A school child eating a school meal

500,000 more children eligible for free school meals

Mission: Breaking down barriers to opportunity

England

We have extended eligibility for free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty and putting £500 back into parents’ pockets every single year.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Defence Secretary John Healey standing in front of a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier

Highest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War

Foundation: National security

United Kingdom

We have set out plans to boost national security spending to 5% of GDP by 2035, including the biggest sustained increase in core defence funding since the Cold War, to protect British people and keep our country safe.

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People in life jackets walking along a gangway or a walkway

Landmark deal with France to return small boat migrants

Foundation: Secure borders

United Kingdom

For the first time since small boat crossings began in 2018, we can now return illegal migrants to France. We’ve already detained the first migrants under this groundbreaking treaty.

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A photo of a nurse administering an injection.

Over 5 million extra NHS appointments

Mission: Building an NHS fit for the future

England

Our aim is to cut waiting times from 18 months to 18 weeks. We delivered over five million extra NHS appointments in our first year, and waiting lists are down by nearly 250,000 since we came into office.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer serving food at a school canteen.

2 million meals served at free breakfast clubs

Mission: Breaking down barriers to opportunity

England

Thousands of families across the country are already benefitting from Labour’s flagship free breakfast club programme, with 2 million meals served so far, improving kids' attendance, behaviour, wellbeing, and readiness to learn.

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550,000 children to be lifted out of poverty

Mission: Breaking down barriers to opportunity

We are scrapping the two-child limit, and bringing in measures to lift 550,000 children out of poverty - this is the largest ever reduction in child poverty in a single Parliamentary term.

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Further education transformed

Mission: Breaking down barriers to opportunity

England

Labour has set a new target for two thirds of young people to gain higher skills, either through university, further education or by taking on a gold standard apprenticeship. This means opportunities for our young people, and renewal for our country.

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Online access at all GP surgeries

Mission: Building an NHS fit for the future

England

Thanks to Labour, almost every GP practice across England now offers online access, so patients can request appointments and ask questions online, freeing up phone lines for those who need them most

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Delivering the Hillsborough Law

Mission: Taking back our streets

England and Wales

Labour’s Hillsborough Law, named in honour of the 97 victims who lost their lives, introduces a legal duty of candour requiring officials to act with honesty and integrity.

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