2010 Labour Party Manifesto
UK Labour Party Manifesto for the 2010 General Election PDF download.
UK General Election Date: Thursday, 7 May 2010
UK Labour Party Leader: Gordon Brown
Labour Party Manifesto 2010 PDF (PDF file opens in new tab)
Manifesto tagline: A Future Fair for All
Manifesto Forward by Gordon Brown
This General Election is fought as our troops are bravely fighting to defend the safety of the British people and the security of the world in Afghanistan. They bring great pride and credit to our country: we honour and will always support them.
At the same time the world has been rocked by the first great crisis of the new global economic age.
In Britain, the political crisis caused by expenses has undermined the bond of trust between the people and the politicians elected to serve them.
So this cannot, and will not, be a ‘business as usual’ election or Manifesto. In this Manifesto we set out plans to address the main future challenges we face in our economy, our society and our politics. We will rebuild the economy to secure the recovery and invest in future growth and jobs. We will renew our society to further strengthen the communities that bind our country together. And we will restore trust in politics with greater transparency and accountability in a system battered by the expenses scandal.
This programme for further national renewal meets the big challenges of the age. Our Manifesto is ambitious but affordable, bold but realistic, and learns from the lessons we take from our experience to date. Over the next ten years we will confront major challenges – intensive global competition, climate change, an ageing society, and bringing stability to Afghanistan. This is a moment for good judgement and serious purpose to meet the challenges ahead.
Our aim is a modern, progressive Britain based on fairness, respect, decency and openness.
This is a Manifesto about the greater progressive change we need because of the tougher times we are living through. There are no big new spending commitments, but there is a determination for every penny to be used wisely, and, as present plans make clear, to give the maximum protection to frontline public services.
This is a moment to show greater boldness in response to what Britain has gone through and the toll it has taken. We reject a ‘business as usual’ mentality because we have to re-build and re-balance the economy, as well as renew our society and politics. Reform cannot stand still – not least because we need to get more value and delivery from public services in a period of public spending constraint. Our Manifesto charts an optimistic course in tougher economic times. It builds on and takes forward the reforms we have undertaken since 1997.
I love Britain and want the very best for our country. This Manifesto is my pledge of a future fair for all.
Gordon Brown
Leader of the Labour Party
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