The Representation of the People Bill is bringing in a number of changes related to voter age, voter ID requirements and political donations - Will provide updates on this as soon as possible bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080

Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

Current version of Representation of the People Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

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I will be spending the next month or so focussing on pledges that are labelled as 'No Evidence' - That's 81 pledges to get through, so keep checking the site! You can also now donate to the cause - I hate to ask for money but website creation and maintenance are not cheap! ko-fi.com/pledgeprogress

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Pledge Kept: Employment Rights Act 2025 - Day one rights on parental & sick leave, Fire & Rehire stopped, Min Service Levels Act 2023 repealed pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/emplo...

Pledge: Employment Rights Bill to ban zero hours, fire and rehire as well as benefits from day one of employment

Labour will stop the chaos and turn the page to create a partnership between business and trade unions, by implementing ‘Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering a New Deal for Working People’ in fu...

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Pledge Kept: Deliver an action plan to eradicate HIV in England by 2030 pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/commi...

Pledge: Commission a HIV action plan to eradicate HIV by 2030

We are currently on the cusp of eradicating new cases of HIV. Labour will commission a new HIV action plan in England, in pursuit of ending HIV cases by 2030.

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Pledge Broken: No raises to income tax, NICs or VAT pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/no-ra...

Pledge: No raises to Income tax, National Insurance or VAT

The Conservatives have raised the tax burden to a 70-year high. We will ensure taxes on working people are kept as low as possible. Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we wi...

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It tells us that the facts should probably be fully investigated before writing headlines like "How much trouble is Rachel Reeves in over rental rule break?" Facts matter, and it's not good enough to 'Just ask questions'.

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Pledge now IN PROGRESS: Ban the sale of High-Caffeine drinks to under 16 year olds. A consultation on the ban is now live, closing on the 26th November. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/ban-t...

Pledge: Ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s

So, Labour is committed to banning advertising junk food to children along with the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s.

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Pledge KEPT: Establish an Armed Forces Commissioner The Armed Forces Commissioner Act is now in force, with recruitment for a commissioner now in progress. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/estab...

Pledge: Establish Armed Forces Commissioner to improve service life

....and establishing an independent Armed Forces Commissioner to improve service life.

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Pledge Update: "Increase international visitors to UK to 50m by 2030" ONS data released today shows a record 42.6m foreign visitors to the UK in 2024, beating the previous record in 2019 by 1.7m. Those visitors spent £32.5bn, another record. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/incre...

Pledge: Increase international visitors to UK to 50m per year by 2030

I am passionate about making the UK a top visitor destination that truly rivals our European counterparts. We are one of the most visited countries in the world - I want us to stay that way. We had 41...

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This wasn't a manifesto pledge but this is certainly a welcome change. It's insane that such a loophole has been in place for such a long time with no appetite to fix. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Emergency workers to be better protected from racial abuse

Emergency workers will be better protected from violence and abuse when visiting homes as the government introduces new laws to support frontline staff.

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The asylum backlog continues to drop, with a net reduction of 12,000 asylum cases between the end of 2024 and end of March 2025 (90,686 in Dec 24 vs 78,745 in Mar 25) pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/clear...

The Government has 20 days to instigate a new mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers. The previous scheme, set up in 2021, is due to end on the 30th June 2025. A commitment was made in Feb 2025, but no further details have been released. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/creat...

Pledge: Create a permanent comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme for First-Time Buyers

And we will introduce a permanent, comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme, to support first-time buyers who struggle to save for a large deposit, with lower mortgage costs.

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Great idea, now do it for EV Chargers too. Signed, Somebody with 11 EV charging apps installed. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Government teams with parking giants to ensure drivers can use preferred apps in all car parks

British Parking Association will develop and run the 'national parking platform', providing drivers with a more flexible parking experience.

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Compromised pledge: "Restore the phase out date of ICE cars to 2030" While the 2030 date has been restored for new ICE cars, by making exemptions for Hybrid and smaller manufacturers plus adjusting the ZEV Mandate, this pledge is now mostly, but not fully, met. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/resto...

Pledge: Restore the phase out date of ICE cars to 2030

...giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines.

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Pledge Kept: Ban Ninja swords, zombie knives and machetes pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/ban-n...

Pledge: Ban ninja swords, zombie-style blades and machetes, and prevent online sales

To get knives off our streets Labour will ban ninja swords, lethal zombie-style blades and machetes, and strengthen rules to prevent online sales. Executives of online companies that flout these rules...

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An interesting milestone has just been reached: Of the 191 pledges being tracked by us, over half are now either 'Completed' or 'In Progress'. See the full list at pledgeprogress.co.uk

Pledge Progress - Keeping politics honest

Helping you to track the current UK government's progress toward meeting their election pledges.

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Government Pledge in Progress: Introduce new 'Respect Orders' to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour. These orders have been laid out in the new Crime and Policing Bill and will amend the Anti-Social Behavior, Crime & Policing Act 2014 pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/intro...

Pledge: Introduce new 'Respect Orders', granting powers to ban persistent offenders from town centres

Antisocial behaviour is not merely a ‘low-level’ nuisance. It hits the poorest communities hardest and, if left unchecked, leads to more serious offending. Yet, the Conservatives weakened enforcement ...

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The Crime and Policing Bill has been published today. This bill covers a large number of pledges made by this Government, which will be updated over the course of this week. publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

Government Pledge Updated to KEPT: The Water (Special Measures) Bill receives Royal Assent, granting criminal charges to be brought against execs, preventing bonuses to water companies that fail to meet targets and introduce mandatory real-time overflow data. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/put-f...

Pledge: Put failing water companies into special measures

Labour will put failing water companies under special measures to clean up our water. We will give regulators new powers to block the payment of bonuses to executives who pollute our waterways and bri...

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Currently working to verify the 'additional 2m appointments' that the Government claim they have met, but have no data on how many 'additional' appointments their plans created, nor what they are marking the 'extra' appts against. I think @fullfact.org might be similarly struggling on this point!

Government Pledge changed to In Progress: Create a permanent mortgage guarantee scheme for first time buyers The scheme setup by the last Gov't due to expire on 30th June 25. Gov't has currently only 'committed' to a new permanent scheme with no timeframes yet pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/creat...

Pledge: Create a permanent comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme for First-Time Buyers

And we will introduce a permanent, comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme, to support first-time buyers who struggle to save for a large deposit, with lower mortgage costs.

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Non-exhaustive list of Bills progress & status: Awaiting Royal Assent 1. Water (Special Measures) Bill 2. Arbitration Bill 3rd Reading 3. Great British Energy Bill (HoL) Report Stage 4. Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill (HoC) 5. Employment Rights Bill (HoC) 6. Tobacco and Vapes Bill (HoC)

Keir Starmer has pledged to 'close a loophole' in the Ukraine Family Scheme which allowed a Palestinian family to access to the UK. Can anyone explain exactly what this loophole is and how they propose to close it? Many thanks.

Government Pledge changed to In Progress: 'Repeal Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024' The Act will be repealed in full once the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill is voted into law. Second reading is taking place today. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/repea...

Pledge: Repeal of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

End the Rwanda agreement

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UK Government Pledge now In Progress: Develop a 10 year Industrial Strategy The Government has published a working paper, laying out their initial plans for the 10yr industrial strategy and the 3 missions (Growth, Clean energy, social infrastructure) pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/devel...

Pledge: Develop a 10 year infrastructure strategy

Labour will end this chaos by developing a ten-year infrastructure strategy, aligned with our industrial strategy and regional development priorities, including improving rail connectivity across the ...

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Government Pledge In Progress: Consultation on restoring ban on ICE car sales back from 2035 to 2030 runs until 18th Feb. pledgeprogress.co.uk/pledge/resto...

Pledge: Restore the phase out date of ICE cars to 2030

...giving certainty to manufacturers by restoring the phase-out date of 2030 for new cars with internal combustion engines.

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Really important note from the AG about the upcoming trial of Axel Rudakubana. Justice needs to be served, and that includes providing a fair trial for defendants. Do not be the reason there's a mistrial. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Media Advisory Notice – trial of Axel Rudakubana

The Attorney General issues a reminder about commenting on the trial of Axel Rudakubana and risks of being in contempt of court.

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