General election 2024: manifesto analysis
Think tank: UK in a Changing Europe
Author(s): Various authors
June 21, 2024
This report from UK think tank UK in a changing Europe analyses the manifestos of the Conservative and Labour parties.
Manifestos provide an opportunity for political parties to lay out their plans for government. While not binding in any legal sense, a government is often judged, at least in part, by its success or otherwise in implementing the policies promised in the manifesto. At a time of increasing distrust of politicians, of falling faith in politics, and of concern about the proliferation of false or misleading information, it is more important than ever to ensure that manifestos are subject to scrutiny.
This is what we attempt to do in this report. In it, Full Fact and UK in a Changing Europe have joined forces to produce a series of evidence-led, research-based assessments of the policies the Conservative and Labour parties say they will implement if they are to win the next election.
The report contains chapters on growth; public spending; tax policy; living standards; housing; education/schools; further and higher education; energy and net zero; environment and farming; health; managed migration; small boats and asylum; security, defence and foreign affairs; the Union; and relations with the EU.
The contributors are leading experts from a range of organisations including the Resolution Foundation, the Royal United Services Institute, the Health Foundation, the LSE, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, the Migration Observatory and the National Foundation for Educational Research.
