Government Tracker

Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises

Progress displayed publicly—so every single person in this country can judge our performance on actions, not words.

Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister – 24 September 2024

Full Fact’s Government Tracker is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises so voters can judge what progress it has made. The Prime Minister himself has said this is important, and we want to play a role in holding his government to account. We’ve initially looked at 47 key pledges, from Labour’s 2024 election manifesto and from further announcements made since. Read more about the tracker, including how we chose the pledges.

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Policy area Pledge Status Updated
Education “Giving children the best start in life, with a record 75% of 5-year-olds in England ready to learn when they start school”
Wait and see
 6 Dec
Economy “The government will deliver a milestone of higher living standards in every part of the United Kingdom by the end of the Parliament”
Wait and see
 5 Dec
Economy “We will end the use of offshore trusts to avoid inheritance tax so that everyone who makes their home here in the UK pays their taxes here”
Appears on track
 5 Dec
Crime, police and justice “Labour will intervene earlier to stop young people being drawn into crime, creating a new Young Futures programme with a network of hubs reaching every community”
In progress
 4 Dec
Crime, police and justice “Labour will [introduce] new Respect Orders - powers to ban persistent adult offenders from town centres, which will stamp out issues such as public drinking and drug use”
In progress
 4 Dec
Economy “Kickstart economic growth to secure the highest sustained growth in the G7”
Appears off track
 16 Dec
Health and social care "As a first step, in England we will deliver an extra two million NHS operations, scans, and appointments every year; that is 40,000 more appointments every week"
In progress
 20 Dec
Economy “Productivity growth in every part of the country”
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Crime, police and justice “Raising confidence in the police … to its highest levels”
In progress
 20 Nov
Democracy “Labour will [...] address the inconsistencies in voter ID rules that prevent legitimate voters from voting. For example, in the case of HM Armed Forces Veteran Cards”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Health and social care “We will recruit an additional 8,500 new staff to treat children and adults through our first term”
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Health and social care "We will return to meeting NHS performance standards. That means patients should expect to wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral for consultant-led treatment of non-urgent health conditions"
In progress
 20 Nov
Health and social care "We will train thousands more GPs"
Unclear or disputed
 13 Dec
Crime, police and justice “Raising confidence in the … criminal justice system to its highest levels”
In progress
 20 Nov
Crime, police and justice “Labour will carry out a review of sentencing to ensure it is brought up to date”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Education “Recruit 6,500 new expert teachers in key subjects”
In progress
 20 Nov
Crime, police and justice “Take back our streets by halving serious violent crime"
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Housing “We will immediately update the National Policy Planning Framework [sic] to undo damaging Conservative changes, including restoring mandatory housing targets”
Achieved
 17 Dec
Energy “Labour will capitalise Great British Energy with £8.3 billion, over the next parliament”
In progress
 20 Nov
Economy “Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase [...] VAT”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Migration “Labour will set up a new returns and enforcement unit, with an additional 1,000 staff, to fast-track removals to safe countries for people who do not have the right to stay here”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Health and social care “Labour will ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes”
Appears on track
 2 Dec
Democracy “We will … [give] 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections”
In progress
 20 Nov
Housing “Labour will get Britain building again … with 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament”
Wait and see
 16 Dec
Health and social care "Labour will introduce a new ‘Fit For the Future’ fund to double the number of CT and MRI scanners, allowing the NHS to catch cancer and other conditions earlier, saving lives"
In progress
 13 Dec
Economy “Labour will cap corporation tax at the current level of 25%, the lowest in the G7, for the entire parliament”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Education “Labour will end the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Economy “Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase [...] the basic, higher, or additional rates of Income Tax”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Economy “We will abolish non-dom status once and for all, replacing it with a modern scheme for people genuinely in the country for a short period”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Migration “We will negotiate additional returns arrangements to speed up returns”
In progress
 2 Dec
Migration "Ending the wasteful Migration and Economic Development partnership with Rwanda”
Achieved
 20 Nov
Migration “We will … end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds”
Appears off track
 28 Nov
Defence “Labour will conduct a Strategic Defence Review within our first year in government”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Economy “Labour will establish a National Wealth Fund”
Achieved
 20 Nov
Economy “Every fiscal event making significant changes to taxation or spending will be subject to an independent OBR forecast”
Achieved
 20 Nov
Energy “Labour will create a new publicly-owned company, Great British Energy”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Culture and society “We will introduce a Football Governance Bill, which will establish an independent regulator to ensure financial sustainability of football clubs in England”
Achieved
 20 Nov
Energy “A new Energy Independence Act will establish the framework for Labour’s energy and climate policies”
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Democracy “Labour will also introduce a mandatory retirement age. At the end of the Parliament in which a member reaches 80 years of age, they will be required to retire from the House of Lords”
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Democracy “The next Labour government will therefore bring about an immediate modernisation, by introducing legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords”
Appears on track
 20 Nov
Democracy “We will introduce a new participation requirement [for House of Lords members]”
In progress
 20 Nov
Economy “Capitalised with £7.3 billion over the course of the next Parliament, the National Wealth Fund will have a remit to support Labour’s growth and clean energy missions”
Appears off track
 20 Nov
Economy “Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance”
Unclear or disputed
 20 Nov
Migration “We will create a new Border Security Command, with hundreds of new investigators, intelligence officers, and cross-border police officers”
Achieved
 20 Nov
Economy “Labour will not increase taxes on working people”
Unclear or disputed
 20 Nov
Defence “We will set out the path to spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence”
Wait and see
 20 Nov
Health and social care “Labour will tackle the immediate crisis with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments”
In progress
 20 Nov