A non-exhaustive list, but some of the things I hope can be achieved in 2025…
1) The minimum wage to be brought up to the living wage. Because what is the point of having a wage you cannot live on?
2) Carers allowance to be brought up to the living wage (and then increased beyond it because it because it can cost an additional £1,010 per month for a household that has a least one disabled member to have the same standard of living as a non-disabled household)[1]
3) Benefits such as PIP to be increased to reflect the additional costs of having a disability/chronic health condition
4) WASPI women to have (at least) the refund that the Ombudsman deemed reasonable[2] (and the current government promised before the election[3]).
5) The winter fuel allowance reinstated for all but very wealthy pensioners.
6) Hospitals[4] and schools repaired[5]
7) More and much better social housing
8) Utility companies renationalised so consumers don’t keep having to pay for the mistakes of huge corporations.[6]
9) Continuing Healthcare funding made easier to access so people do not end up stuck in hospital.
10) Major investment in social care so vulnerable people are given high quality care and carers and other health professionals are paid and treated properly.[7]
[1] https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/disability-price-tag
[2] https://www.waspi.co.uk/waspi-statement-response-to-liz-kendall/
[3] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36ejg2jk45o
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/28/nhs-patients-at-risk-as-hospital-urgent-repair-costs-triple-in-decade
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/27/revealed-children-in-england-studying-in-unfit-school-buildings-crumbling-infrastructure
[6] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051555
[7] https://endsocialcaredisgrace.org