Deliver safe staffing levels in the NHSand reduce waiting lists
Vital.
Scrap NHS pay cap
Vital.
NHS will receive more than £30bn in extra funding over the next parliament
Great
Mental health budgets will be ring-fenced, and Labour will ensure all children in secondary schools have access to a counselling service.
Vote Labour
Scrap Conservatives' Brexit White Paper and replace with "fresh negotiating priorities" with strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the single market and customs union
Good. This should have been bigger.
International students will not be included in immigration numbers, but the party will crack down on "fake colleges".
Seriously, even the Tories will start doing this soon. International Students pay excruciating fees! They are vital for our universities.
Guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK and work to "secure reciprocal rights" for UK citizens elsewhere in the EU
Good.
Keep EU-derived laws on workers' rights, equality, consumer rights and environmental protections
Good.
Re-introduce the 50p rate of tax on the highest earners (above £123,000) and Income tax rate 45p on £80,000 and above
Good. Possibly this should be done in another way, but we need to raise receipts one way or another
Reintroduce maintenance grants for university students and abolish university tuition fees
If they can do this, it would be amazing
A National Education Service for England to incorporate all forms of education
Possibly the type of thing that needs to be cross-party to be done properly
Promise to reduce class sizes to "less than 30" for five, six, and seven-year-olds
Great. Pretty much every party has promised this over the years.
Ensure that 60% of the UK's energy comes from zero-carbon or renewable sources by 2030
Sadly, there has been nearly no mention of this. Of course it's quite a generic "look at us, we're green!" commitment that is so far away, everyone will have forgotten about it. But still, important.
A ban on fracking
Again, no one is talking about this.
Nuclear power "will continue to be part of the UK energy supply"
A surprising but important commitment.
More free childcare, expanding free provisions for two, three and four year olds
Good.
Hire 10,000 new police officers, 3,000 new firefighters
Needed.
Accept the EU referendum result and "build a close new relationship with the EU" prioritising jobs and and workers' rights
Good.
Free school meals for all primary school children, paid for by removing the VAT exemption on private school fees.
Schools meals are awful, but this can only be a good thing
Maximum pay ratios of 20:1 to be rolled out in public sector
Now that is a good one
Ban unpaid internships
I'd agree with that, even if it's just at the apprentice rate, it's clearly needed. Interns in Mexico get paid, for christ sake.
Give all workers equal rights from day one, whether part-time or full-time, temporary or permanent
Pretty much already the case anyway
Abolish employment tribunal fees - so that people have access to justice
Makes sense
Legislate to ban letting agency fees for tenants, and look at giving the Mayor of London power to give London renters "additional security"
I like it.
Make 4,000 additional homes available for rough sleepers to end homelessness.
Sure, sounds like a good idea.
End hospital car parking charges
I'd rather just the NHS own the car parks, and charge a high rate, with discounts for frequent fliers. But okay.
Homeowners will be offered interest free loans to improve their properties
Can see the logic in that. Everyone benefits in the long term. But room for abuse.
Guarantee help to buy funding until 2027 and give locals buying their first home "first dibs on new homes built in their area"
Would like this to go further, but important.
An end to the so-called "rape clause" - part of the policy of restricting child tax credits to the first two children in a family. It means mothers who have a third child as a result of rape can be exempted, but would have to provide evidence in order to do so
Can you believe the Conservatives created a rape clause.
A review into reforming council tax and business rates, in favour of options such as a land value tax
Lib Dems, is that you?
Deliver universal superfast broadband availability by 2022
Why not.
Scrap quarterly reporting for businesses with a turnover of under £85,000.
Could see this being helpful
One million people will be taken off NHS waiting lists by "guaranteeing access to treatment within 18 weeks"
Not really explained how, but good.
Cuts to bereavement support payment will be scrapped, as will the bedroom tax and the "punitive sanctions regime"
Seems weird the BBC have thrown these three in together. But yeah, sure.
Rejects" proposal to increase state pension age further
This is a weird one. Ask any young person in industries like finance and they'll say, they do not think our generation will get a state pension at all (or rather, it will be reserved only for the poorest). I'm all for this, as long as it doesn't bring a collapse do the whole thing.
Maintaining access to the EU's internal energy market and retaining access to nuclear research programme Euratom will be a priority in Brexit negotiations.
Can't argue with that.
Extend high speed rail link HS2 to Scotland
Arguably good or bad. Arguably vital. The limitations of HS2 and HS1 become more pronounced with time, but still important.
Build a new Brighton main line for the SouthEast
This is why we love Labour.
Build Crossrail 2 - to run north-south through London between Hertfordshire and Surrey - "to ensure our capital continues to prosper"
Bit confused by this pledge, but why not.
Recognise the need for additional airport capacity in the South East (but there's no mention of Heathrow).
I agree, expand Gatwick and Heathrow (but not over the M25)... but actually try to reduce the number of planes in Heathrow over time, and move some of the services to Gatwick. Then build a fast 15 minute shuttle between the two to allow both to act as a joint hub. That's what I'd do anyway.
Support the renewal of the Trident submarine system
The cost of trident is around £2 bn per year. Much of that at least goes back into the UK economy in the form of jobs, although it's still a waste on something that will hopefully never be used. Government spending is around £750 bn per year. The GDP of the UK was £2.2 trillion in 2005. In a way, Trident is pointless. The biggest nuclear threat to this country isn't over states, it's terrorist organisations (along with chemical and biological attacks), or maybe rogue foreign security services. And unlike what Piers Morgan believes, Trident does not offer Tactical Nuclear capabilities, (or if it does, it does so barely). But in another way, it's important to maintain the status quo that's allowed peace to prosper. It can also be used as a bargaining chip in future...
Work with international partners and the UN on multilateral disarmament "to create a nuclear-free world"
... Such as in this situation.
Insulate the homes of disabled veterans for free.
Yeah, why not.
Labour will not "scapegoat migrants" and will not set a cap on immigration, describing targets as "bogus"
Good!
Maintain UK's leading research role by seeking to stay part of Horizon 2020 and its successor programmes
Great.
Seek to maintain membership of European organisations which offer benefits to the UK such as Euratom and the European Medicines Agency
Great.
Will not allow Brexit to be used as an excuse to undercut UK farmers and flood Britain's food chain with cheap and inferior produce.
Had never even considered this. Sure.
A "meaningful" role for Parliament throughout Brexit negotiations
Sure
Bring the railways back into public ownership as franchises expire
Rail does seem to be one of the few things that should be nationalised. Even many on the right agree with that (Peter Hitchens). My one worry is in major rail investment, what will the impact of self driving cars in 20 years time. Could have gone in indifferent or good.
Regain control of energy supply networks through the alteration of operator license conditions, and transition to a publicly owned, decentralised energy system
I was going to put this in the indifferent pile, but it does look good. Possibly. Need more info about it.
Boost wages of 5.7m people earning less than minimum wage to £10 an hour by 2020
This could have been an indifferent one, or a good one for me. Min Wage is set to be £9 per hour by 2020 anyway. But, it is interesting how this could affect the economy. A 48 hour working week at £10 per hour is £25k a year. £25k a year, as the new effective minimum wage. Will this push the middle wages upwards.. If the economy improves, I think it would.
Deliver rail electrification "including in Wales and the South West".
Sure. Kind of bland, but good.
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