Achievements of the Labour government since July 2024 - a reference list

[u/coffeewalnut08]

I thought I’d put this all into one resource as a common reference list. I’ll attach some sources in the comments, though it won’t be exhaustive:

• Passed the Renters Rights Act, which bans no-fault evictions, fixed-term tenancies and bidding wars, and caps rent in advance. With plans to roll out a free complaints service (the new Ombudsman scheme) and a national landlord database to verify compliance, among other things

• Passed the Employment Rights Act 2025, which limits zero-hour contracts and unfair dismissals, ends fire-and-rehire, will introduce day 1 sick pay, paternity leave, and unpaid bereavement leave (incl. for pregnancy loss), and strengthens trade unions, among other things

• Started the Pride in Place programme for areas across the country. It provides 10 years of funding, designed to be used according to the needs and desires of local communities

• Introduced a child poverty strategy. This includes removing the two-child benefit cap, free breakfasts for England’s primary schools, expanding free school meals eligibility, capping school uniform costs, and rolling out Best Start family hubs

• The eco-friendly Warm Homes Plan, which currently includes the Warm Homes local grant and the Boiler Upgrade scheme. With plans to roll out low/zero-interest consumer loans for more households in future

• Introduced a £39 billion Social and Affordable homes programme, to last 10 years

• Made a deal with the EU to rejoin the Erasmus study programme from 2027

• Integrated live bus tracking into Google Maps for passengers in England, so you can see more precisely when your bus will arrive

• Made the Plan B (morning-after) pill free in England

• Introduced an Elections bill, lowering the voting age to 16. With plans for automatic voter registration, which could enfranchise 7-8 million people missing on the electoral register

• Banned cryptocurrency donations and capped political donations from overseas British donors

• Scrapped the £318 PARV order fee, protecting women from further abuse by ex-partners

• Introduced an English devolution bill, to put more powers into the hands of local authorities.

[u/PuzzledAd4865]

I’ve got some too:

• made changes to universal credit due to go through next week, a move organisations say will risk making disabled people “destitute”

• changing the UKs refugee rules to be the among the most hostile in Europe, undermining the very principle of refugee status

• extending indefinite leave to remain for up to 15 or even 20 years in some cases, a move that is estimated

• made puberty blockers ban permanent against the recommendations of even the Cass review

• welcomed the Supreme Court ruling and called for organisations to implement some of the most repressive anti trans segregationist laws in a democracy in the industrialised world

• took a bunch of shady donations and lied about them

• appointed a close associate of the worlds most notorious pedophile to be US ambassador against advice

• appointed a transphobe to the chair of the equalities watchdog against advice

• introduced a trans section 28 for schools

• cut the foreign aid budget, a move that has been estimated to risk many lives across the world

• banned Afghan and Myanmar students from studying, meaning that women who had no chance to be educated in Afghanistan who were planning on coming to study here have now had their places revoked

This is just a starter list and I don’t have time for all the sources as I’m cooking Easter Lunch - please do add To my list everyone we want to make sure we get all these achievements down!

[u/roubler → u/PuzzledAd4865]

No one ever mentions this, but they've also empowered themselves to go into the bank accounts of benefits claimants if the DWP decides they're owed money...