Manifesto · published 2024-06-13
Their position
Labour is committed to championing the rights of disabled people and to the principle of working with them, so that their views and voices will be at the heart of all we do.
What that means
Labour's 2024 manifesto committed to working with disabled people so their views are at the heart of policy (relevant to households with a disabled member).
Explain this (1 term)
- Manifesto
- A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Who it applies to
Applies if: someone is disabled or has a long-term condition.
The source
Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Break down barriers to opportunity — Labour Party. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
Manifesto · published 2024-06-13
Their position
So-called conversion therapy is abuse – there is no other word for it – so Labour will finally deliver a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices, while protecting the freedom for people to explore their sexual orientation and gender identity.
What that means
Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices.
Explain this (1 term)
- Manifesto
- A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
The source
Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Break down barriers to opportunity — Labour Party. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
Manifesto · published 2024-06-13
Their position
Labour will introduce a landmark Race Equality Act, to enshrine in law the full right to equal pay for Black, Asian, and other ethnic minority people, strengthen protections against dual discrimination and root out other racial inequalities.
What that means
Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged a Race Equality Act enshrining the right to equal pay for Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people.
Explain this (2 terms)
- Manifesto
- A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
- Equality Act
- The 2010 law that brings together protection from discrimination, covering characteristics such as age, disability, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
The source
Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Break down barriers to opportunity — Labour Party. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
Manifesto · published 2024-06-13
Their position
Labour will ensure no matter whatever your background, you can thrive, and therefore we will enact the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
What that means
Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged to enact the socio-economic duty in the Equality Act 2010.
Explain this (3 terms)
- Manifesto
- A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
- Equality Act
- The 2010 law that brings together protection from discrimination, covering characteristics such as age, disability, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.
- Socio-Economic Duty
- A part of the Equality Act, not yet in force in England, that would require public bodies to consider how their decisions affect inequality.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
The source
Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Break down barriers to opportunity — Labour Party. Retrieved 2026-09-18.
Manifesto · published 2024-06-13
Their position
We will introduce the full right to equal pay for disabled people.
What that means
Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged the full right to equal pay for disabled people (relevant to households with a disabled member).
Explain this (1 term)
- Manifesto
- A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Who it applies to
Applies if: someone is disabled or has a long-term condition.
The source
Labour Party Manifesto 2024: Break down barriers to opportunity — Labour Party. Retrieved 2026-09-18.