2024
30th October - Labours Autumn Budget of broken promises - Working people - Number 4
Keir Starmer told the country that they could trust Labour’s promises not to raise taxes and not to unleash a borrowing spree. In the House of Commons on 9th October this year he said STARMER: ‘We made an absolute commitment to not raise tax on working people. Rachel Reeves said a rise in National Insurance was a ‘tax purely on people who work’. (Hansard 19 Oct 2021)
What actually happened....
Labour have done just that and more. They fiddled the fiscal rules, increased borrowing by billions of pounds, and raised taxes on businesses – which they have now admitted will leave working people worse off.
The Office of Budget Responsibility have said an increase in employer National Insurance will be passed through ‘entirely’ onto working people
October 30th - Labours Autumn Budget of broken promises - for Farmers - Number 3
Keir Starmer, Steve Reed and the Labour Party told farmers that Labour respects them, would protect their livelihoods and promised that they would not change Agricultural Property Relief for farmers. (Feb 23 NFU conference, November 23 NFU statment, CLA conference reported in the FT, December 23 )
What actually happened...
In the 2024 Autumn Budget, Labour broke their promise to farmers – reducing the relief and imposing inheritance tax rates on farmland – which will devastate family farms and pose a serious risk to domestic food security and food prices.
The 2024 Autumn Budget reduced Inheritance Tax relief on combined agricultural and business assets after the first £1 million from 100 per cent to 50 per cent (HM Treasury, Autumn Budget 2024, p. 48, 30 October
Amongst Labour’s Budget of broken promises, Labour have made the political choice to target family farms and the consequences will be felt by thousands of farms and families across the country.
September 10th - Broken promise number 2
In Yuan Yang's election campaign in July 2024 - she said she wanted to
Help people with their fuel bills and keep homes warm with an insulation plan
What actually happened...
10th September, 86 days after the election, Yuan Yang our MP voted to scrap the pensioner's winter fuel allowance. Pensioners expected help with heating costs, they didn't expect the removal of their winter fuel allowance.
Yuan Yang and Labour taking money from vulnerable pensioners.
July 28th - Broken promise number 1 *updated*
In Yuan Yang's election campaign in July 2024 - she said her first priority in the campaign was to
Build a New Royal Berks Hospital
Our NHS staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital are working very hard to deliver care for their patients. But staff and patients alike are being let down by the out-of-date facilities and cramped conditions.
We cannot wait any longer for an NHS that's fit for purpose. Labour will deliver a new RBH fit for the 21st century,
What has actually happened...
28th July, 24 days after the election, the Labour Chancellor announced a review of the whole new Hospital programme, RBH said “More delays to providing facilities that are fit for the future will be disappointing news for our patients, staff and our wider community." On the 20th September the paper confirming this was sneaked out without announcement.
We call on Yuan Yang to keep her promises, stand up to her party and stand up for residents, and join with us and fight for a new hospital to replace the RBH.