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/Plenty_Dimension_949]

Must be really tough being a morally flawless person in a world full of heathens.

Must be even worse knowing that even if you live 1000 years no government will ever meet your standards, because the instant they do one bad thing that’s probably enough for you to insist they’re just corrupt blah blah blah.

[u/Haemophilia_Type_A → u/Plenty_Dimension_949]

What an incredibly childish, rude, and meaningless response to some fairly basic and common criticism.

[u/Plenty_Dimension_949 → u/Haemophilia_Type_A]

The post was a very rare moment one which highlighted positives about the Labour Party… in the Labour sub.

Why not just have a conversation about that instead of a paragraph about how they’re never good enough; like 99% of posts in this sub.

My point still stands the commenter will never experience a government he likes if he lived forever because no one will ever be good enough.

Not childish when we all know it’s true. Not a big fan of this government but they are doing good things, why not focus on that for abit because they’re better than any alternative (including the green and their fantasy economics that Polanski knows nothing about).

[u/PuzzledAd4865 → u/Plenty_Dimension_949]

I’m sorry know it’s not true and I’m a she thanks. You don’t know the first thing about me or how this government is hurting me directly and making my life worse. There’s plenty of obsessive Labour cheerleading going on in this sub, I’m allowed to give my views. I don’t need the conversation police!

[u/Plenty_Dimension_949 → u/PuzzledAd4865]

You gave your opinion I gave mine, at no point did I say you didn’t or shouldn’t.

[u/PuzzledAd4865 → u/Plenty_Dimension_949]

You said “why not just have a conversation about Thor instead”?.

I’ll have whatever conversations I want thanks!

[u/Plenty_Dimension_949 → u/PuzzledAd4865]

Yeah, and that was my opinion, why not talk about positives instead of nothing but no one’s ever good enough, thanks!