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The House of Lords should be replaced by an elected second chamber with a clear democratic mandate.

First-past-the-post should be replaced with proportional representation for UK general elections.

Britain's post-Brexit foreign policy lacks sufficient strategic coherence and needs a comprehensive independent review.

UK overseas development assistance should be restored to 0.7% of GNI as required by the International Development Act.

AUKUS strengthens UK strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific and represents a sound long-term security investment.

Post-Brexit Britain has diminished its diplomatic influence in Europe in ways that damage UK national security interests.

The UK has a particular obligation to sustain military support for Ukraine given its role as a Budapest Memorandum signatory.

Britain should commit to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence as a sustained floor, not merely an aspirational target.

The UK should renew and maintain its Trident nuclear deterrent as a necessary contribution to NATO's nuclear posture.

NHS digital records should be expanded so patients have full access to their own data and can share it seamlessly across different providers.

Prevention — addressing obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption — would reduce future NHS demand more effectively than efficiency measures alone.

Expanded use of independent sector providers, paid at NHS tariff rates, can meaningfully reduce waiting times without compromising NHS principles.

NHS staff pay has declined significantly in real terms since 2010 and requires urgent restoration to recruit and retain the workforce needed.

Social care for older and disabled people should be fully state-funded, ending the system under which individuals must deplete assets to pay for care.

NHS waiting lists, which exceeded seven million in 2024, cannot be cleared without a significant and sustained real-terms funding increase.

The NHS must remain free at the point of use for all, funded through general taxation — user charges would deter those who need care most.

The UK needs a sovereign wealth fund to invest North Sea windfall revenues in long-term productive assets for future generations.

Inheritance tax reform should prioritise closing agricultural and business property relief loopholes before any reduction in the headline rate.

The UK housing crisis requires both more permissive planning reform and a significant expansion of publicly funded housebuilding.

London's dominance of the UK economy requires active regional industrial policy — market forces alone will not rebalance it.