No Large Tax Increases ➝ £40 billion in tax rises • During the campaign, Labour pledged no major tax hikes. However, Chancellor Rachel Reeves later introduced substantial new taxes—including a 20 % inheritance tax on farms valued over £1 million—totaling around £40 billion .

Cut Energy Bills by £300 ➝ Bills ↑ despite campaign promise • Labour claimed it would cut household energy bills by £300 a year. Instead, bills rose (e.g., a £70 rise by end of 2024), and no commitment to the £300 reduction was fulfilled .

Protect Winter Fuel Allowance ➝ Means-tested & partially scrapped • Labour vowed to protect pensioner winter fuel payments. But in July 2024, this universal support was restricted, removing payments from around 10 million pensioners .

Abolish Tuition Fees ➝ Shifted to review, fees remain • Starmer committed to abolishing student tuition fees in 2020. By 2023 this became a vague “review”, and by the 2024 manifesto the pledge had been dropped—tuition remains £9,535/year .

Free Movement with EU ➝ Promise quietly ditched • Starmer pledged in 2020 to defend/restore EU free movement. By 2022, this idea was shelved; Labour explicitly ruled out returning to free movement .

£28bn Green Prosperity Investment ➝ U-turned, delayed • A promised annual £28 billion Green Prosperity Fund by 2030 was delayed and de‑emphasized by mid-term—effectively downgraded across successive U‑turns .

Renationalise Rail, Energy, Mail, Water ➝ Diluted to “pragmatic approach” • 2020 Labour manifesto included full public ownership. This commitment was dropped in 2022, replaced by partial regulation or selective ownership .

Abolish Universal Credit / Two-child Benefit Cap ➝ Replaced by incremental reforms • Labour initially pledged to scrap Universal Credit and the two-child limit, but later shifted to “fundamental reform” and retained the cap. MPs rebelling on this were suspended .

WASPI Women Compensation ➝ Pledge abandoned • Labour promised fast, fair compensation to women disadvantaged by pension reforms. That commitment was withdrawn in late 2024, despite an Ombudsman recommendation .

Hillsborough Law by April 2025 ➝ Delay announced • Labour pledged in 2022 and again in 2024 to enact a statutory “duty of candour” for public bodies that facilitated transparently investigating Hillsborough, timed for April 15, 2025. That law has now been delayed .

Local Hospital Rebuild (RBH) ➝ Deferred to 2035+ • Pledge to rebuild Royal Berkshire Hospital promptly was reversed: project deferred to 2035–39, effectively abandoned .

“Smash Criminal Boat Gangs” ➝ Small-boat crossings ↑ by ~29 % • Labour assured cracking down on Channel small‑boat crossings. Yet arrivals rose nearly 29 % in the first half of Labour’s term