Election 2024 Manifesto round-up | Labour: Welfare Rights

Commitments include to review universal credit so that it 'makes work pay and tackles poverty', to retain the triple lock for the state pension, and to reform or replace the work capability assessment

The Labour Party has today launched its manifesto ahead of the General Election on 4 July 2024.

Welfare rights and access to justice commitments contained in Change include to -

• Review universal credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty.

• Develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty.

• Retain the triple lock for the state pension.

• Reform employment support so it drives growth and opportunity by -
  • bringing Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Service together to provide a national jobs and careers service, focused on getting people into work and helping them get on at work;
  • reforming or replacing the work capability assessment and work with local areas to create plans to support more disabled people and those with health conditions into work;
  • giving disabled people the confidence to start working without the fear of an immediate benefit reassessment if it does not work out; and
  • tackling the backlog of Access to Work claims.

• Enact the socioeconomic duty in the Equality Act 2010.

For more information, see Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Our plan to change Britain from labour.org.uk

See also the Labour Party's commitments in relation to: Housing; Employment; and Community Care.

NB - manifestos from the range of main parties include: Conservative: Clear Plan, Bold Action, Secure Future | Green: Real hope, real change | Labour: Change | Liberal Democrat: For a Fair Deal | Scotland: Alba: Yes to Scottish Independence | Scottish Conservative and Unionist: Focused on your priorities | Scottish Labour: Our National Recovery Plan | Scottish National Party: A future made in Scotland | Wales: Plaid Cymru: For fairness, for ambition, for Wales | Welsh Labour: Change | Northern Ireland: Alliance: Leading Change | Democratic Unionist Party: Making Northern Ireland Work | Sinn Fein: Strong Leadership, Positive Change | Social Democratic and Labour Party: An Election for Change

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