Labour's Six Steps to Change Wales.

The country needs change and change cannot be offered by a Conservative Party that has been in power for 14 years and brought so much chaos and waste to the country. Change will only come through a vote for a Labour Government in Westminster, to work with your Welsh Labour Government for Wales and Britain’s future.

With these six steps we set out Labour’s core offer to voters in Wales. They are not the sum total of Labour’s policy offer – that will be set out in our election manifesto – but they show our priorities, what we care about and what the Welsh people care about.

Last year Keir set out his five national missions to start to get Britain working again. These missions included ambitious goals for a UK Labour government. Now we are showing the first steps we will take to achieve those missions – a down payment on our determination to begin a decade of national renewal.

The British people know we cannot fix everything overnight. They want costed, credible solutions, not false promises. We will never pledge what we can’t deliver. That is why each of our steps has been carefully costed and for each step we show the hard choices we are making to show where the money is coming from. The foundation for this longterm plan – the first of the steps we set out - is our fiscal rules that put financial stability first. After the economic chaos of recent years, the public need to know that what is promised can be afforded.

For Labour it’s not just about what we will do but how we will do it. We are determined to change the way governing is done - to get the country moving again, to work together in Wales to renew our public services and turn the page on the Tory years of low growth and political instability. That is what mission government is all about. It’s a different approach that means planning for the future and addressing the long term challenges our country faces. Step by step we will achieve our long term plan

1. Deliver Economic Stability

with tough spending rules, so we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible.

Growing the economy on secure foundations will be the number one mission of the next Labour Government.
Economic stability is the foundation for growth. On this foundation of stability, Labour will bring back growth and make working people better off.
Labour will deliver stability with iron discipline, guided by strong fiscal rules, robust economic institutions, and a new ‘fiscal lock’ to ensure we never repeat the mini budget that sent mortgage rates soaring.
On this foundation of stability, we will deliver investment and reform to grow the economy, making work pay, creating a new National Wealth Fund, and introducing a new industrial strategy.
Our plan for growth will bring forward a decade of national renewal – a long-term plan to turn round 14 years of chaos and stagnation.
Labour will deliver economic stability and security; five more years of the Tories would see economic chaos and decline.

2. Cut NHS Waiting Times

by targeting those waiting the longest and in the most need, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.

A labour Government in Westminster working in partnership with the Labour Government in Wales will cut waiting times for NHS care.
The record of the last UK Labour government on the NHS in Wales speaks for itself – the shortest waiting times on record and the highest patient satisfaction in history.
In spite of 14 years of Tory economic mismanagement, Welsh Labour has continued to invest in and protect health and social care in Wales.
They are delivering reforms that ensure faster access to new treatments and move care closer to home. And they are building the NHS workforce of the future.
Long waiting times are improving, and the Welsh Government is working hard to deliver improvements across the board.
But they are doing so with one hand tied behind their back - a Tory government in Westminster that crashed the economy, putting pressure on our public services in Wales.
We can’t afford another five years of the Tories – we need a true partner in Westminster to ensure a stronger future for the NHS in Wales. And with a UK Labour government that’s exactly what you’ll get: two Labour governments working together to modernise our NHS.
We’ll cut NHS waiting times by targeting those who have been waiting the longest and who are in the most need, paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non-dom loopholes.

3. Launch a new Border Security Command

with hundreds of new specialist investigators and use counter-terror powers to smash criminal boat gangs.

The numbers of asylum seekers crossing the channel in small boats has surged under the Tories, and the backlog of asylum seekers waiting in hotels has reached record levels.
Right now we have gimmicks not serious government. The Prime Minister’s scheme will only remove 1% of small boat crossings a year meaning it cannot, and never will be, an effective deterrent.
Labour’s first step to tackle the crisis will be to create a new Border Security Command, led by a Border Security Commander overseeing hundreds of new specialist investigators, officers and prosecutors using tough new counter-terror powers to smash criminal smuggling gangs.
Keir Starmer has prosecuted organised crime gangs before when he was the country’s chief prosecutor – as Prime Minister he’ll tackle the problem at root, smash the gangs and end the huge waste of taxpayers’ money on hotel use.
Labour has a workable plan to stop the boats, clear the backlog and end hotel use; five more years of the Tories would see further chaos at the borders and taxpayers’ money wasted on an expensive gimmick.

4. Set up Great British Energy

a publicly-owned clean power company working with the Welsh Labour Government to cut bills for good, boost energy security and create new jobs, paid for by a windfall tax on oil and gas giants.

Every family and business is still paying the price of 14 years of Tory failure in rocketing energy bills.
The Tories have squandered our advantage in clean energy, and left the country dangerously exposed to international energy markets controlled by dictators like Putin.
It doesn’t have to be this way. Labour has a long-term plan to deliver energy independence and cut bills for good, working with the Welsh Labour Government.
As a first step Labour will launch Great British Energy, a new publicly owned clean power generation company to take back control of our energy supply producing cheaper power for our country.
Great British Energy will cut bills for families, and ensure that jobs and supply chains are built here in the UK, rebuilding the strength of British industry. Labour’s plan will lower bills because renewables are far cheaper than gas.
Great British energy will have an initial capitalization of £8.3 billion over a Parliament, paid for by a proper windfall tax on oil and gas giants who have made record profits from soaring bills.
This step is part of our mission is to make Britain a clean energy superpower by 2030 - helping families save £300 per year off their energy bills, boosting our energy independence, and creating over 29,000 good jobs in Wales.
Working with the Welsh Labour Government and building on the work of Trydan Gwyrdd Cymru, Labour will invest in clean energy and good jobs, cut energy bills once and for all, and make Britain energy independent.

5. Crack down on antisocial behaviour

with more neighbourhood police paid for by ending wasteful contracts, tough new penalties for offenders, and investment in youth services.

Antisocial behaviour is making too many people’s lives a misery and is blighting our local communities and town centres. Yet too often nothing is done, because neighbourhood policing has been dismantled.
Over 20 million people witness or experience antisocial behaviour locally every year – yet more than half the public say they never see officers on patrol.
Labour will put 13,000 extra neighbourhood police and PCSOs on the beat and give every community a named and contactable officer they can get in touch with, so policing gets back to doing what it’s supposed to do.
Our Respect Orders, tough court orders similar to ASBOs, will allow us to ban those repeatedly wreaking havoc in town centres and problem areas. Our fast-track Public Space Protection Orders will make it quicker and easier to clamp down on rapid escalations in drug dealing or drinking.
There will be a new partnership between two Labour governments to keep our streets safe and tackle antisocial behaviour. The Welsh Labour Government is providing ongoing investment in youth services to help them meet the changing needs of young people and help them build confidence, connection, and valuable skills.
Labour has a plan to tackle antisocial behaviour and restore neighbourhood policing; five more years of the Tories would see antisocial behaviour continue to plague local communities, and neighbourhood policing continue to decline.

6. Recruit new teachers

in key subjects to prepare children for life, work and the future, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools.

With a UK Labour government working together with the Welsh Labour Government, we will be able to break down the barriers to opportunity, including by providing the best possible start in life for our children.
The Welsh Labour Government is committed to unlocking opportunity for all young people in Wales.
Be it investing in the biggest new school and college building programme since the 1960s or continuing to deliver our long-standing commitment to provide free school breakfasts for all primary school pupils.
However, 14 years of Tory economic failure has hammered family finances and piled pressure on our public services.
This means the Welsh Labour Government is having to work twice as hard to support people that need help the most.
With Labour in power in Westminster, Welsh Labour will be able to invest in policies that tear down the barriers that hold people back, ensuring that everyone can get on in life, regardless of their background.
That means recruiting new teachers in key subjects to prepare children for life, work and the future, paid for by ending tax breaks for private schools.