Plan for Change: Supporting Families and Cutting the Cost of Living
Plan for Change: Supporting Families and Cutting the Cost of Living
Labour is on the side of working families — cutting costs, putting money back in people’s pockets, and making sure every child gets the best start in life. From free breakfast clubs and expanded childcare to scrapping the two-child limit and freezing rail fares, Labour is delivering real change for families across the country.
Cutting the Cost of Living
We know things have been tough over the last few years. Families are working hard and it often feels like that’s not getting them anywhere. Labour is putting in support to help with the cost of living, keep bills down and make it easier for families with kids.
We’ve taken off levies so families are saving an average of £150 off energy bills from April – this is locked in until July. The 5p fuel duty cut has been extended until the end of August this year. And we’re freezing rail fares for the first time in 30 years, as well as freezing NHS prescription charges for the second year running.
Labour has increased the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage, giving millions of workers on the lowest incomes a pay rise. And we’ve protected the Triple Lock, so almost 13 million pensioners are now receiving an increase in the state pension of up to £575 a year.
We know that people are worried about the impact of the conflict in the Middle East at home. Labour is giving £50 million in support for families struggling with soaring heating oil costs to tackle the cost of living.
Helping Working Families Get On
Labour knows it can be a struggle for families trying to balance work with looking after the kids — finding the time and the money to get everything done. That’s why we’re taking action to make life a bit easier.
We’re rolling out free breakfast clubs in primary schools — almost 1300 are already in place, with clubs in another 1,500 schools joining in September. We’ve introduced a new entitlement to 30 hours of government-funded childcare for working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years, saving families an average of £8,000 a year per child. Hundreds of new and expanded school-based nurseries are opening across England to deliver that promise.
We’re also helping parents with the cost of school uniforms by limiting the number of branded items of uniform and PE kit that a school can require.
Cutting Child Poverty
Everyone deserves the best start in life. Growing up in poverty scars children’s life chances through no fault of their own — and most families with children living in poverty have at least one parent in work. Labour is taking action to lift more children out of poverty.
We’ve scrapped the two-child limit, which is the single biggest thing keeping children in poverty. In September, we will expand free school meals to 500,000 more pupils. Together, the measures which make up our Child Poverty Strategy will lift 550,000 children out of poverty. In contrast, the Tory-Reform child poverty pact would push half a million children into poverty.
We’ve found the money to do that by clamping down on welfare fraud, tackling tax avoidance and reforming gambling taxes.
Building Homes and Protecting Renters
Labour is building 1.5 million new homes to unlock the dream of home ownership for young people and families. The new permanent Mortgage Guarantee Scheme is helping first-time buyers buy a home with a deposit as small as 5%.
Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act is making renting fairer, more secure and more affordable — including ending “no fault” evictions and banning bidding wars. This comes into force in May 2026, benefiting 11 million private renters in England.
The Greens want you to think they care about the housing crisis – but they’ve opposed tens of thousands of new homes across the country. And they’ve tried to block renewable energy projects like solar farms and new nuclear.
Only Labour is investing in building new homes where they’re needed, and introducing new rights for renters.
What Labour is Delivering
- Energy bills are being cut by £150 from April, and the fuel duty freeze is saving drivers money
- Free breakfast clubs are rolling out across primary schools, saving parents money and giving children a great start to the day
- Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years are now entitled to 30 hours of free childcare, worth on average £8,000 a year
- The two-child limit has beenscrapped, lifting children out of poverty
- Free school meals are being expanded to half a million more children from families on low incomes
- Rail fares are frozen for the first time in 30 years, and NHS prescriptions are frozen too
- Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act is ending no-fault evictions and making renting fairer for 11 million tenants
What Labour Is Delivering Locally
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