"Key takeaways from Labour's manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights"

"Key takeaways from Labour's manifesto pledges for work, benefits and disability rights":

https://www.bigissue.com/news/politics/labour-manifesto-pledges-work-benefits-disability-rights-analysis/

Here's a quote. I hope it is just to placate potential Tory voters and will be ignored once Labour are in power:

“Labour is committed to reviewing universal credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty,” the manifesto reads. It is not clear what these modifications will entail – but the wording hints at new eligibility and conditionality rules. “Our system will be underpinned by rights and responsibilities – people who can work, should work – and there will be consequences for those who do not fulfil their obligations,” the 125-page document continues.

Here's another quote:

Labour would reform the Access to Work scheme, pledging to tackle the backlog to claims and “create plans to support more disabled people and those with health conditions into work”. This is a positive step. The proportion of working-age disabled people in employment is 28% fewer than the proportion of non-disabled people in employment, a chasm Citizens Advice attributes to “patchy employment support”.

And another quote:

Under Labour’s manifesto commitments, disabled people would not be subject to an “immediate benefit reassessment” if [their new job] “does not work out”. “We believe the work capability assessment is not working and needs to be reformed or replaced, alongside a proper plan to support disabled people to work,” the report continues. James Taylor, director of strategy at disability equality charity Scope, welcomed these commitments, but said they must be “backed up with action”.

And another quote:

Guaranteed access to training for young people. One in eight young people are not in education, employment or training, with those lacking good qualifications and with poor mental health facing particular disadvantages. “Drawing together existing funding and entitlements, Labour will establish a youth guarantee of access to training, an apprenticeship, or support to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds, to bring down the number of young people who are not learning or earning.” The Social Market Foundation welcomed these commitments, but called for further information.

And another quote:

Starmer has long pledged to overhaul workers’ rights if his party gets into power, announcing his “new deal for working people” way back in 2022. Labour’s manifesto commitments include “banning exploitative zero-hours contracts; ending fire and rehire; and introducing basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay, and protection from unfair dismissal”.

Unions are broadly on board with the changes, though some have warned that commitments have been diluted. Zero-hours contracts, for example, will not be banned altogether: workers will be able to stay on zero-hours agreements if they choose to. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham “watered down to almost nothing”.

I read in the news today Labour is thinking of creating a new £7.3 Billion slush fund. Allegedly creating 656,500 jobs.‍... No doubt ZHC, Contract, Temporary jobs...?

In "Britain’s industrial heartlands...." Does anyone know where this is. Since all the year's of Outsourcing?🧐 Is it near 'Never-never-land', just down from Atlantas... And where you going to find/train these people. Not on the Restart/Kickstart scheme ...
Just another 'White Elephant', if it ever is implemented...



"Labour will create more than 650,000 jobs with its green investment plans, Rachel Reeves has said.......the £7.3bn green investment vehicle that Labour intends to create after the election, saying it will help create hundreds of thousands of new industrial jobs.....
Reeves said: “Labour’s plan for growth is about making Britain better off, with good jobs paying a decent wage being created right across the United Kingdom...
The next Labour government will work hand in hand with the private sector ( ‍ thats going to work well...)
to bring investment to Britain’s industrial heartlands....The National Wealth Fund...
The fund will invest £7.3bn over the course of the parliament, with £1.8bn going to ports, £1.5bn to gigafactories, £2.5bn to clean steel, £1bn to carbon capture and £500m to green hydrogen. It will be given a target of attracting three times as much private capital as it invests....
Labour says that alongside its home insulation plans, the fund will help create 656,500 jobs in sectors such as electricals, plumbing and engineering...."

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/16/labours-green-plans-will-create-650000-jobs-says-rachel-reeves