Small Businesses Small businesses, independently owned and operated companies are limited in size and in revenue depending on the industry.  A local bakery, grocery shop, restaurant, taxi operator, bu ...

Entrepreneurs Labour supports and encourages entrepreneurship.  An entrepreneur is an individual who runs a small business and assumes all the risks and rewards of a given business venture, idea, or g ...

Self-Employed The UK has over 4.5 million self-employed people in the UK (14% of the nations workforce) of which nearly 2 million are freelancers (without employees).  The self-employed contribute ove ...

Workers Since the Labour Party was founded by trade unions over a century ago, the world of work has radically changed. The UK is one of the most unequal modern economies: low pay is widespread with s ...

Volunteers & Carers A Labour Party is positive about charity campaigning but is more ambivalent about charitable public service delivery.   This clearly contrasts with the Conservative government ...

Public sector workers The public sector is the part of the economy concerned with providing various governmental services - services such as the military, police, public infrastructure, public transit ...

Pensioners "If we want dignity for all in old age, then it has to be paid for. That’s why I believe Labour in opposition should establish an Older People’s Commission to create a new deal for older pe ...

Students & Young People. Labour want the next generation to have greater opportunities than the last, but under the Tories, this is at risk. A Labour government will make sure there are opportunit ...