courts, prisonsCosts £0.36bn to £0.44bn a yearDue Jul 202913 Jun 2024
• Labourin government40,000 more NHS appointments every week“As a first step, in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week.”Delivering✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)HealthCosts £0.91bn to £1.1bn a year13 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentNo tax rises for working people“Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax, or VAT.”In plan✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesCost not statedDue Jul 202913 Jun 2024
• Labourin governmentEnd private schools’ VAT exemption and rates relief“Labour will end the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools to invest in our state schools.”Delivered✓Reviewed by AI Journalist (automated)TaxesRaises £1.5bn to £1.8bn a year13 Jun 2024