UK POLITICS 2024

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  Here are the key points from Labour's 2024 manifesto, organized by major areas of change:
  
  Economy:
  • Restore economic stability with new spending rules
  • Cap corporation tax at 25%
  • Create a National Wealth Fund for future industries investment
  • Establish Great British Energy to accelerate clean power transition
  • Reform planning rules to boost infrastructure and housing
  • Introduce a modern industrial strategy
  
  Jobs and Skills:
  • Reform job centers and careers services
  • Implement a New Deal for Working People
  • Expand childcare offerings
  • Develop workforce plans for key industries
  • Reform the apprenticeship levy
  
  Healthcare:
  • Increase NHS appointments by 40,000 per week
  • Recruit 8,500 new mental health staff
  • Double the number of CT and MRI scanners
  • Provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments
  • Trial Neighbourhood Health Centres
  
  Social Care:
  • Create a National Care Service with national standards
  • Enhance NHS and social care partnership on hospital discharge
  • Establish Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care workers
  
  Housing:
  • Build 1.5 million new homes
  • Reform planning rules to enable more housing development
  
  Education:
  • Recruit 6,500 new teachers
  • Create 3,000 new primary school-based nurseries
  • Provide free breakfast clubs at all primary schools
  
  Crime and Policing:
  • Recruit additional neighborhood police and PCSOs
  • Establish a new Border Security Command
  • Create a returns enforcement unit for faster asylum removals
  
  These points represent the major policy areas and initiatives outlined in Labour's 2024 manifesto.

  

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