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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

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

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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!

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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...

Pledge Kept: Employment Rights Act 2025 - Day one rights on parental & sick leave, Fire & Rehire stopped, Min Service Levels Act 2023 repealed

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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.

Pledge Kept: Deliver an action plan to eradicate HIV in England by 2030

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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...

Pledge Broken: No raises to income tax, NICs or VAT

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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'.

An image from the webcomic 'White Ninja' - He is poking the 'UK Government' logo with a stick while saying "C'mon, do something..."

Me, wanting to update the Pledge Progress website some more:

"Let them eat steak"

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.

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.

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

Pledge KEPT: Establish an Armed Forces Commissioner

The Armed Forces Commissioner Act is now in force, with recruitment for a commissioner now in progress.

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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...

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.

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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.

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.

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A graph showing the number of asylum applications. split between applications waiting for fewer than 6 months and more than 6 months. The latest data shows it has dropped in both categories by a total of 12,000 cases.

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)

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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.

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.
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I'm going to compose a song that's solely about GDP just to spite you

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.

Great idea, now do it for EV Chargers too.

Signed,

Somebody with 11 EV charging apps installed.

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13. Clean Power Alliance
14. Windfall tax loopholes in O&G giants
15. Ban MPs taking up consult roles
16. Create Regulatory Innovation Office
17. Establish Council of Nations & Regions
18. Remove one-line school inspection grade
19. Strengthen OBR
20. Jr. Drs strikes
21. modernisation committee

21 by my count:
1. Indian FTA
2. COVID Corruption Commissioner
3. Abolish Non-Dom
4. Enact Martyn's Law
5. Ban Ninja swords/Machetes
6. Water special measures act
7. Reinstating house building targets
8. Scrutinise Royal Mail takeover
9. Ban junk food ads
10. GBR
11. Mineworker Pension
12. Pvt sch

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.

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.
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End of year food bank stats | Trussell View the latest annual stats about the number of emergency food parcels distributed by our community of food banks in the past 12 months.

Trussell Trust will be releasing last year's figures at the end of April/May

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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...

Pledge Kept: Ban Ninja swords, zombie knives and machetes

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Pledge Progress - Keeping politics honest Helping you to track the current UK government's progress toward meeting their election pledges.

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

Rates of Income Tax HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) rates of Income Tax statistics.

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"A DfE school snapshot survey completed in late 2019 found that among secondary schools, 16% had outright bans, 33% had strict non-use policies and 48% permitted regulated use at specified points in the school day (3% did not respond to the survey)"

I'm a pledge tracker *Beep boop* It's my job to be pedantic.

I agree about the perception of it, but again, I was only pointing out the incorrect usage of the word 'cushy' to describe a non-paid role.

Note also that Akshata Murthy ended her non-dom status in 2022, so your post should say "Who *had* non-dom status"

I don't disagree with what you've said at all, I am just not a fan of using emotive language in an attempt to create ragebait. There's enough to get angry about without having to invent more.