Broken Tax & Spending
Not raise taxes on working people
Employer NI raised from 13.8% to 15% in Oct 2024 Budget (effective April 2025). Threshold lowered from £9,100 to £5,000. OBR estimates ~£24B/yr cost passed to workers.
50 Manifesto Promises
74% unkept. 16 broken. 3 abandoned. Only 13 delivered.
- Broken 32.0% 16
- Abandoned 6.0% 3
- Not started 0.0% 0
- In progress 36.0% 18
- Kept 26.0% 13
Broken 16 Broken
Broken Crime & Justice
Crack down on antisocial behaviour
ASB figures continue to rise. Community payback orders down. No new ASB legislation introduced.
Broken Housing
Get Britain building. 1.5M new homes
Net additional dwellings ~209K in 2024-25 (6% decline). Needs 300K/yr to hit 1.5M target. At current rate: ~1M by end of parliament. Planning reforms still in passage.
Broken Tax & Spending
No increase in income tax, NI, or VAT
Employer NI increased. Fiscal drag freezing thresholds = stealth income tax rise. CGT raised.
Broken Immigration
Reduce small boat crossings
Channel crossings rose 13% in 2025 (~41,472 vs 36,816 in 2024). Second-highest year on record (2022 had 45,774). Q1 2026 down 33% but too early to call a trend.
Broken Education
Recruit 6,500 new teachers
Teacher recruitment targets missed again in 2025. Retention crisis worsening.
Broken Crime & Justice
Halve violence against women and girls
Domestic abuse and sexual offence reports continue to rise. No measurable progress.
Broken Energy & Climate
Clean power by 2030
CCC says 2030 target now extremely challenging. Grid investment delayed. New gas licences approved.
Broken Economy & Jobs
Economic stability first
GDP grew 1.4% in 2025 but slowing to 0.1% quarterly in Q3/Q4. OBR downgraded 2026 to 1.1%. Gilt yields hit 15-year high.
Broken Housing
Protect the green belt
Grey belt policy introduced, releasing previously protected land. 200+ green belt sites identified.
Broken Tax & Spending
No return to austerity
Departments facing real-terms cuts from 2027. Councils issued S114 warnings. Unprotected departments cut 2%.
Broken Economy & Jobs
Make UK fastest growing G7 economy
UK GDP grew 1.4% in 2025. Middle of G7 (US 2.3%, Canada 1.8%). Not fastest-growing. IMF downgraded 2026 to 1.1%.
Broken Immigration
End hotel use for asylum seekers
30,000+ still in hotels. Cost £8M/day. Some closed but new ones opened elsewhere.
Broken Immigration
Process asylum claims within 6 months
Average processing time still 12-18 months. Backlog reduced but still 80K+ cases.
Broken Tax & Spending
Protect pensioner Winter Fuel Payment
Winter Fuel Payment means-tested for winter 2024/25 (10M lost it). Restored for winter 2025/26 after backlash. The initial cut caused significant pensioner hardship.
Broken Housing
End rough sleeping
Rough sleeping hit record 4,793 in autumn 2025 count (up 3% from 2024). Homelessness applications at record high.
Abandoned 3 Abandoned
Abandoned Democracy
Abolish House of Lords
Hereditary peers removal passed. Full abolition not pursued. Reform proposed instead.
Abandoned Public Services
Appoint Veterans Commissioner
No appointment made. Role not established.
Abandoned Public Services
Review Universal Credit
No review announced. UC frozen. Sanctions regime continued. No structural changes.
In Progress 18 In Progress
In Progress NHS & Health
Cut NHS waiting lists
NHS waiting list fell from ~7.6M to 7.25M by Jan 2026. Genuine progress. But A&E waits remain poor (71.2% vs 76.7% target) and cancer waits at record highs.
In Progress Crime & Justice
13,000 more neighbourhood police
Home Office management information shows the Neighbourhood Policing Programme first-year target of +2,972 FTE was met in January 2026 and reached 3,123 FTE by 28 February 2026. That is 80 per cent of the planned first-year increase and 24 per cent of the full 13,000 manifesto pledge. Full Fact has the government on track for the cumulative 13,000 by end of Parliament.
In Progress Public Services
Bring rail into public ownership
GBR Bill passed. Some franchises taken in-house as contracts expire. Full nationalisation years away.
In Progress Economy & Jobs
Set up a National Wealth Fund
National Wealth Fund launched with £27.8B capital commitment. Investments in green hydrogen, carbon capture, ports. Operational.
In Progress Education
Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
Free breakfast clubs rolling out to all state primary schools from April 2026. 750-school pilot ran in 2025.
In Progress Democracy
Devolve power with new deals for local areas
English Devolution Bill introduced. Some new mayoral combined authorities. Lancashire CCA established.
In Progress Democracy
Introduce votes at 16
The Representation of the People Bill 2024-26 was introduced in the Commons on 12 February 2026 and received its second reading on 2 March 2026. Part 1 of the Bill lowers the voting age in UK Parliamentary, devolved and local elections to 16. The Bill is now in committee.
In Progress Energy & Climate
Insulate 5 million homes
Warm Homes Plan launched 20 January 2026 with £15 billion of public investment to upgrade up to 5 million homes by 2030. Lift up to 1 million families from fuel poverty. Government calls it "the biggest home upgrade programme in British history". Includes £5bn ring-fenced fund for low-income households, low/zero-interest loans for owner-occupiers, minimum energy-efficiency standards for private + social landlords by 2030.
In Progress Economy & Jobs
Raise minimum wage to be a real living wage
NLW rose to £12.71 in April 2026. Still below real living wage (£12.60 UK, £13.85 London) but gap closing.
In Progress Public Services
Reduce child poverty
Two-child benefit limit finally scrapped April 2026 after initially refusing. Projected to lift 450K children out of poverty (cost: £2.3B/yr). But child poverty already hit record 4.5M (31%) before the change.
In Progress Democracy
Implement Hillsborough Law (duty of candour)
The Public Office (Accountability) Bill — the manifesto Hillsborough Law — was introduced in the Commons on 16 September 2025. Second reading 3 November 2025; committee from 27 November 2025; carry-over motion 27 April 2026. The Bill is progressing but with active controversy over its security-services provisions.
In Progress Economy & Jobs
Invest in AI and technology
AI Opportunities Action Plan published. £14B data centre investment announced. Some progress.
In Progress Public Services
Stabilise defence spending at 2.5% GDP
UK defence spending is at 2.3 per cent of GDP as of 2026. The government has committed to reach 2.5 per cent by 2027. The Strategic Defence Review was delivered in June 2025 and its authors have called for 3 per cent — a level the Prime Minister has declined to commit to.
In Progress Economy & Jobs
New industrial strategy for growth
Industrial Strategy published. 8 growth-driving sectors identified. Early stage.
In Progress NHS & Health
Secure NHS dentistry for all
Dental recovery plan published with £200M funding for supervised toothbrushing and 700K additional NHS dental appointments. But structural contract reform still stalled.
In Progress Education
1,000 new Sure Start centres (family hubs)
Best Start Family Hubs — the policy successor to Sure Start — began a national rollout in April 2026 with 1,250 hubs operational (including 750 pilots and 500 newly opened) and £900 million committed across three years. Government target is 1,000 fully delivered Best Start Family Hubs by end of 2028, with cohort 2 opening from September 2026 and 2,000 more by March 2027.
In Progress Democracy
Negotiate new UK-EU deal
UK-EU summit held May 2025. SPS agreement on food imports. Youth mobility scheme agreed in principle. Modest progress.
In Progress Energy & Climate
Double onshore wind capacity
The de facto ban on new onshore wind in England was lifted in September 2024. In 2025, 56 onshore wind projects (1,734 MW of capacity) were approved — the second-highest annual approval total on record. Planning routing for onshore wind ≥100 MW transferred to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime from December 2025. The pipeline is growing rather than stagnant.
Kept 13 Kept
Kept NHS & Health
40,000 more NHS appointments per week
Labour reports delivery of more than 5 million extra NHS appointments in the first year of government, well above the manifesto pledge of 40,000 more per week. Independent fact-checkers including Channel 4 and Full Fact have queried the measurement methodology but accept that total appointment volume has increased materially. The 40,000-per-week target as written has been exceeded.
Kept NHS & Health
Recruit 8,500 mental health staff
Department of Health and Social Care announced on 30 April 2026 that the manifesto target of 8,500 additional mental health workers in the NHS had been met three years ahead of schedule. The recruits include therapists, psychiatrists and mental health nurses delivering care closer to home.
Kept Energy & Climate
Create Great British Energy (public energy company)
Great British Energy Act passed. Company established. HQ in Aberdeen. £8.3B capitalisation. First investments announced. But no direct bill-cutting mechanism for households.
Kept Housing
Abolish Section 21 no-fault evictions
Renters' Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent. Commencement of Section 21 abolition: 1 May 2026. From that date almost all existing assured and assured shorthold tenancies automatically convert into assured periodic tenancies and Section 21 no-fault evictions can no longer be used. Landlords had until 28 April 2026 to serve final Section 21 notices under the old regime.
Kept Economy & Jobs
Ban zero-hours contracts
Employment Rights Act 2025 bans exploitative zero-hours contracts. Workers get right to guaranteed hours, reasonable notice of shifts, and compensation for cancelled shifts.
Kept Immigration
Set up Border Security Command
Border Security Command established operationally in October 2024 and now on statutory footing: the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 2 December 2025 and the Command provisions commenced on 5 January 2026.
Kept Immigration
Scrap Rwanda deportation scheme
Rwanda scheme cancelled on day 1 of government.
Kept Tax & Spending
Triple lock on state pension
State pension rose 4.8% in April 2026 under triple lock to £241.30/week.
Kept Education
Add VAT to private school fees
20% VAT on private school fees from Jan 2025. Some schools passed costs to parents.
Kept Public Services
Bring water companies under special measures
Water (Special Measures) Act 2025 passed. Ofwat given new powers to ban bonuses, impose prison sentences. Thames Water in special administration.
Kept Economy & Jobs
Strengthen workers rights from day one
Employment Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent 18 Dec 2025. Day-one unfair dismissal rights, zero-hours reforms, fire-and-rehire ban. Implementation phasing from April 2026.
Kept Public Services
Set up Football Governance regulator
Football Governance Act 2025 passed. Independent Football Regulator established.
Kept Housing
Reform planning to speed up infrastructure
The Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 received Royal Assent on 18 December 2025. The Act overhauls planning consenting, particularly for nationally significant infrastructure projects. Some provisions are in force from Royal Assent; others commence from February 2026 onwards.