Today, Rachel Reeves started fixing Britain's foundations. We're delivering on the priorities we were elected upon - investing in the NHS, investing in schools and protecting your payslip.
Here's just some of what the new Labour Government announced today to deliver change for Britain, Yorkshire, and our community:
๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฑ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ - a promise made, and a promise fulfilled.
ย Increasing the employment allowance - that's ยฃ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ.
ย ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ. Increase the National Living Wage to ยฃ12.21 an hour, and increasing the National Minimum Wage for 18-21 year olds.
ย ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ Mineworkers' Pension Scheme ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ - returning over ยฃ1 billion to ex-mineworkers.
ย ๐๐% ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ, hospitality, and leisure sectors.
ย ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ - drivers will see no rise at the pumps next year.
ย ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ, so children don't go to school hungry.
ย ยฃ2.3bn for core schools budget, ยฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐, ยฃ6.7bn to rebuild crumbling schools.
ย Invest over ยฃ500 million to drive rural broadband rollout, connecting our communities.
ย ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ outside of Covid - ending some of the hardest times in NHS history.
ย The largest ever budget directed at sustainable food production and nature's recovery in our country's history.
ย ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ญ in your local.
ย Compensation for the ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ.
ย ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐๐ since its introduction.
ย ยฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ to support those struggling with the cost of living.
ย ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฑ ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.
ย ยฃ500m to ๐๐ข๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ.
ย ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ, protecting passengers from the Tory cliff edge.