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The British People have been left with a broken Britain, caused by not being listened to and by the broken promises of the Previous Government.

• The Labour Party has been voted in on 4th July 2024.

• We can’t blame the Labour Party for what has gone before they took over as the New Government July 2024. We can only judge what they do in the future.

• The Citizens don't want any more U-Turns on promises made in The Manifesto. Watering down or disappearance of these promises in the Manifesto now that Labour is in Power, as that is all we have had for 14 years British with the Conservatives.

• The Government must earn the trust of the British Citizens, by listening to how they feel and what they need from the Government. Or they will lose the trust of the British Citizen at their peril as the British Citizens have shown how they feel when their Lifestyles and Families are threatened.

• There is a Petition about Replace the Lords with a House of Citizens Assembly at the end of this blog

please click on the link to read, sign and share.

Words mean nothing unless they are turned into actions which turn around the lifestyles thrust on the British Public, by the previous Government, who don’t want a return to austerity…. They want surety that their lives will be rebuilt and not empty promises.

Over the last 14 years, trust in politics has been shattered. Partying in Downing Street whilst the whole country sacrificed their freedom. Handing lucrative COVID contracts to friends and donors. Failing to expel MPs caught breaking the rules.

The voters of Britain pay through their taxes the Politicians in the government to serve the citizens of Britain.

The Labour Party must work with the British People, not against them, we need a government that will put the needs of the Citizens of Britain first.

Britain belongs to the British People!

First and foremost we need to make sure that Britain doesn’t have the same problems we have been left with after 14 years of mismanagement by the Conservatives.

By planning ahead to ensure that everyone has a home that they can afford, where they have the opportunities that have been denied for so many over the last 14 years.

The British People deserve a secure, stable future where they can dream and build a future for themselves and their families.

The Labour Party plans to kickstart the economic growth of Britain by reforming the current economy, the British People have inherited from the previous government over the next 10 years. They aim to improve the lives of the British People, and if they cost all their plans properly and don’t resort to borrowing money, this country cannot afford as the previous government did with their unworkable plans.

Governments should do the following……..

“Governments are not helpless in the face of technological change and market forces.  If politicians stop obsessing with GDP, and focus on delivering for all their citizens and not just a wealthy few, a better future is possible for everyone.”

Everyone will be equal and will thrive, the economy will also improve and grow as everyone will be working together towards the same goal, equality and a brighter future for everyone.

The Labour Government should make sure that everything they do makes everyone equal so that everyone has a chance for a brighter future,

“The millions of people who have been left behind by our broken economies need solutions, not scapegoats. a new common sense approach to Governments should start by managing our economies so that they work for the majority and not just the fortunate few.”

• End the extreme concentration of wealth to end poverty. Governments should increase taxes on both wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field, and to generate funds needed to invest in healthcare, education and job creation. They should build the economy without burdening the British Citizens with high taxes who are currently suffering due to the increased cost of living. Tax those who can afford to pay instead. Read Make Work Pay.

• Support companies that benefit their workers and society rather than just their shareholders. Companies should be owned by their workers and not by Shareholders who are only interested in making a quick buck than helping the company to thrive and grow, thus benefitting the Company and their workers who own the company. The profits of the company are not paid to any offshore accounts in tax swam

Labour says A strong economy can only be built on the contribution of every community and every person – the many not the few. Second, a failure to acknowledge that sustainable growth requires government to be a strategic partner with business –that markets must be shaped, not

merely served.

If the Labour Government pays for the implementation of

Labour’s five missions to rebuild Britain By paying for their 5 missions by doing the following

Cut NHS waiting times

• Paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.

ENERGY

•  a publicly-owned clean power company, to cut bills for good and boost energy security, paid for by a windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

Crackdown on antisocial behaviour

• Paid for by ending wasteful contracts, tough new penalties for offenders, and a new network of youth hubs.

Recruit 6,500 new teachers 

• Paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools. 

Below are the Labour Government's first steps to a better future for Britain. And how they will fund Labour’s five missions to Rebuild Britain

If they do the following and keep to what they said they will achieve in their 2024 Manifesto they will earn the trust of the British People.

So, as well as a new administration with new priorities, Britain needs a new approach: mission-driven government.

Below are the promises made in the Labour Manifesto in 2024

Labour’s first steps:

Labour’s first steps:

Deliver Economic Stability with tough spending rules, so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible.

1. Cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments each week, during evenings and weekends, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.

   
   

2. Launch a new Border Security Command with hundreds of new specialist investigators and use counter-terror powers to smash criminal boat gangs.

3. Great British Energy.

4. Crackdown on antisocial behaviour, with more neighbourhood police paid for by ending wasteful contracts, tough new penalties for offenders, and a new network of youth hubs.

5. Recruit 6,500 new teachers in key subjects to set children up for life, work and the future, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools. 

1) Kickstart economic growth 

to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 – with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

2) Make Britain a clean energy superpower

to cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero.

3) Take back our streets

by halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels.

4) Break down barriers to opportunity

by reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain.

5) Build an NHS fit for the future

that is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

Britain needs to grow for the benefit of the British people after the last 14 years that the previous government put us through

1: ECONOMY

How Labour will kickstart economic growth:

• Deliver economic stability with tough spending rules

• A new partnership with businesses to boost growth everywhere.

• A National Wealth Fund to invest in jobs

• Planning reform to build 1.5 million new homes

• Devolution of power across England

• A New Deal for Working People

1:  Kickstart economic growth 

to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 – with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

Deliver economic stability

Labour Says they will deliver economic stability with tough spending rules, so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible.

Labour says this ‘age of insecurity’ requires the government to stepup, not stand aside. This means a return to THE foundations of good government: national security, secure borders, and economic stability.

• Alongside strong national finances, Britain needs resilient family finances too. The Conservatives have left families struggling with the cost of living. Labour will take action to support families, by tackling the underlying causes of the crisis. We will bring down the cost of energy. We will reduce food prices by removing barriers to businesses trading.

  
  

Our approach is Based on strong fiscal rules which will govern every single decision we make in government. Our fiscal rules are that:• The current budget moves into balance, so that day-to-day costs are met by revenues• Debt must be falling as a share of the economy by the fifth year of the forecast. These rules allow for prudent investment in our economy. This represents a clear break from the Conservatives who have created an incentive to cutinvestment; a short-term approach that ignores the importance of growing the economy.

• Labour will strike a balance between prioritising investment and the urgent need to rebuild our public finances. There will be no return to austerity.

• Unlike the Conservatives, Labour will never sideline the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for political convenience. Instead, we will strengthen the role of the OBR. Every fiscal event making significant changes to taxation or spending will be subject to an independent OBR forecast.

• Labour will safeguard taxpayers’ money. We will end the link between access to ministers and an inside track for public contracts.

• We will appoint a fixed-term Covid Corruption Commissioner and use every means possible to recoup public money lost in pandemic-related fraud and from contracts which have not delivered. And we will not tolerate fraud or waste anywhere, whether in social security or the excessive use of consultants.

Labour’s National Wealth Fund will directly invest in ports, hydrogen and industrial clusters in every corner of the country. We will also secure the future of Britain’s automotive and steel industries.

Cost Of Living & The British Citizen

This means bringing down the cost of living so that we the British People are not paying high rents or being weighed down by soaring mortgages equal to half our net income. Making it difficult for us to feed ourselves or our families. Not being able to keep warm because they can’t afford to put the heating on due to high heating bills and electric bills due to increasing costs.

Labour says they aim to Restore Economic Stability by growing the economy with tough spending rules and keeping taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible, but they need to do the same for those living in rental properties before they become unaffordable.

(**In the time we have been renting our 2 bedroom House the Rent has gone up from £43.00 a week at £2,064.00 a year when we moved in 2004 to the present year 2024 £106.?? a week at £5,088.00 a year over 20 years the rent has gone up over the years and is now £63.00 extra a week at the present date which is an extra £3,024.00 a year) this may not seem a lot to some people but a lot of people can’t afford to buy their own home so they have to Rent from Private Landlords and housing from Councils and Housing Associations.

Many people are paying out most of their income to pay their rent or mortgage on top of all the other expenses, such as council tax, electricity, gas water, and food on top of other extras if you have children. This is in addition to the cost of running a car or using public transport every week to get to work so they can pay their bills.

Most people under the previous government felt like they have just been existing and were not living the life they dreamed of. Not being able to afford even the basics of food, clothing or pay their utility bills and having no treats or holidays. They have been working to live instead of living and earning for their future to buy a home, and find a job they want to do rather than have to take any job and still struggle to exist day to day,.

The British Citizens are - sick of our Families Lives been disrupted and our Finances been crashed repeatedly and this is affecting our Futures.

1. Rental properties need to have their rents frozen and possibly reduced to affordable levels because if they become unaffordable more people will have to rely on benefits or become homeless. Some people may have a roof over their head but will have to keep moving from place to place because they have no permanent roots. Which can have other consequences such as finding it difficult to hold down a job because of the constant moving around. Having more permanent roots can help people to build a future. Being able to budget because you know how much your bills are and not having to find more money to cover the increase and support yourself and a family without wondering if you can afford to pay bills that keep increasing, being able to dream about your future and plan ahead.

2. Also Energy bills, water and council tax bills need to be frozen as they keep increasing every year and all we all seem to be getting is fewer services and more outgoings.

The British public have voted for change as they are paying for Utilities for example Water Bills and then been expected to pay more for sewage to be cleaned up from our rivers which has already been paid for by the customer to be treated which also made customers who used the water ill due to the water been tainted due to to the sewage polluting our waters.

The Companies that supply us with our Utilities should be accountable for how they manage the services they provide their customers with, Customers should be given the service they paid for and the Customers should not expected to pay an increase in their future bills because the company did not provide them with clean water.

INVESTMENTS

Labour says they will establish A National Wealth Fund.

With the aim of attracting three pounds of private investment for every one pound of public investment, creating jobs across the country. Which they plan to allocate to

• £1.8 billion to upgrade ports and build supply chains across the UK

• £1.5 billion to new gigafactories so our automotive industry leads the world

• £2.5 billion to rebuild our steel industry

• £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of carbon capture

• £500 million to support the manufacturing of green hydrogen.

• Labour will cap corporation tax at the current level of 25 per cent

• Labour will replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way. This new system will level the playing field between the high street and online giants, better incentivise investment, tackle empty properties and support entrepreneurship.

If the Labour Government Funds the above Investments. With the aim of attracting three pounds of private investment for every one pound of public investment, creating jobs across the country then we will not go down the road of borrowing money that Britain can ill afford.

Labour has said that we need to Get Britain Building Again.

Planning reform to build 1.5 million new homes

Labour says We will make housing more affordable.

They are committed to preserving the green belt which has served England’s towns and cities well over many decades. they will take a brownfield first approach, prioritising the development of previously used land wherever possible, and fast-tracking approval of urban brownfield sites. But brownfield development alone will not be enough to meet our housing need. The release of lower quality ‘grey belt’ land will be prioritised and we will introduce ‘golden rules’ to ensure development benefits communities and nature.

Labour says they will further reform compulsory purchase compensation rules to improve land assembly, speed up site delivery, and deliver housing, infrastructure, amenity, and transport benefits in the public interest.

We will take steps to ensure that for specific types of development schemes, landowners are awarded fair compensation rather than inflated prices based on the prospect of planning permission.

Labour will also keep mortgage rates as low as possible, with a strong, independent Bank of England – which will continue to target stable inflation of 2 per cent.

The dream of homeownership is now out of reach for too many young people. Many Parent's have children who should have spread their wings and have their own families and fulfilling careers, bought their own properties, but due to the cost of living they can't even afford to save up a deposit for their own home.

Housing needs to be built using sites that need redeveloping (brownfield sites), but these should blend in with buildings that are of historical interest and these historical buildings which, are a part of Britain's History should not be removed to build new housing estates.

The new homes need to be affordable to buy and run in the future, there should be a variety of different types of property which will suit people with different lifestyles. Flats (not high rise), 1,2 & 3 bedroom properties which blend in naturally with their surroundings which should be landscaped naturally.

Nice towns and villages with rolling countryside interspersed with small Cities. The housing should be built so that families can have housing suitable for their lifestyle, near to friends, and families as everyone needs support, this was proved beyond all doubt during COVID-19.

And housing should be built near to schools, dentists, doctors, with village shops as children shouldn't have to get 2 buses to get to their school, we should all have people we see and talk to regularly ... we should also bring back sports centres with swimming pools to help improve the health of the British public. This would also ease the strain on the NHS as it would improve the health of the Citizens of Britain.

In the building of these new urban areas, there should be no use of green belt land, this should be preserved as it helps to soak up excess water and in doing so, helps to prevent damage and destruction caused by flooding. Green belt areas are also needed to feed the British People so that we are not too reliant on importing produce from other countries.

Grow Our Own Crops etc To Feed The British Population

*On British Farms  

To grow our own produce to feed the British People instead of selling off Farmland for Housing that the General Public can’t afford. We could grow food on British farms, which would be fresher and we wouldn't have to store food in big warehouses and it wouldn't have to be imported from other countries and would be transported less food miles to shops in Britain for the British public, so it would cost less to produce.

We could just import any food from other countries that we can’t grow in Britain.

Also, we can’t build on Green belt land as we need Our Countryside and Green Belt Areas as they are also good for our general health including our Mental Health. They are a natural place to visit a place to exercise and great for our mental well being to help us to de-stress.

As long as they don't take green belt land as once it is concreted over it can't be reversed.

Housing that needs updating or requires refurbishment could also be used to boost housing stock, the Labour government could have a Renovation Refurbish House Fund Which would give the maximum amount allowed to buy the property with an inclusion of renovation costs included to renovate the property included in a maximum loan allowed for a Refurbishment mortgage, to help them purchase a property at auction with the proviso that they must read the legal pack and view the property before the auction so they can cost the renovation cost and have a figure for the renovation costs available so that it can be included in the mortgage application, this loan should only be available to House Buyers who want to purchase a home for themselves to live in who don't own a property.

Housing should be built with the primary aim of housing British citizens who are Citizens in Britain legally, we should have enough brownfield sites and lower-quality ‘grey belt’ land.

We should also return any illegal immigrants who are in Britain. Because we do not have enough housing etc for our own people at this current time and we are only a small island and we don't have limitless resources.

British People who have paid their taxes should be given priority for housing, jobs and education.

At this current point in time, it would be advisable to close the borders to immigration, for the foreseeable future till the chaos and decline the previous government caused is sorted out, or this country could possibly go bankrupt.

Building new houses will provide more jobs which should be given to those who live in the UK legally.

2: ENERGY

• Set up Great British Energy to cut bills for good

• Energy independence from dictators like Putin

• 650,000 new high-quality jobs

• Warmer homes to slash fuel poverty

• Water companies forced to clean up our rivers

2 Make Britain a clean energy superpower

Set up Great British Energy, a publicly-owned clean power company

As Britain becomes a clean energy superpower, Labour is determined that we will create new high-quality jobs, working with business and trade unions, as we manage the transition. We will rebuild supply chains at home. And, as the first major economy to transition to a clean-energy system, we will export the technologies of the future.

Labour say they will reward clean energy developers with a British Jobs Bonus, allocating up to £500 million per year from 2026, to incentivise firms who offer good jobs, terms and conditions and build their manufacturing supply chains in our industrial heartlands, coastal areas, and energy communities.To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero.

Set up Great British Energy? As long as this is affordable for the British Citizen and not linked to anyone who will benefit by making a huge profit or large payments to shareholders instead of re-investing the money back into Clean energy. And makes us independent so we are not answerable to Dictators like Putin.

And any jobs created should be given to legal British Citizens this will mean that more people are earning a reliable income and able to look forward to building their own futures. Any jobs created should be given to British Citizens. This will also help to lower unemployment numbers.

Bills should be cut but they should be affordable to those who have to pay for them so that those that are most vulnerable should never have to sit in a cold home because they can't afford to heat their home and buy food.

Water companies should be forced to clean up our rivers.

If the Water Company didn't keep proper records or provide the service they should have and they pumped sewage into our rivers they should pay for this out of their profits to rectify any problems this causes and the sewage cleaned up in the right way, and the customer should not be expected to pay extra by having their bills increased, as they had already paid for the sewage to be treated and the cost should be born by the Water Company and this should be taken out of profits before any shareholders are paid and all company bonuses should be forfeited if they didn't provide the right service to the public.

Labour says they will end the injustice of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. We will review the unfair surplus arrangements and transfer the Investment Reserve Fund back to members; so that the mineworkers who powered our country receive a fairer pension.

I agree with Labour making sure that Mineworkers who powered our country receive a fairer Pension as they did a very dangerous job with all the coal dust and mining disasters where Men and boys were killed in fires, explosions and collapses to make sure that everyone had coal to heat their homes and as this was the only means of heating at that time for many years.

3: POLICING And Crime

How Labour will take back our streets:

• Crackdown on antisocial behaviour with more neighbourhood police

• Tough new penalties for offenders

• A plan to get knives off our streets

• A specialist rape unit in every police force

• A new network of Young Futures hubs

3:  Take back our streets with

Visible neighbourhood policing

Visible neighbourhood policing was the cornerstone of the British consent-based model. In too many areas it has been eroded, leaving the police a reactive service focused on crisis response, rather than preventing crime.

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.

• Communities and residents will have a named officer to turn to when things go wrong.

Labour says that these new recruits will be paid for by tackling waste through a new Police Efficiency and Collaboration programme for England and Wales. The programme will set nationwide standards for procurement and establish shared services and specialist functions to drive down costs.

By halving serious violent crime and raising confidence in the police and criminal justice system to its highest levels.

Crackdown on antisocial behaviour* with more neighbourhood police paid for by ending wasteful contracts, tough new penalties for offenders, and a new network of youth hubs.

There should be more Police on foot patrolling the streets as there were many years ago as this would be a deterrent in preventing crime. They will make the British Citizens feel safer in their own homes and when they are out and about.

Labour says that they have a straightforward vision for policing and criminal justice.

The following should be taken as a given.

• When you call the police, they should come.

• When you report a crime, it should be properly investigated no matter who you are, or where you live.

Police should have the trust of communities

• Victims must have faith that justice will be delivered, and criminals will be punished.

• Prisons should not be academies of crime.

These are not outlandish expectations. They are the basics of a safe, secure, law-abiding society.

Sadly, this vision is a world away from Britain today. Our sense of security has been badly eroded. Serious violence is too high. Growing numbers of young people are drawn into gangs, drug dealing and violence at ever earlier ages.

Antisocial behaviour blights our town and city centres.

Fewer criminals are being caught and punished. More victims are being let down.

I Agree with the above that when you report a crime the Police should come as soon as a crime has been reported and investigated properly, even if a British citizen is feeling unsafe because they have heard someone near their home or their home been broken into, the Police should be there at the time of the crime been committed and catch the criminals in the act, not afterwards.

The British public will then feel a lot safer and know they are been protected from criminal acts and if they need help it will be there immediately. also having a visible Police presence will make everyone feel safer.

Punish The Criminals Not The Victims And Their Families

All Criminals should be caught and given tougher sentences than they have been given in the past. For the more serious crimes of murder, rape, and child abuse should be tried in a court of law, after collecting and examining all the evidence at the scene of the crime & the home.. of the person who has been charged with committing the crime. Those who commit these crimes should be placed in a high-security holding Prison; when it has been proved beyond all doubt that the DNA evidence which has been collected and examined at the scene of the crime. That the person who has been charged has done the crime.

They should be given a date by the judge to be either hanged or executed as the damage these criminals inflict on victims and their families is lifelong. So the Criminal should pay with their life as they will only go on to commit these crimes again as they will never reform, this will also free up a lot of space in our Prisons reducing costs to the country of keeping these types of Prisoners inside for life or being let out by a parol board.

As some Rapists/Child Abusers are let out of Prison after short sentences have been served and have gone on to commit the same type of crime after release. And the general public does not feel safe knowing that these criminals are back amongst the general public living nearby.

This is not an accident, but the result of Conservative choices over the last 14 years. Community policing has been downgraded, with neighbourhood officers pulled off the beat to plug shortages elsewhere, weakening connections with the communities they serve. Trust in the police has been undermined by failures in vetting and appalling misconduct of some officers. Powers to combat antisocial behaviour and shoplifting have been weakened, leaving our town centres exposed. Our justice system has been allowed to grind to a halt.

This must change. Labour have said they will...

• Restore neighbourhood policing with thousands of extra officers

• And will equip officers with the powers they need.

• They will tackle the epidemic of serious violence, with a greater focus on prevention and by holding the companies and executives cashing in on knife crime personally to account.

• They say that they will no longer tolerate the violence against women and girls that stains our society.

• And will reform the justice system to put the needs of victims first, tackle the prison crisis and cut reoffending.

• In short, Labour will stop the Conservative chaos and return law and order to our streets.

Visible neighbourhood policing

Visible neighbourhood policing was the cornerstone of the British consent-based model. In too many areas it has been eroded, leaving the police a reactive service focused on crisis response, rather than preventing crime.

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.

• Communities and residents will have a named officer to turn to when things go wrong.

• These new recruits will be paid for by tackling waste through a new Police Efficiency and Collaboration programme for England and Wales. The programme will set nation-wide standards for procurement and establish shared services and specialist functions to drive down costs.

Cracking down on antisocial behaviour

Antisocial behaviour is not merely a ‘low-level’ nuisance. It hits the poorest communities hardest and, if left unchecked, leads to more serious offending. Yet, the Conservatives weakened enforcement powers.

• Labour will fix this by introducing new Respect Orders – powers to ban persistent adult offenders from town centres, which will stamp out issues such as public drinking and drug use.

• Fly-tippers and vandals will also be forced to clean up the mess they have created. I also think that if someone dumps rubbish and uses their own vehicle they should have their vehicle taken off them and either sold or crushed. Especially those who charge to remove rubbish and then e.g dump it in the countryside and pocket the payment for the removal.

• With shoplifting soaring, retail workers increasingly find themselves in harm’s way. Labour will scrap the effective immunity for some shoplifting introduced by the Conservatives and create a new specific offence for assaults on shopworkers that will protect them from threats and violence.

Knife crime action plan

I totally agree with doing all the following on Knife Crime as it seems to be related to Gangs and other types of crime. I also think that if it leads to the loss of life they should be dealt with as in they should pay with their life, as those who commit more serious crimes of murder, rape, child abuse also carry knives , as those who carry knives do so with the intent of using the knives (See Above Punish The Criminals Not The Victims And Their Families)

As there is no point in placing them in Prison as they will re-offend when they get out of Prison.

And the damage these criminals inflict on victims and their families is lifelong; if the victim loses their life or receives lifelong effects from the criminal who inflicted the injuries. As some injuries may leave individuals with chronic pain, limited mobility, or even permanent disabilities. These long-term effects can impact every aspect of a person's life, from their ability to work and engage in everyday activities to their overall quality of life.

*Knife crime has been rising for a decade, claiming far too many young lives. It is a national crisis, requiring urgent action.

• Under the Conservatives, too often when a teenager was found with a knife, nothing happened, and carrying a knife became normalised.

• There are virtually no services for vulnerable teenagers at risk of being drawn into a life of violence. A new youth futures programme with youth workers, mental health support workers, and careers advisers on hand to support young people’s mental health and avoid them being drawn into crime. will only work if they catch teenagers possibly younger, before they join gangs who carry knives.

• *The Labour government say they will change this. And aim to halve knife crime in a decade.

Labour says they will end the practice of empty warnings by ensuring knife-carrying triggers rapid intervention and tough consequences.

• Every young person caught in possession of a knife will be referred to a Youth Offending Team and will receive a mandatory plan to prevent reoffending, with penalties including curfews, tagging, and custody for the most serious cases.

• To get knives off our streets Labour will ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-style blades and machetes, and strengthen rules to prevent online sales. Executives of online companies that flout these rules will be personally held to account through tough sanctions.

• Labour will intervene earlier to stop young people being drawn into crime, creating a new Young Futures programme with a network of hubs reaching every community.

• These hubs will have youth workers, mental health support workers, and careers advisers on hand to support young people’s mental health and avoid them being drawn into crime.

Labour says They will not wait for those at risk to come forward.

• Local prevention partnerships will identify young people who could be drawn into violence and intervene.

• And to offer young people a pathway out of violence, we will place youth workers and mentors in A&E units and Pupil Referral Units, funded by full recovery of the cost of firearm licensing.

• Labour will also introduce a new offence of criminal exploitation of children, to go after the gangs who are luring young people into violence and crime.

• If the Labour Government implements the above interventions they will hopefully more than halve knife crime in a decade.

Tackling violence against women and girls

For too long, violence against women and girls has been ignored. Our landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade will require a national effort.

Labour say They will use every government tool available to target perpetrators and address the root causes of abuse and violence.

• That starts with tougher enforcement and protection. With Labour, there will be specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force.

• The most prolific and harmful perpetrators will be relentlessly targeted, using tactics normally reserved for terrorists and organised crime.

• Prosecution rates for rape are shamefully low with many victims dropping out of the justice system when faced with years of delays. Labour will fast-track rape cases, with specialist courts at every Crown Court location in England and Wales.

• Victims deserve better support. Building on the success of the approach adopted by Labour Police and Crime Commissioners, we will introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms so that victims can talk directly to a specialist, and ensure there is a legal advocate in every police force area to advise victims from the moment of report to trial.

Violence and abuse against women and girls doesn't come from nowhere. Misogyny is one root cause, and therefore

• Labour will ensure schools address misogyny and teach young people about healthy relationships and consent. We will ensure police forces have the powers they need to track and tackle the problem.

• Stalking has not been treated with the seriousness it deserves. Labour will strengthen the use of Stalking Protection Orders and give women the right to know the identity of online stalkers. 

• Spiking is a devastating crime for victims, leaving many women feeling vulnerable when they go out. Labour will introduce a new criminal offence for spiking to help police better respond to this crime.

• Labour will strengthen the rights and protections available to women in co-habiting couples, as well as for whistleblowers in the workplace, including on sexual harassment.

Better policing

Under the Conservatives, poor policing performance has been tolerated, with forces spending years in special measures. Trust in the police has been undermined by the appalling acts of some officers. Labour will turn the page and raise standards by reforming the police.

Labour will give His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire & Rescue Services new powers to intervene with failing forces.

• We will introduce mandatory professional standards on vetting, checks and misconduct for individual officers; and stronger training on racism and violence against women and girls.

• Anyone with a history of violence against women and girls will be barred from the service and we will introduce automatic suspensions if officers are investigated for domestic abuse and sexual offences.

• Particular care is required when investigating children. Labour will introduce new legal safeguards around strip-searching children and young people.

Fraud accounts for almost two in five crimes Conservatives have failed to respond to the scale of the challenge.

• Labour says they will introduce a new expanded fraud strategy to tackle the full range of threats. Including online, public sector and serious fraud. We will work with technology companies to stop their platforms being exploited by fraudsters.

• Criminals never stop looking for new ways to target victims.

• Police must change the way they operate too, with technology and investigative techniques keeping pace with modern threats.

• Labour said: They will work with national policing bodies and police staff to standardise approaches to procurement, IT, professional standards and training.

And will ensure the service is organised so as to enable investment in specialist capabilities, such as digital forensics, and to more effectively tackle cross-border issues such as serious organised crime.

Labour should set up Fraud Prevention Service which can monitor places which are used to commit fraud which phone victims from places set up by the fraudstersLabour should contact those who help members of the Public and stop them from been scammed

Scam Interceptors is a British factual television programme about Internet fraud. ... Interceptors hack the hackers and expose unscrupulous scammers ...they monitor and intervene in scams in progress. The programme has a greater focus on the victims and preventing actual live scams from taking place.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00164f1

CRIME

• Under the Conservatives, plummeting charge and prosecution rates have emboldened criminals. Rather than working together, police and prosecutors often engage in a blame game, which lets down victims.

• Labour says they will reverse this, driving up the proportion of crimes solved by reducing barriers to bringing charges, cutting bureaucracy, and improving collaboration.

• We will make it easier for high-performing police forces to charge domestic abuse suspects to speed up the process.

• Labour recognises recruitment challenges, particularly for detectives, so we will roll out a direct entry scheme for detectives to boost investigation skills.

Labour says

• They will introduce new protections for victims of crime and persistent antisocial behaviour, by increasing the powers of the Victims’ Commissioner, and ensuring victims can access the information and support they need.

  
  

• Even when criminals are found guilty, the sentences they receive often do not make sense either to victims or the wider public. This is particularly worrying for offences against women and girls. Labour will carry out a review of sentencing to ensure it is brought up to date.

Getting a grip of our prisons and reducing reoffending

• Prisons in England and Wales are in crisis. The Conservatives’ failure to build sufficient places has led to overcrowding and chaos.

• Judges being advised to delay sentencing.

• Prisoners being released early.

• And fewer dangerous criminals are locked up because of a lack of space.

• The Conservatives have failed to get prisons built. Labour therefore will use all relevant powers to build the prisons so badly needed.recognises that prisons are of national importance and therefore will use all relevant powers to build the prisons so badly needed.

As a result of overcrowding

• Our prisons are increasingly dangerous, plagued by drug use and violent disorder – putting prison officers in a dangerous position.

• Far from being places where offenders are punished and rehabilitated, prisons are a breeding ground for more crime.

• Prison leavers are more likely to re-offendif they do not have the tools to move away from crime, if they have nowhere to live and if they do not have a job on release.

Prisons should have more checks on Prisoners and the areas they use for drugs the Prisons should have no areas e.g windows or other areas where drugs can be passed to Prisoners e.g; by using drones. All Prison Visitors should be checked for drugs.

If any drugs are found on Prisoners then they should have extra time added to their jail sentence.

I also think Prisons should be there to rehabilitate but Prisons are there to punish the offenders for the Crimes they committed, so they shouldn't have their own personal TVs or PS5's & PS5 Games or Personal Mobile Phones as British Citizens should not have to foot the bill for these items.

Labour say They will act to reduce reoffending.

They will work with prisons to improve offenders’ access to purposeful activity, such as learning, and ensure they create pre-release plans for those leaving custody.

• They will support prisons to link up with local employers and the voluntary sector to get ex-offenders into work.

• The children of those who are imprisoned are at far greater risk of being drawn into crime than their peers. Labour will ensure that those young people are identified and offered support to break the cycle.

After 14 years of chaotic reorganisations, the national probation service is struggling to keep the public safe.

• A lack of co-ordination between prisons, probation and other local services also means prison-leavers are not getting the right support, raising the risk that they go straight back to crime.

In some areas of the country, we have seen Labour Mayors pioneering a more joined-up approach to reduce reoffending.

• In Greater Manchester, probation is linked up with housing and health services to ensure offenders leaving custody receive the support they need. Labour will conduct a strategic review of probation governance, including considering the benefits of devolved models.

Historical injustices

Under the Conservatives, too many victims of historical injustices have had insult added to injury by years of legal delays. Without justice and the truth, victims and their families cannot move forward. Labour will right this wrong,

• Act on the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

• And respond to the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry.

• And the Covid-19 Inquiry, to ensure swift resolution.

Labour say they will introduce a ‘Hillsborough Law’ which will place a legal duty of candour on public servants and authorities, and provide legal aid for victims of disasters or state-related deaths.

Labour say they will ensure the victims of the appalling Windrush scandal have their voices heard and the compensation scheme is run effectively, with a new Windrush Commissioner.

Labour will also ensure, through an investigation or inquiry, that the truth about the events at Orgreave comes to light.

Labour will stop the chaos that lets too many criminals act with impunity, turn the page with stronger policing, and rebuild our criminal justice system.

4: EDUCATION

How Labour will break down barriers to opportunity:

Recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects

3,000 new primary school-based nurseries

Free breakfast clubs in every primary school

A modern curriculum so young people are ready for work and life

High-quality apprenticeships and specialist technical colleges

4:  Break down barriers to opportunity.

Recruit 6,500 new teachers in key subjects to set children up for life, work and the future, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools. 

Labour says they will transform our education system so that young people get the opportunities they deserve.

• They will expand childcare and early‐years system, drive up standards, modernise the school curriculum, reform assessment.

• Create higher-quality training and employment paths by empowering local communities to develop the skills people need.

• We will also put employers at the heart of our skills system.

Every child should believe that success belongs to them. Education has so often been the spark that can light a fire within, transforming life chances. It is time to light that fire for the whole country.

Family security

The last Labour government lifted over half a million children and over a million pensioners out of poverty. That progress transformed life chances and ensured security in retirement. The next Labour government will build on that legacy of pursuing opportunity and social justice.

Good work will be the foundation of our approach to tackling poverty and inequality. We will create more good jobs, reform employment support, and make work pay so that many more people benefit from the dignity and purpose of work.

Labour say they are committed to reviewing Universal Credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty. We want to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels, which is a moral scar on our society.

Child poverty has gone up by 700,000 under the Conservatives, with over four million children now growing up in a low-income family. Last year, a million children experienced destitution. This not only harms children’s lives now, it damages their future prospects and holds back our economic potential as a country.

Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty.

• Work with the voluntary sector,

• Faith organisations,

• Trade unions,

• Business,

• Devolved and local government, and communities to bring about change.

• And will take initial steps to confront poverty by introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school.

5: NHS & HEALTHCARE

How Labour will build an NHS fit for the future:

• Cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments every week

• Double the number of cancer scanners

• A new Dentistry Rescue Plan

• 8,500 additional mental health staff

• Return of the family doctor

Build an NHS fit for the future

Cut NHS waiting times with 40,000 more appointments each week, during evenings and weekends, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.

As a first step, in England Labour said: They will deliver an extra two million

NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week.

We will do this by incentivising staff to carry out additional appointments out of hours. Labour will pool resources across neighbouring hospitals to introduce shared waiting lists to allow patients to be treated quicker. Recognising the urgent need to bring down waiting lists, Labour will use spare capacity in the independent sector to ensure patients are diagnosed and treated more quickly.

Getting the NHS back to working for patients means ending the workforce crisis across both health and social care. When one in seven people in hospital do not need to be there, joint working is essential. Labour will ensure the publication of regular, independent workforce planning, across health and social care. We will deliver the NHS long-term workforce plan to train the staff we need to get patients seen on time.

Too many patients have seen their treatment affected by strikes. Labour will reset relations with NHS staff, moving away from the Conservatives’ failed approach.

Modernising the NHS

A system reliant on pagers and fax machines is not fit for this decade let alone the next. Too many cancer deaths could have been prevented with earlier diagnosis. The NHS has fewer diagnostic scanners per person than other countries, with many ageing machines operating for long after they should.

• State of the art scanners with embedded AI are faster and more effective at finding smaller tumours, saving lives.

• Therefore, Labour will introduce a new ‘Fit For the Future’ fund to double the number of CT and MRI scanners, allowing the NHS to catch cancer and other conditions earlier, saving lives.

It is also clear that NHS estates are in a state of disrepair after years of neglect. Labour is therefore committed to delivering the New Hospitals Programme.

The revolution taking place in data and life sciences has the potential to transform our nation’s healthcare. The Covid-19 pandemic showed how a strong mission-driven industrial strategy, involving government partnering with industry and academia, could turn the tide on a pandemic. This is the approach we will take in government.

As part of Labour’s life sciences plan, we will develop an NHS innovation and adoption strategy in England.

This will include a plan for procurement, giving a clearer route to get products into the NHS coupled with reformed incentive structures to drive innovation and faster regulatory approval for new technology and medicines.

Drawing on the strength of our National Health Service, Labour will also maximise our potential to lead the world in clinical trials. This means making the process more efficient and accessible, by speeding up recruitment and giving more people a chance to participate through the NHS app. This will mean putting Britain at the forefront of transforming treatment for dementia.

That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

• The1945 Labour government founded our National Health Service on principles that have stood the test of time:

The best health services should be available, free for all. Money should no longer be the passport to the best treatment. People should get the best that modern science can offer.

For decades the NHS has served us well, with those values enduring. These are the principles which will underpin the next Labour government’s plan to reform the NHS.

But as we look at the NHS now, it is clearly broken – and the Conservatives broke it. Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic placed the NHS under unprecedented stress, the reality is waiting lists were at record highs even before it struck. Rather than healthcare being ‘free for all’, we now find ourselves with a de facto two-tier system – with working people regularly forced to scrape together the means to go private. Meanwhile, over the past 14 years, the ‘winter crisis’ cycle has become part of the national calendar. Every year, a new crisis is declared. Then, every year, the Conservatives reach for a sticking plaster patch-up to get through the winter, without ever addressing the root cause.

This is a situation Labour is familiar with: we have saved the NHS before, and the next Labour Government will do so again. With Labour, it will always be publicly owned and publicly funded. But our ambition goes beyond returning the NHS to what it was. Labour’s mission is to build an NHS fit for the future. Investment alone won’t be enough to tackle the problems facing the NHS; it must go hand in hand with fundamental reform.

We must change the NHS so that it becomes not just a sickness service, but able to prevent ill health in the first place. It must also reflect the change in the nature of disease, with a greater focus on the management of chronic, long-term conditions. And we will deliver a renewed drive to tackle the biggest killers; cutting the livestic services, saving potentially thousands of lives. And we will embed a greater focus on prevention throughout the entire healthcare system and supporting services. As we knew in 1945, much avoidable ill health can be prevented.

The factor that is markedly different from the past decades is our understans lost to cancer, cardiovascular disease and suicide, while ensuring people live well for longer.

Labour’s reforms will shift our NHS away from a model geared towards late diagnosis and treatment, to a model where more services are delivered in local communities. We will harness the power of technologies like AI to transform the speed and accuracy of diagnoding of mental health. Across society, mental health has stepped out of the shadows, yet it is difficult to argue the NHS has kept up. Indeed, Britain is currently suffering from a mental health epidemic that is paralysing lives, particularly those of children and young people. This is a tragedy – arguably nothing says more about the state of a nation than the wellbeing of its children. So right at the core of our mission will be a bold new ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children in our history. And, as a crucial part of that, we will reform the NHS to ensure we give mental health the same attention and focus as physical health.

After all, everyone went through during the covid pandemic the people of Britain deserve to have the NHS they grew up with, which they trusted to heal them and bring them back to full health. not the NHS that the previous government tried to destroy. Rebuild Our Broken NHS. Don't Privatise- Keep it free forever for those who need i, where people had to wait on trolleys in A&E or inside Ambulances waiting to go into hospital to be treated.

Get the NHS back on its feet

We should all be able to trust that the NHS will be there for us when we need it, whether it is a GP appointment, an ambulance, or help at A&E. Labour’s immediate priority on health will be to get a grip on the record waiting list. We will return to meeting NHS performance standards. That means patients should expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral for consultant-led treatment of non-urgent health conditions. This standard was achieved with the last Labour government and will be again under the next.

Power to the patients

At the heart of every medical decision must be patients and their families. Too many are not treated with the respect they deserve or given the information they need to adequately access services and navigate the system.

Labour will therefore transform the NHS app, putting patients in control of their own health to better manage their medicine, appointments, and health needs. This will include giving performance information on local services, and notifications of vaccinations and health checks. Patients will be able to see the medical guidelines for the treatment they should get, to hold health services to account and understand what their choices are.

Ensuring patient safety

Childbirth should not be something women fear or look back on with trauma. Labour will ensure that trusts failing on maternity care are robustly supported into rapid improvement. We will train thousands more midwives as part of the NHS Workforce Plan and set an explicit target to close the Black and Asian maternal mortality gap.

Labour will digitise the Red Book record of children’s health, improving support for new families. We will also enable vaccinations for babies and children as part of health visits.

So much of the treatment in the NHS is dependent on the effective administration of services. Managers need support and accountability. Labour will implement professional standards and regulate NHS managers, ensuring those who commit serious misconduct can never do so again. And we will establish a Royal College of Clinical Leadership to champion the voice of clinicians.

We will work to implement the expert recommendations of the Cass Review to ensure that young people presenting to the NHS with gender dysphoria are receiving appropriate and high-quality care. Healthcare closer to home

The National Health Service needs to move to a Neighbourhood Health Service, with more care delivered in local communities to spot problems earlier. To achieve this, we must over time shift resources to primary care and community services.

GPs are the front door to the health service for most people. Excellent primary care is the key to earlier diagnosis, but too often it is not possible to get an appointment, so Labour will reform the system. We will train thousands more GPs, guarantee a face-to-face appointment for all those who want one and deliver a modern appointment booking system to end the 8am scramble. We will bring back the family doctor by incentivising GPs to see the same patient, so ongoing or complex conditions are dealt with effectively.

Labour will also take the pressure off GP surgeries, by improving access to services and treatment through new routes. We will create a Community Pharmacist Prescribing Service, granting more pharmacists independent prescribing rights where clinically appropriate. We will allow other professionals, such as opticians, to make direct referrals to specialist services or tests, as well as expanding self-referral routes where appropriate.

The principle of integrating health and care services will improve the treatment patients receive. We know that more of this care needs to happen outside hospitals. Therefore, we will trial Neighbourhood Health Centres, by bringing together existing services such as family doctors, district nurses, care workers, physiotherapists, palliative care, and mental health specialists under one roof.

Dentistry Rescue Plan

Getting an NHS dentist is increasingly a lottery and the consequences are dire. The most common reason children aged five to nine are admitted to hospital is to have rotting teeth removed. Labour will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to areas that need them most. To rebuild dentistry for the long term, Labour will reform the dental contract, with a shift to focusing on prevention and the retention of NHS dentists. We will also introduce a supervised tooth-brushing scheme for 3- to 5-year-olds, targeting the areas of highest need.

Social care reform

Labour is committed to ensuring everyone lives an independent, prosperous life. Social care is vital to achieving this, but hundreds of thousands of people suffer without the care they need for a dignified life. The sector needs deep reform: there are inconsistent standards, chronic staff shortages, and people are not always treated with the care, dignity and respect they deserve.

Labour will undertake a programme of reform to create a National Care Service, underpinned by national standards, delivering consistency of care across the country. Services will be locally delivered, with a principle of ‘home first’ that supports people to live independently for as long as possible. Our new standards will ensure high-quality care and ongoing sustainability, and ensure providers behave responsibly. Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge.

We will enhance partnership working across employers, workers, trade unions and government and establish a Fair Pay Agreement in adult social care. This sector collective agreement will set fair pay, terms and conditions, along with training standards. Labour will consult widely on the design of this agreement, before beginning the process and learn from countries where they operate successfully.

Labour is committed to ensuring families have the support they need. We will guarantee the rights of those in residential care to be able to see their families. As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulators with assessing the role social care workers can play in basic health treatment and monitoring.

Alongside these changes, we will build consensus for the longer-term reform needed to create a sustainable National Care Service. We will explore how we best manage and support an ageing population; how integration with the NHS can be secured; how to best support working age disabled adults; and how to move to a more preventative system.

Improving mental health

The NHS has struggled to keep up with greater awareness of the challenges of mental health. Waiting lists for those referred for support are too high, and shamefully so for young people.

Labour will bring waiting times down and intervene earlier. We will recruit an additional 8,500 new staff to treat children and adults through our first term. As part of our mission to reduce the lives lost to suicide, these new staff will be specially trained to support people at risk. Labour’s new Young Futures hubs will provide open access mental health services for children and young people in every community.

Mental health legislation is also woefully out of date. The treatment of people with autism and learning difficulties is a disgrace. The operation of the Mental Health Act discriminates against Black people who are much more likely to be detained than others. Labour will modernise legislation to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support, and ensure everyone is treated with dignity and respect throughout treatment.

Action on public health

Prevention will always be better, and cheaper, than a cure. So, we must take preventative public health measures to tackle the biggest killers and support people to live longer, healthier lives.

That starts with smoking. Labour will ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes and ensure all hospitals integrate ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation interventions into routine care. Labour will ban vapes from being branded and advertised to appeal to children to stop the next generation from becoming hooked on nicotine.

We face a childhood obesity crisis. So, Labour is committed to banning advertising junk food to children along with the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s.

Children and young people face significant harm online, with inappropriate content too easily available at their fingertips on a smartphone. We have seen an increase in extreme misogynistic content online driving a culture of violence against women. Labour will build on the Online Safety Act, bringing forward provisions as quickly as possible, and explore further measures to keep everyone safe online, particularly when using social media. We will also give coroners more powers to access information held by technology companies after a child’s death.

Labour is committed to reducing gambling-related harm. Recognising the evolution of the gambling landscape since 2005, Labour will reform gambling regulation, strengthening protections. We will continue to work with the industry on how to ensure responsible gambling.

Reducing health inequalities

The UK has stark health inequalities. It cannot be right that life expectancy varies so widely across and within communities. As part of our health mission, Labour will tackle the social determinants of health, halving the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest regions in England. Never again will women’s health be neglected. Labour will prioritise women’s health as we reform the NHS.

We are currently on the cusp of eradicating new cases of HIV. Labour will commission a new HIV action plan in England, in pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030.

How Labour will reconnect Britain:

• Unshakeable commitment to NATO and our nuclear deterrent

• Standing up for our armed forces and veterans

• New trade agreements

• Britain leading a Clean Power Alliance

• Modernise international development

To keep the country safe by strengthening our armed forces and protecting our national security, we need to protect our borders and also against the threats of modern world hybrid warfare and cyber attacks.

Terrorism threatens the British way of life and the Labour Government says it will bring in Martyn’s Law to strengthen the security of public events and venues. And they will update the rules around counter-extremism.

What is the new definition of terrorism?

What is terrorism? Terrorists use violence and threats of violence to influence the government or an international governmental organisation or to intimidate the public. They do this for a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.

The Government should talk to and listen to those who have served in the Armed Forces and those who have been their with them. Who have had experience with warfare.

General Sir Patrick Sanders- (Army~Retired). General Sir Roly Walker (The new Army chief).

Forces News Army - Russia, China and Iran more lethal than Nazi alliance, warns ex-Army chief

https://www.forcesnews.com/services/army/russia-china-and-iran-more-lethal-nazi-alliance-warns-ex-army-chief

New UK Army chief issues Russia rallying cry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61858476

The new Army chief, General Sir Roly Walker

Army ‘has three years’ to prepare for possible war with Russia

The new Army chief, General Sir Roly Walker, says Russia would be likely to 'want retribution for the support given to Ukraine'

https://inews.co.uk/news/army-three-year-prepare-possible-war-russia-3185095?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

Secure Our Borders Against Illegal Immigration

Immigration-Boat People & Criminal Gangs

Launch a new Border Security Command with hundreds of new specialist investigators and use counter-terror powers to smash criminal boat gangs.

We have a proud tradition of welcoming people fleeing persecution and abuse.

We need strong & secure borders to protect the British People.

Immigration needs to be controlled & well-managed with strong borders.

The small boat crisis, fuelled by dangerous criminal smuggler gangs, is undermining our security as well as costing lives of the immigrants who are paying criminal boat gangs to come across from France on boats provided by these criminal boat gangs.

There will be Criminals who have hidden amongst those who came across to find work or because of mistreatment in their own Countries.

We need to return illegal immigrants, who come over with the help of dangerous criminal smuggler gangs, via France and send the Immigrants back to France and to their country of origin as we cannot afford any more immigrants to come en masse.

Any illegal immigrants that have come across when the previous government was in power should be processed (Photographic evidence, fingerprints…) and sent back to France.

If they have come from an unsafe country they shouldn’t be sent to a country like Rwanda but to a known safe country but not using schemes like Rwanda which cost the British Public billions , it shouldn't cost the British public anything to send the illegal boat immigrants to a safer country, we should not have to send immigrants to another country, as we are not the ones who sent them over to Britain.

We need to focus on the British people who are already here legally in Britain

Labour says they will stop the chaos and go after the criminal gangs who trade in driving this crisis. And they will create a new border Security Command. We need to stop the boat people at source by removing the criminal gangs who are operating in France, So the French government need to be proactive and arrest these criminal boat gangs and work with the British government and the British government also needs to be proactive by doing the following this will then stop them from getting onto British soil.

• We need to stop any Boat people coming over here Illegally by stopping them before they reach British shores.

• The British Army could also be used to protect our borders to stop them from getting onto British soil.

• Placing a boat offshore to stop them from coming into British Waters and then placing any illegal immigrants on the boat because they didn’t get processed through the normal channels, and be processed, (Photographic evidence, fingerprints…).

Any illegal immigrants placed on the Boat will then be taken back to France. Using the army to guard the boat, make sure they don’t leave and when the boat is full take back to France where they have to disembark.  

We cannot afford to support those who come across who haven’t applied to come to Britain through the normal channels.

No more open door policy for immigration, remove those that came across in small boats, root out any illegal immigrants hiding in Britain and focus on those born here legally and who came here legally.

The British Public shouldn’t be expected to pay more taxes to fund housing, etc for the Boat People who come across from France illegally.

Labour says that they will ensure taxes on working people are kept as low as possible.

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.

We need to house those who are here legally as a British Citizen, who have no home who are on the housing waiting lists and who are living in Hotels, Bedsits etc.

Make Work Pay

Labour says ”Sustained economic growth is the only route to improving the prosperity of our country and the living standards of working people. That is why it is Labour’s first mission for government. It means being pro-business and pro-worker. We are the party of wealth creation. The Conservatives have raised the tax burden to a 70-year high. We will ensure taxes on working people are kept as low as possible. Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance, the basic, higher, or additional ratesof Income Tax, or VAT. Labour will address unfairness in the tax system.

Expand access to childcare, and make work pay.

* Support your workers and they will support you if you look after your workers they will be there for you to help your business to thrive.

Businesses should help to build an economy that will benefit everyone.

They can make a start by committing to pay their fair share of tax and by ensuring their businesses pay a living wage. There should be no inequality anywhere the world belongs to everyone but we only have one true home the place where we were born.

We have those who have no work and live on benefits who are here legally as a British Citizen. They should be given jobs that can support them and their families.

We need to take our Country back and should only we should only allow people to emigrate over here who are beneficial to the country. Who come to this country to work, whilst making a substantial contribution to our economy, public services and communities, and don't leach off our benefits system but are self-funding and have a place to stay arranged with their new employer before they come to Britain to work. We should link immigration with the skills we need in this country to help with the rebuilding of Britain and restrict work visas to 6 months for temporary jobs. Anyone who flouts our immigration system will be restricted permanently from entering Britain.

There should be a ruling that anyone who comes to Britain cannot claim any benefits until they have been a legal citizen of Britain for 10 consecutive years, with no breaks at any time.

We should link the training for sectors such as health and social care, and construction of new workers who are already living in Britain legally with courses at our Colleges & Universities to help with the rebuilding of Britain. We should also end over reliance of overseas workers for jobs such as care workers by instigating workforce training plans with proper qualifications awarded and a proper minimum genuine living wage and ban zero hours contracts introduce basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay, regular contracted days off, paid holidays and protection from unfair dismissal. There should also be a restriction on hours worked per day and suitable breaks between changing from days to night shifts and visa versa e.g minimum of 48 hours, so employees can re-acclimatise their body clocks between shifts. 

Labour says they would We will strengthen the collective voice of workers, including through their trade unions, and create a Single Enforcement Body to ensure employment rights are upheld. These changes will improve the lives of working people across the entire UK and will also make sure the minimum wage is a genuine living wage and also remove the discriminatory age bands, so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage. We will change the remit of the independent Low Pay Commission so for the first time it accounts for the cost of living.

people who can work should work and people should receive help with getting into fulfilling work and helping them get on at work including finding work with hours that will fit around their lifestyles e.g family commitments.

Disabled people should be given confidence they can start working without the fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out. With a proper plan to support disabled people to work.

Labour says That one in eight young people are not in education, employment, or training, with those lacking good qualifications and with poor mental health facing particular disadvantages. Drawing together existing funding and entitlements, Labour will establish a youth guarantee of access to training, an apprenticeship, or support to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds, to bring down the number of young people who are not learning or earning. We will also guarantee two weeks’ worth of work experience for every young person, and improve career advice in schools and colleges. They should also do the same for anyone over the age of  21years old who needs to improve on their skills or previous education, as there are people who need to update their skills and education so they can get a job and support themselves and/or their families which will also help to improve their overall mental health and well being.

Transport

Britain is grinding to a halt. Rail cancellations are at record levels,

Rebuilding Britain means modernising our transport infrastructure. Our road network is plagued by long-promised projects that are never delivered in addition to the damage done to vehicles because of the state of the roads.

Labour says Cars remain by far the most popular form of transport. Labour will maintain and renew our road network, to ensure it serves drivers, cyclists and other road users remains safe, and tackles congestion. We will fix an additional one million potholes across England in each year of the next parliament, funded by deferring the A27 bypass.

Labour will further support drivers by tackling the soaring cost of car insurance. And, as set out in our automotive sector plan, *Labour will support the transition to electric vehicles by accelerating the roll out of charge points, giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines and supporting buyers of second-hand electric cars by standardising the information supplied on the condition of batteries.

I think the government should support those who have Petrol & Diesel vehicles as many of the British public can't afford to buy an electric car (and some car owners who may have bought used cars outright or on finance in the last few years) and it will take a good few years for the British public to recover from the chaos & decline they have endured over the last 14 years under the Conservative government.

Plus many people do not trust electric vehicles as the rollout has been badly planned and due to the many fires caused by electric batteries, many of which will have been hushed up by the previous government.

It would be better to allow vehicle owners to keep their Petrol & Diesel vehicles as the British public trusts these more at present time, these will be removed from the system naturally due to age, rust etc and then phase electric vehicles in gradually which have been checked over thoroughly this will give the government more time to make sure that these vehicles are safe.

But on the other hand I think we should keep Petrol & Diesel as a lot of people like them and don't trust Electric but you could also have both Electric and Petrol/Diesel by using another type of fuel..

Diesel ~ Alternative Fuel

Biodiesel is a practical alternative fuel source for diesel vehicles. It can be derived from a range of sources, including waste cooking oil, animal fats and rapeseed oil, and it is a carbon neutral energy source.

How can I turn waste oil into fuel?

There is a process where used cooking oil can be easily turned into an efficient fuel. This is called transesterification, and involves mixing the fuel with alcohol and sodium chloride. Following the transesterification, you’ll be left with methyl ester, or biodiesel, and an alcohol by product. 

Sounds simple, right? It’s not. Please don’t try this at home; leave it to the experts. 

The chemical compounds are difficult to get right and if mixed or processed incorrectly, creating a chemical reaction of any kind can be very dangerous!

How is biodiesel less harmful than diesel?

• It is less toxic for drivers and the environment.

• It’s cleaner to burn, producing up to 75% fewer greenhouse gases.

•  It’s produced domestically, so less transportation pollution.

•  It reduces waste; used cooking oil can be recycled into Petrol fuel.~Alternative Fuel

What is the alternative fuel for petrol engine?

Ethanol. Ethanol is a widely used renewable fuel made from corn and other plant materials. It is blended with gasoline for use in vehicles.

I personally wouldn't want any of my family or friends to go in an electric vehicle.

Other Travel:

Britain is grinding to a halt. Rail cancellations are at record levels

Labour said: It would overhaul Britain’s railways. Fourteen years of Conservative neglect have failed passengers, businesses and taxpayers. We will put passengers at the heart of the service by reforming the railways and bringing them into public ownership. We will do this as contracts with existing operators expire or are broken through a failure to deliver, without costing taxpayers a penny in compensation. Great British Railways will deliver a unified system that focuses on reliable, affordable, high-quality, and efficient services; along with ensuring safety and accessibility. It will be responsible for investment, day-to-day operational delivery and innovations and improvements for passengers, working with publicly-owned rail operators in Wales and Scotland. Mayors will have a role in designing the services in their areas. There will be a duty to promote and grow the use of rail freight.

We need our Railways, Buses and Roads So the Labour Government needs to modernise our transport infrastructure.

• Bring our railways back into public ownership

• Improve Our Roads and maintain and renew our road network, to ensure it remains safe, and tackles congestion.

• Fix the millions of potholes across England which are causing damage to cars.

How Labour will serve Britain:

• A new Ethics and Integrity Commission

• Modernise the House of Commons

• A reset between Westminster and Holyrood, Cardiff Bay, and Stormont 

• Votes at 16

How Labour will reconnect Britain:

• Unshakeable commitment to NATO and our nuclear deterrent

• Standing up for our armed forces and veterans

• New trade agreements

• Britain leading a Clean Power Alliance

• Modernise international development

Rebuilding relationships

Britain is always stronger when we work with others. The United States is an indispensable ally. Our special relationship is crucial for security and prosperity, and transcends whatever political parties and individuals are in office. We will continue to work with the United States on the basis of our shared values and common interests including on economic co-operation, defence and intelligence.

With Labour, Britain will stay outside of the EU. But to seize the opportunities ahead, we must make Brexit work. We will reset the relationship and seek to deepen ties with our European friends, neighbours and allies. That does not mean reopening the divisions of the past. There will be no return to the single market, the customs union, or freedom of movement.

Instead, Labour will work to improve the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the EU, by tearing down unnecessary barriers to trade. We will seek to negotiate a veterinary agreement to prevent unnecessary border checks and help tackle the cost of food; will help our touring artists; and secure a mutual recognition agreement for professional qualifications to help open up markets for UK service exporters.

Labour will seek an ambitious new UK-EU security pact to strengthen co-operation on the threats we face. We will rebuild relationships with key European allies, including France and Germany, through increased defence and security co-operation. We will seek new bilateral agreements and closer working with Joint Expeditionary Force partners. This will strengthen NATO and keep Britain safe.

Multilateral institutions remain indispensable, but they are struggling under the strain of new global challenges. Labour will work with allies to build, strengthen and reform these institutions. We will use the UK’s unique position in NATO, the UN, G7, G20 and the Commonwealth to address the threats we face, and to uphold human rights and international law. Labour values international law because of the security it brings. Britain will unequivocally remain a member of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Defending the UK’s security

Labour’s first duty in government will be to keep our country safe. We will launch a Strategic Defence Review to assess the threats we face and the capabilities needed to address them. At the heart of our security are the men and women who serve and risk their lives for this country. We will strengthen support for our Armed Forces communities by putting the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law and establishing an independent Armed Forces Commissioner to improve service life. Labour will ensure veterans have access to the mental health, employment, and housing support and in other areas they need. We will also scrap visa fees for non-UK veterans who have served for four or more years and their dependents.

Strengthening Britain’s security requires a long-term partnership with our domestic defence industry. Labour will bring forward a defence industrial strategy aligning our security and economic priorities. We will ensure a strong defence sector and resilient supply chains, including steel, across the whole of the UK. We will establish long-term partnerships between business and government, promote innovation, and improve resilience. We will prioritise UK businesses for defence investment and will reform procurement to reduce waste. Labour will support industry to benefit from export opportunities, in line with a robust arms export regime committed to upholding international law.

Strengthening our defences also requires stronger leadership, clearer accountability, faster delivery, less waste, and better value for money. Labour will establish a fully functioning military strategic headquarters and a national armaments director to create a strong defence centre capable of leading Britain in meeting the increasing threats we face.

With Labour, the UK’s military, financial, diplomatic and political support for Ukraine will remain steadfast. Labour will support efforts to hold Putin’s Russia to account for its illegal war, backing calls for a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression. We will work with our allies to enable the seizure and repurposing of frozen Russian state assets to support Ukraine. And we will play a leading role in providing Ukraine with a clear path to NATO membership.

Labour will also work with our allies and international financial centres to tackle corruption and money laundering, including in Britain, Crown Dependencies, and in British Overseas Territories.

Labour is fully committed to AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership with Australia and the United States. We will ensure it delivers its full economic as well as security potential, increasing jobs and investment in communities across the UK.

After 14 years of damaging Conservative inconsistency over China, Labour will bring a long-term and strategic approach to managing our relations. We will co-operate where we can, compete where we need to, and challenge where we must. We will improve the UK’s capability to understand and respond to the challenges and opportunities China poses through an audit of our bilateral relationship. We will always act in our interests and defend our sovereignty and our democratic values. We will stand with and support members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK.

Defending our security also means protecting the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, including the Falklands and Gibraltar. Labour will always defend their sovereignty and right to self-determination.

Championing UK prosperity

Labour’s first mission in government will be to grow our economy. This will be at the heart of everything we do, including our foreign policy. We will use our diplomatic network to attract foreign direct investment into the UK, expand markets for British exporters, and shape emerging regulatory frameworks.

Britain is a proud trading nation and flourishing international business is a vital part of our plan for growth. Openness to trade allows our firms to grow and delivers greater choice and value for consumers. Rather than prioritising insubstantial agreements which do not bring meaningful benefits to the UK, Labour will seek targeted trade agreements aligned with our industrial strategy and economic strengths, to bring prosperity to communities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

We will publish a trade strategy and use every lever available to get UK business the access it needs to international markets. This will promote the highest standards when it comes to food production. As well as striking new free trade agreements, Labour will seek to negotiate standalone sector deals, such as digital, or mutual recognition agreements, to promote our services exports.

We will lead international discussions to modernise trade rules and agreements so they work for Britain, promoting deeper trade and co-operation including through the World Trade Organisation and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Labour supports implementation of the OECD global minimum rate of corporate taxation and backs international efforts to make sure multinational tech companies pay their fair share of tax.

Labour will build and strengthen modern partnerships with allies and regional powers. We will seek a new strategic partnership with India, including a free trade agreement, as well as deepening co-operation in areas like security, education, technology and climate change. We will deepen our co-operation with partners across the Gulf on regional security, energy and trade and investment.

Recognising the growing political and economic importance of African countries, we will deliver a new approach to the continent to foster opportunities for mutual long-term benefit.

Climate leadership

We cannot address the urgency of the climate and nature crisis without co-ordinated global action. A failure to act will cause environmental devastation, fuelling displacement, conflict and famine. By being climate leaders at home, including meeting our agreed targets, Labour will restore the strong global leadership needed to tackle the climate crisis.

International allies and competitors have already recognised the opportunities and are racing ahead, investing in new technology and creating the jobs of the future. Under the Conservatives, Britain has squandered our leadership, wasting the opportunity of our COP26 presidency to make historic progress. Labour will move faster by working together with our international partners, especially those at the forefront of the climate crisis, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the COP30 hosts, Brazil.

Labour will create a new Clean Power Alliance, bringing together a coalition of countries at the cutting edge of climate action. This will help to deliver lower energy bills while accelerating the energy transition and protecting and enhancing clean energy supply chains.

Strengthening diplomacy

Labour will strengthen Britain’s influence abroad, defending our national interests, promoting progressive values, and protecting UK nationals.

Our diplomatic leadership is bolstered by the soft power of our world-leading cultural institutions. Rather than running these institutions down, we will work across government to bring leading creative and cultural institutions together to increase the UK’s international clout. And we will work with our proud diaspora communities to enhance our cultural links across the world.

Long-term peace and security in the Middle East will be an immediate focus. Labour will continue to push for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, the upholding of international law, and a rapid increase of aid into Gaza. Palestinian statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people. It is not in the gift of any neighbour and is also essential to the long-term security of Israel. We are committed to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to a renewed peace process which results in a two-state solution with a safe and secure Israel alongside a viable and sovereign Palestinian state.

Labour will also strengthen support for British nationals abroad. We will introduce a new right to consular assistance in cases of human rights violations.

Modernising international development

With previous Labour governments, Britain gained world-leading expertise in international development, with the aim of making the world a safer, more prosperous place. Under the Conservatives, this capacity has been degraded, and as a result Britain has lost influence.

Labour will turn the page to rebuild Britain’s reputation on international development with a new approach based on genuine respect and partnership with the global South to support our common interests.

To counter the growing influence of malign actors and boost efforts to combat threats like climate change, the UK’s development work must be closely aligned with our foreign policy aims, co-ordinated to tackle global poverty, instability, and the climate and nature crisis. Our mission statement will be ‘to create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet’ as a signal of our commitment to greater multilateral action, and our intention to lead on this agenda.

Regaining Britain’s global leadership on development is a key part of our plan to reconnect with our allies and partners. Labour will strengthen international development work within the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. We will renew expertise and focus, especially in priority areas such as supporting economic transformation, tackling unsustainable debt, empowering women and girls, supporting conflict prevention, and unlocking climate finance.

Labour is committed to restoring development spending at the level of 0.7 per cent of gross national income as soon as fiscal circumstances allow. We will deliver value for money for the British taxpayer by working closely with the Independent Commission for Aid Impact to apply the highest standards to our aid spend – bringing in robust measures of development effectiveness, transparency, and scrutiny.

Labour will end the chaotic approach to foreign affairs, turn the page and reconnect with our allies, to once again stand strong on the world stage.

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Blog Updates & Issues Of Interest That Matter To

Citizens Of Britain Below....

1: Immediate reform of the House of Lords

I added the following from the Sortion Foundation, please read then sign the *Petition below and share with Friends, family and work colleagues....

At the Sortition Foundation, we believe that for politics to work for ordinary people it has to involve ordinary people. That’s why we’re campaigning for the House of Lords to be replaced with a House of Citizens: a permanent, rolling citizens’ assembly. 

In contrast to the House of Lords, a House of Citizens would be a second chamber made up of around 300 people who reflect the broad makeup of our country. Imagine being guaranteed that half the decision makers are women and many are young. Unlike the Lords where most have had a career in politics, a House of Citizens would be made up of people from all walks of life: tradespeople, carers, shopkeepers, nurses, doctors, artists, teachers and business people. They’d be paid the same as MPs and, if they were willing and able to, serve in the House of Citizens before returning to work like they’d been on parental leave.  Please watch the **Facebook Reel about the house of citizens below

Petition~ Replace the Lords with a House of Citizens Assembly ~A permanent and powerful Citizens Assembly could restore trust in UK politics and bring about better decision-making that is not based on the adversarial world of party politics.

*Petition: https://www.858.org.uk/house-of-citizens-petition?

**Facebook Reels: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/houseofcitizens

2: Illegal Migration to the UK

UK Government Needs To Stop Mass Migration To UK By Immigrants Coming Across From France In Boats Provided By Human Traffickers. Instead of spending more money on Housing Migrants as they come across from France they need to start taking Migrants back to France and tell the French Government that they will continue to do so, as they have paid France to stop the Migrants from getting into the boats even if that means the French puncturing the boats before the Migrants get into the Sea, the French should then take the Boats and incinerate them.

Links below to ~Information On This Blog

I have included a link to the Labour Party Manifesto 2024 so that you can read their Manifesto and make up your mind.

I have printed off the Labour Party Manifesto 2024. I will be watching and waiting to see if they keep to what is in their Manifesto and will update this blog with new updates.

Sign Petition

Labour’s fiscal plan Based on strong fiscal rules

https://labour.org.uk/change/labours-fiscal-plan/

Labour Party Manifesto 2024

https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Labour-Party-manifesto-2024.pdf

Martyn’s Law

https://www.protectuk.police.uk/martyns-law

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Linda Aitken-Smith

23.07.2024

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