Plans to reform social care and House of Lords are trimmed as Keir Starmer’s party opts for caution ahead of vote
Labour is planning only limited first-term reforms of social care and the House of Lords and a smaller green investment plan as part of a stripped-down general election manifesto, as it seeks to make its policies “bombproof” to Tory attacks.
Shadow cabinet ministers have been given until 8 Februaryto make policy submissions for the manifesto, as Keir Starmer’s party gears up for an election that, according to opinion polls, looks likely to return it to government for the first time since 2010.
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