The Labour Party has sent its election candidates a "campaigning
bible" entitled Labour’s missions for Britain.
Download the document here
In the introduction, says:
'I grew up working class. I’ve been fighting all my life. I will
fight for working people. And I will fight to restore hope and
pride in our great country.
Britain’s got the talent, the entrepreneurs, the world-beating
scientists and the dedicated volunteers serving their
communities. We’ve got millions of hard-working British citizens
who fight against the odds each day.
But the one thing we don’t have is a government that rolls up its
sleeves and gets to work alongside people to solve the country’s
problems. The Tories have knocked the confidence of the country,
drained the well of optimism, tried to stop people believing
change is possible.
But I know with every fibre of my being that Britain can be
better than this. And from now until the election, whenever it
comes, I will be working with people up and down the country to
show how the plans in this document can be turned into a reality
for our communities.
The Tories can’t solve Britain’s problems – they caused
them
In place of division and decline, we need to
give people the hope that comes from a long-term plan, with
Britain moving forward again and the country tilted back towards
working people.
Enough is enough, it’s time for change. People are suffering –
from the highest taxes in 70 years, mortgages costing them £240
extra a month, NHS waiting lists at nearly eight million,
crumbling school buildings, rivers running with raw sewage.
Working people are thousands of pounds worse off from tax rises
and soaring energy bills despite Tory claims to be cutting
them.
Nothing seems to work in Britain. And that’s why it’s time for a
change. One thing is certain, those who made the mess are never
the right people to clear it up. So the Tories cannot be the
answer to Britain’s problems when they are the cause of them.
Labour is unrecognisable from the party that lost in
2019
The Tories have failed. It’s not just the chaos
they have created, it’s something bigger: it’s their
attitude.
At a time of huge insecurity, they believe in a ‘stand aside’
state, not one that backs working people. They don’t get people’s
lives, what they are going through now, what their potential
might be. They govern to serve their own interests, rather than
to lift up the country.
With people losing faith in the Tories, the responsibility will
fall to the Labour Party to show people how we have changed and
what we now offer. I’ve changed the Labour Party. We are back in
service of working people.
Let me be frank. The Labour Party is unrecognisable from the one
that lost the 2019 election. The shake-up we gave our party had
one purpose: to ensure that we are once again rooted in the
priorities, the concerns and the dreams of ordinary British
people. To put country before party.
And, let me be clear, there will be no going back. It’s why I am
uncompromising on national security, standing up for our armed
forces and controlling our borders.
Labour’s five missions are a long-term plan to change
this country
Front and centre of everything we do
will be economic stability so that families and businesses can
plan ahead with certainty. That’s why every one of our
commitments are fully costed and fully funded. We have no
unfunded spending plans.
A government I lead will always live within our means. Where we
will as a government invest, we explain where every penny comes
from.
It’s on that platform that we will be able to seize the
opportunities of advances in AI, digital, life sciences and
technology as drivers of economic growth. And because I have
changed the Labour Party to be back in service of working people,
I believe we can be trusted to change the country.
What it will take is a decade of national renewal. Each of those
words is important. Decade because this is a long-term project.
The problems Britain faces are deep and will need time to
properly sort – but we will make a start immediately if elected.
National means it will require the contribution of everyone, in
all parts of the country, coming together in a common purpose.
Renewal means we have to break through the tired old ways of
doing things and make the changes that have been put off for too
long.
I’m a man on a mission. Five long-term missions to end ‘sticking
plaster’ politics. To achieve this, I have set out five long-term
missions to end ‘sticking plaster’ politics – a long-term plan to
change this country.
We will turn an age of insecurity into an age of
possibility
We call it mission government because
it’s about setting ambitious goals and then building a strong
strategic partnership to bring the country together to get them
done. It will require a different set of values, the cleaning up
of politics and restoring an ethic of service, integrity and
respect. The hope of change and renewal allied to the
responsibility of service.
I warn people, some of the decisions we will have to take will
not be easy. I have reformed a public service before – the Crown
Prosecution Service. I know how hard it is. I made changes that
meant more criminal gangs were put behind bars and that victims
of crime were given a bigger say.
So, if we have to change the planning laws to get the economy
moving and create more jobs, then we will. And if we need to
create a publicly-owned clean energy company, Great British
Energy, in order to get bills down and give us independence from
tyrants like Putin, then we must do the hard yards to make that
happen.
That way, we will turn an age of insecurity into an age of
possibility and start to rebuild our pride and confidence as a
nation.
How people voted in recent elections doesn’t matter to me. What
matters is that we heal the wounds of the last few years and come
together for the sake of our country. That we all get behind
change, real change, to get this proud nation off its knees and
get Britain’s future back.'
