We’ve looked at 43 government policies to see how they match up to promises made in Labour’s manifesto
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A secret obsession of Full Fact is data. We love looking at a spreadsheet and devising ways to get to the truth of what it shows.
So when a member of our team suggested churning through a lot of data about the current government's policies we were at first very excited and then quite determined.
What has come from this is our Government Tracker, our attempt to take all that information and give our subscribers (and the public at large) a way to see how the government is doing, based on the promises set out in Labour’s manifesto during the 2024 general election.
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We’re starting small as we want to spend time making sure we produce high quality information and upholding our standards of precision and impartiality as we go through each of the party’s pledges.
Watch this space …
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HOW IT WORKS
Full Fact has initially looked at 43 pledges Labour made in its manifesto during the 2024 general election. We've then compared this to the government's record in power to see how they're getting on.
We've assigned each of these pledges one of seven ratings:
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** Unclear or disputed
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** Wait and see...
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ANALYSIS
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PLEDGES TRACKED
** Has the government kept its pledge on National Insurance? ([link removed])
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** Unclear or disputedProgess towards this policy is unclear or disputed
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Pledge
“Labour will not increase taxes on working people, which is why we will not increase National Insurance”
Labour manifesto, page 21
Our verdict
Labour increased employers’ National Insurance contributions in its Autumn 2024 Budget. But as its manifesto failed to offer a clear definition of what its pledge on National Insurance meant, whether the pledge has been kept or broken is unclear and disputed.
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** Has the government stopped using hotels to house asylum seekers? ([link removed])
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** In progress Government policy in progress
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Pledge
“We will … end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds”
Labour manifesto, page 17
Our verdict
It’s too early to say what progress has been made on this pledge—we don’t yet have data on how the use of hotels to house asylum seekers has changed since Labour came into government.
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** Has the government established Great British Energy? ([link removed])
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** Appears on track Government policy appears on track
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Pledge
“Labour will create a new publicly-owned company, Great British Energy”
Labour manifesto, page 53
Our verdict
Legislation to create a company called Great British Energy, under the ultimate responsibility of the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, has been introduced, though it has not yet passed into law.
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FACT CHECKS
* Government hasn’t introduced policy of ‘free bus fares for immigrants’ ([link removed])
* Serco has not been instructed to ‘secure all’ empty rentals in UK to house ‘illegal immigrants’ ([link removed])
* Elon Musk has not agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion ([link removed])
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