Key points: Coalition mid-term review
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The coalition has published a detailed pledge-by-pledge audit of its progress so far, building on Monday's mid-term review, external. Here, on a page being updated to include the details in the audit, are the key coalition pledges, the government and Labour views on progress, and what's on the coalition's "to do" list.
BANKING
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Commission to look at "structural" banking reform
New banking levy
Clampdown on "unacceptable" bonuses
More lending to businesses
What coalition says it's achieved:
Stability of banks has improved
"Failed" regulatory system to be replaced in April
Levy ensures banks make "fair" contribution
"Unparalleled transparency" in bankers' pay
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Banks have been given tax cut and the levy is "weak"
Bankers' bonuses remain "large" and transparency insufficient
Banks not lending enough to viable small businesses
Regulatory reform plans inadequate
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Further reforms to financial regulation, including a separation of retail and investment banking
More competition among high-street banks
BUSINESS
Original coalition agreement pledges:
No new regulation without "other regulation being cut by a greater amount"
Simplify taxes for small businesses
Create "most competitive corporate tax regime in the G20"
Make it easier to start new businesses
What coalition says it's achieved:
Helped businesses create more than one million new jobs
Cut corporation tax from 28% to 24% and legislate for 21% by 2014
Cut top rate of income tax even as "the wealthiest pay more overall"
Enabled business lending to increase
Invested in high-tech industry, infrastructure, housing, and regional growth
Curbed bureaucracy
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
More than 40,000 businesses have gone bust
Take-up of National Insurance holiday scheme very low
Workers' rights under threat
Government has "no plan for jobs and growth"
Regional growth scheme is "in chaos"
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Develop industrial strategy
More investment in high-tech industry, infrastructure, and house-building
Devolve powers over local economies
Boost lending to businesses
Ease burden of taxation on small businesses
Cut regulation further
Alter employment law, e.g. by introducing shared parental leave
Promote British exports
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Great Repeal Bill, to include abolition of ID cards
Safeguards for use of personal details on the DNA database
Defend trial by jury
Review libel laws
End unjustified storage of data on web-usage
Commission to assess case for British Bill of Rights
What coalition says it's achieved:
ID cards scrapped
Abuse of anti-terror laws prevented
System of monitoring suspected terrorists altered
DNA retention curbed
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Plans for increased surveillance of web usage causing "huge alarm"
Ministers forced to alter "secret courts" plans after Lords defeats
DNA changes make it harder for police to catch criminals
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Complete process of reforming libel laws
Boost scrutiny of security services
Find right "balance" on trials involving matters of national security
Consider the commission's report on the case for a new Bill of Rights
COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Original coalition agreement pledges:
"Radical" shift in power to local government and community groups
Councils and residents to increase role in local planning decisions
Bring empty homes into use, and promote shared housing ownership schemes
Freeze council tax
Improve energy efficiency of new housing
What coalition says it's achieved:
"Sweeping reforms" have increased local authorities' freedoms
Council tax frozen
Neighbourhoods have more power over planning
Directly elected mayors introduced in Bristol, Leicester and Liverpool
Retention of weekly refuse collections for 6 million households
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
House-building has fallen
Rents and homelessness are rising
Localism policies actually gave "extraordinary" new powers to central government
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Devolve more powers to local government
Support local authorities keen to share services
CONSUMER PROTECTION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Regulators to have power to ban "excessive" charges for credit and store cards
Better information for credit-card users
End unfair bank charges
Curb "abuses of power" by supermarkets
Better information on different tariffs to be included in energy bills
Establish a free national financial advice service
What coalition says it's achieved:
Energy companies will notify customers of cheaper tariffs
The Money Advice Service has been established
Car insurance premiums have been cut
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Government failing to stand up for consumers
Train companies hiking fares after Labour's "strict cap" was abolished
All top energy companies raising prices by between 10% and 20%
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Ensure consumers get the lowest appropriate energy tariff
Clarify consumers' rights in law
Stop regulated rail fares and London Transport fares rising by an average of more than 1% above inflation in 2013 and 2014
Give consumers access to data collected and held by businesses
Decide whether to extend the rural fuel discount scheme to remote mainland communities
Strengthen protection against "rogue bailiffs"
CRIME AND POLICING
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Cut bureaucracy in policing
Review police officers' terms of employment
Directly elected oversight of police
Publication of more crime data
Public to hold police to account at regular meetings
Bolster rights of homeowners to tackle burglars
Ban on selling alcohol "below cost price"
What coalition says it's achieved:
Directly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs)
More than 500 million hits on crime data website
Police bureaucracy cut
Consultation on 45p-per-unit minimum price for alcohol
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Cuts will cost more than 15,000 police officer jobs
Police powers to tackle anti-social behaviour being weakened
Turnout for PCC elections was historically low
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
"Modernise" police pay and conditions
Formally establish the College of Policing
Ensure that the police "operate to the highest ethical standards"
Scrap Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbos) and bring in a "more effective system"
Create a new law against drug driving
CULTURE, OLYMPICS, MEDIA AND SPORT
Original coalition agreement pledges:
More scrutiny of BBC spending
Promote local media
Maintain free entry to national museums and galleries
Help to ensure London 2012 Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are a success
Improve administration of National Lottery
Introduce "Olympics-style schools sport event"
Cut bureaucracy for live music venues
Increase broadband internet access
What coalition says it's achieved:
London 2012 Games were "successful and memorable"
More than 15,000 schools signed up to School Games competition
Cut costs for small venues keen to stage live music
National museums and galleries still free to enter
The National Audit Office now has access to BBC accounts
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
David Cameron was "shamed" into setting up Leveson Inquiry on media ethics, and then "rubbished its central recommendation"
Jeremy Hunt did not lose his job as culture secretary despite "clear evidence" that had broken the ministerial code
Ministers forced to scrap changes to tax on charitable giving
Involvement in school sport now in decline
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Improve participation in sport
Maintain funding for elite athletes
Encourage volunteering to facilitate sport in communities
Work with the Scottish Government to hold a successful Commonwealth Games in 2014
Push for implementation of the Leveson Report
DEFENCE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Maintain Trident nuclear weapons system
Cut MoD running costs by at least 25%
"Rebuild" military covenant governing relationship between armed forces and society
Review Armed Forces pay and quality of accommodation
Improve treatment of injured personnel
Support defence exports that are not used for "internal repression"
What coalition says it's achieved:
Trident maintained and defence spending large compared with most other countries
MoD costs cut and 20,000 civilian jobs shed
Military covenant enshrined in law
Government support for defence exports continues, although rules tightened due to "lessons learned from the Arab Spring"
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Military personnel sacked months before pensions due
Investment in accommodation being cut
30,000 Armed Forces job cuts will leave UK with "skills shortages"
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Invest in new equipment, including aircraft carriers, the joint strike fighter aircraft, and a "renewed nuclear deterrent"
Increase role and capability of reservists
Improve service accommodation
Axe a further 7,000 MOD civilian jobs
Find £4bn in savings from MoD budget
Sell unneeded MoD land
Complete and publish the review of alternatives to Trident
Distribute £35m in fines for Libor manipulation to service personnel and their families
DEFICIT REDUCTION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Reduce the deficit mainly by cutting spending rather than raising taxes
Full Spending Review by Autumn 2010
Reduce Child Trust Funds and cut tax credits for high earners
Abolish a number of quangos
What coalition says it's achieved:
Deficit cut by a quarter
Low earners protected
Government spending now more efficient
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Government policies caused double-dip recession
Borrowing is £212bn higher than planned
Welfare bill is "soaring"
Working families suffering due to below-inflation increases to in-work benefits
The "very richest" receiving £3bn tax cut
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Press on with deficit reduction
Set out detailed spending plans for 2015-16 fiscal year
Bear down further on fraud and error in Whitehall spending
Increase number of government procurement contracts going to small- and medium-sized enterprises
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Push for increase in EU emissions reduction target to 30% by 2020
Generate more energy from renewable sources
Invest in carbon capture and storage
Found green investment bank
Encourage marine energy, and energy from waste through anaerobic digestion
Block third runway at Heathrow, and expansion of Gatwick and Stansted
Improve home energy efficiency
What coalition says it's achieved:
£3bn allocated to new green investment bank
Energy derived from renewables increasing
£1bn investment in carbon capture and storage
Helped "get EU back on track" to cutting energy consumption by 20% by 2020
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Solar power industry hit by changes to feed-in tariffs
Investment in renewables has halved
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Treble support to low-carbon energy up to 2020
Invest in gas-fired power and carbon capture and storage projects
Encourage the exploitation of shale gas
Clarify rules on tax relief available for North Sea oil and gas decommissioning
Support investment in renewable energy
Encourage private-sector investment in nuclear power stations
Introduce smart meters
Encourage energy efficiency via the "Green Deal"
Continue to support the Green Investment Bank.
Promote electric cars
ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Criminalise the import or possession of illegally logged timber
Launch tree-planting campaign
Review governance of National Parks
Work towards EU air quality standards
Improve flood defences
Encourage recycling
A "carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control" to curb bovine TB
Give MPs a free vote on repeal of the Hunting Act
What coalition says it's achieved:
Better deal for farmers, particularly milk producers
Clearer food labelling
Developed strategy on generating energy from waste via anaerobic digestion
Lower fuel bills for remote communities
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Ministers forced into U-turn on selling publicly owned forests
Support for badger cull goes against official advice
Investment in flood defences cut by 27%
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Improve broadband internet access and improve mobile phone network coverage
Plant a million trees by 2015
Curb the trade in illegal logging
Implement the "Biodiversity Strategy"
Cut regulations on marine licensing
Invest in "flood risk management"
Cut air pollution in towns and cities
Tackle bovine TB with the postponed badger cull
Implement the "Ash Dieback Control Strategy"
EQUALITIES
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Tackle discrimination at work, including in pay packages
Promote gender equality on company boards
Offer Whitehall internships to ethnic minority candidates
What coalition says it's achieved:
Automatic retirement at 65 abolished
Proportion of female board members up by about a half
Past convictions for consensual gay relationships quashed
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Women hit hardest by spending cuts
Insufficient action to curb childcare costs
Ministers have abandoned a Labour bid to tackle the gender pay gap
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Legislate for same-sex marriages
Compel companies that have "unequal pay practices" to change them
EUROPE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
UK to play a "strong and positive role" in the EU
No further transfer of powers to Brussels without referendum
Ensure that UK does not join euro
Support EU enlargement
What coalition says it's achieved:
"Referendum lock" in place
Group of 12 pro-market EU member states established
Agreed to EU-Singapore free-trade deal
Backed accession of Croatia to EU
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Veto at December 2011 summit showed "failure" of UK leadership
David Cameron "sleepwalking" towards EU exit
Decision to opt out of European Arrest Warrant undermines fight against international crime
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Insist on "fiscally responsible" outcome in long-term EU budget negotiations
Defend the interests of British banks
Publish the findings of a comprehensive review of the UK's relationship with the EU
Push for a free-trade deal between the EU and the US
Seek changes to Working Time Directive
FAMILIES
Original coalition agreement pledges:
End child poverty by 2020
Free nursery care for pre-school children
Refocus Sure Start centres on the neediest families
"New approach" to helping families with multiple problems
Crack down on "irresponsible" advertising to children
Promote system of flexible parental leave
What coalition says it's achieved:
Payment-by-results scheme in place to help 120,000 most troubled families
Children protected from irresponsible advertising
Improvements in how child poverty is calculated
Support for people aiming to set up childcare businesses
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Single-parent families worse off
Families contributing more than banks to deficit reduction
Sure Start funding cut, with 381 centres closing
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Introduce early education for two-year-olds from poor backgrounds
Implement "named midwife" policy
Legislate for flexible parental leave
Make it easier to adopt
Cut child-protection bureaucracy
Reduce delays in family law cases
Hire 4,200 more health visitors
Allow Lib Dems to abstain on tax breaks for married couples
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Work towards security in Afghanistan and peace in the Middle East
Improve relations with India and maintain ties with the US
Strengthen the Commonwealth and reform the UN Security Council
What coalition says it's achieved:
A transition to democracy in Libya
Support for more open societies in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen
Helped secure sanctions against Iran in response to nuclear programme
Provided aid to victims of the conflict in Syria
Progress in international efforts to tackle piracy off the coast of Somalia
Promoted democratic reforms in Burma
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Government not committed to international institutions
UK national interest neglected
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Support Afghan government's efforts to improve security, and continue plans to withdraw British troops
Prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons
Push for peace in Syria
Support EU enlargement to Western Balkans and Turkey, subject to conditions
Support democracy in Egypt, Libya
Press on with Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict initiative
Insist on self-determination for Gibraltar and the Falklands
GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
Original coalition agreement pledges:
More transparency in public sector pay
Introduce a statutory register of lobbyists
Reforms to party funding
"Open up" government procurement
Better public access to government data
Councils to be forced to publish data on all spending over £500
What coalition says it's achieved:
Details of all government spending over £25,000 published
Nearly 9,000 datasets published at data.gov.uk
Process of consolidating government websites under way
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Government should publish more details of meetings with party donors
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Publish more details on meetings between politicians and media figures
Implement Open Data and Transparency White Paper
Open up government procurement wider
Complete transition to new gov.uk website
Support people who are unable to use digital services
IMMIGRATION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Annual limit on non-EU immigration
End detention of children for immigration purposes
Create border police force
Minimise abuse of immigration rules
What coalition says it's achieved:
Net migration has fallen by 59,000 to 183,000
Cap on non-EU immigration introduced
Requirement that some migrants speak English
Bogus colleges abolished
Detention of children for immigration purposes now ended
Asylum cases resolved faster
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Action on illegal immigration being weakened
Border checks in summer 2011 abandoned
UK Border Agency losing 5,000 staff due to cuts
Queues at borders have been "embarrassing"
Serious backlog on asylum and immigration cases
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Cut immigration further
Encourage experts, scientists, artists and performers from abroad to work in the UK
No cap on number of entrepreneurs, rich people keen to invest in the UK, or senior executives applying for visas
Tighten process of applying for visa
No cap on immigration of "genuine students", 1,000 places for MBA graduates who want to start up businesses in UK, allow PhDs to stay longer
Continue to allow intra-company transfers
Impose transitional immigration controls on all new members of the EU
Introduce a new "Life in the UK" handbook and test
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Increase aid to 0.7% of Gross National Income from 2013, and enshrine this commitment in law
Encourage other countries to fulfil their aid commitments
Support millennium development goals and democratic reforms
Give public a say in how aid is spent
Reduce maternal and infant mortality
Take action against "vulture funds"
What coalition says it's achieved:
Aid spending refocused on countries in most need and best performing international institutions
Established new body to examine effectiveness of aid spending
Raised funds to immunise 250 million children
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Ministers have not yet legislated on the 0.7% commitment
Aid budget being cut by more than £1.8bn
Aid to Rwanda restored despite evidence of involvement in DRC conflict
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Deliver on commitment to increase aid to 0.7% of Gross National Income from 2013, and enshrine this commitment in law
Provide access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation for up to 60 million people
Stop 250,000 babies dying unnecessarily
Support 11 million school-children
Vaccinate more children against preventable diseases
Save the lives of 50,000 women in pregnancy and childbirth
Support 13 countries to hold free and fair elections
JOBS AND WELFARE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Introduce payment-by-results in welfare-to-work
Make benefits conditional on "willingness to work"
Re-assess incapacity benefit claims
Support unemployed people keen to start new businesses
Simplify the benefits system
What coalition says it's achieved:
Reforms will save £19bn per year by 2014-15
Benefits cap to apply from 2013
Universal Credit to simplify benefits system "radically"
Number of people on incapacity benefits cut by 145,000
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Benefits reforms hitting working people not "scroungers"
Welfare-to-work programme less effective "than doing nothing"
Welfare bill £13bn higher than planned
Universal Credit late and over-budget
Number of long-term unemployed young people doubled
"Genuinely ill" people suffering from changes to incapacity benefits
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Push forward with Universal Credit and the Youth Contract
Introduce the Personal Independence Payment for disabled people
Provide start-up loans and business mentors to unemployed people
"Protect key benefits for older people"
JUSTICE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
"Rehabilitation revolution" to pay independent providers able to cut reoffending
Review sentencing policy and legal aid
Establish new rape crisis centres
Anonymity for defendants in rape cases
Increased use of restorative justice
What coalition says it's achieved:
Payment-by-results pilot schemes helping to tackle reoffending
More offenders receiving drug treatment
Improved support for victims
Legal aid restricted to "serious issues"
Mandatory prison time for aggravated knife possession
New offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Abolition of indeterminate sentences has weakened public protection
Legal aid harder to claim in domestic violence cases
Punishment for knife crime not as tough as promised
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Reduce reoffending and cut crime
Legislate for more restorative justice
Use new technology to track offenders
Test weekend and night courts to speed up justice
Explore the potential for further new rape support centres
Enable court broadcasting
NATIONAL SECURITY
Original coalition agreement pledges:
National Security Council established
Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) to be carried out
Control Orders to be reviewed urgently
What coalition says it's achieved:
National Security Council meeting each week
SDSR completed
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Handling of Abu Qatada deportation case "shambolic"
Replacement of control orders has weakened restrictions on terror suspects
"Chaos" at UK borders in summer 2011 mean a number of people entered the country without the proper checks
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Protect counter-terrorism capabilities
Invest in improving cyber security
Create Border Policing Command to seize illegal goods and curb illegal immigration
Revise proposals on monitoring web usage
NHS
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Increase health spending above inflation every year
"Stop the top-down reorganisations of the NHS"
Axe a number of health quangos
Cut administration costs by a third
GPs to gain role in health service commissioning
Directly elected members of primary care trust boards
Patients to be able to choose GP and rate services
Dementia research to be prioritised
What coalition says it's achieved:
Health budget increased in real terms in 2011-12, and set to increase every subsequent year
Transition of commissioning of health services to GP-led groups under way
Pilot schemes set up in which patients can choose GPS
Reduced early preventable death from cancer
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Changes amount to "biggest top-down reorganisation of the NHS in its history"
Reforms will cost £3bn and increase bureaucracy
NHS spending cut "two years running" and £1bn spent on redundancies
7,000 nursing jobs cut since 2010
Number of patients facing long waits in A&E has doubled
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Increase the health budget in real terms
Abolish strategic health authorities and primary care trusts from April 2013
Establish health and well-being boards
Invest up to £300m over five years in specialised housing for people in need of care
Introduce a new bowel screening programme
Regularly check that doctors are fit to carry out their duties
PENSIONS AND OLDER PEOPLE
Original coalition agreement pledges:
State pension to rise each year by the highest of earnings, prices and 2.5%
Phase out default retirement age and raise state pension
Compensate Equitable Life policy holders
Protect winter fuel allowances, free TV licences, free bus travel, and free eye tests and prescriptions for older people
What coalition says it's achieved:
"Triple lock" plan on state pension now in place
State pension age to increase to 66 by 2020 and 68 by 2028
Age-related universal protected
Default retirement age abolished
Payments to Equitable Life policy holders have begun
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Winter fuel allowances being cut
Pensioners will lose out after tax changes
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Expand automatic enrolment in workplace pensions
Reform public sector pensions
Carry through planned changes to state pension age
Continue to protect age-related universal benefits
Increase incentives for pension savings
POLITICAL REFORM
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Fixed-term Parliaments of five years
Cut number of MPs and make constituencies more equal in size
Referendum on AV
Power of recall over MPs
Committee to bring forward proposals for an elected House of Lords
Commons reforms to go ahead, including introduction of backbench business committee
Move to individual voter registration
Number of special advisers to be capped
Reform MPs' pensions
Petitions with over 100,000 signatures to be eligible for parliamentary debate
More public consultation on legislation
Council tax payers to be given right to veto "excessive" increases
What coalition says it's achieved:
Fixed-term Parliaments now in place
AV referendum confirmed support for status quo
Process of establishing individual voter registration under way
Agreement on ending male primogeniture in royal succession rules and allowing heirs to the throne to marry Catholics
Reforms have improved working of Commons
Significant decentralisation of power to local authorities
E-petitions website live and debates ensuing
Council tax referendums now possible
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Lords reform failed
Boundary changes and cut to number of MPs "faltering"
100 new peers created, costing more than predicted savings from smaller Commons
Special advisers increased in number after proposed cap ditched
Government yet to "clean up" lobbying
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Persevere with statutory register of lobbyists
Pursue agreement on party funding reform
Legislate for power to recall MPs
Introduce individual electoral registration by 2015
Campaign for Scotland to remain within the UK
Devolve more powers to Welsh Assembly
Consider devolving corporation tax powers to Northern Ireland Assembly
Hold Commons vote on boundary changes
SCHOOLS
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Shake-up of state school system to allow "new providers" to start schools
Additional funding for schools with poorer pupils
Help schools to reward good teachers and tackle underperformers
Anonymity for "teachers accused by pupils"
Increased flexibility in the exam system
What coalition says it's achieved:
80 new "free schools" opened and a further 102 due to open in 2013
60% of schools have already become academies or are converting
The "pupil premium" means that schools receive £623 per pupil on free school meals
Simplified Ofsted school ratings
Creation of English Baccalaureate
Strengthen right of teachers to impose discipline
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
GCSE system has been in "chaos"
New curriculum too "narrow", failing to equip young people for job market
Government responsible for "biggest cut to education funding since the 1950s"
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Pupil premium to increase to £900 per pupil by 2014
Extra funding to help 11-year-olds with maths and English
Funding for a further 100 free schools and academies
GCSEs to be replaced by English Baccalaureate
"Restore the reputation" of A-levels
Performance-related pay scales for teachers
Expansion of parental choice in special needs education
Train 2,000 exceptional graduates as teachers by 2016
SOCIAL ACTION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Support the creation and expansion of mutuals, co-operatives, charities and social enterprises
Public sector workers to form co-operatives and take over delivery of services
Encourage volunteering and charitable giving
Introduce National Citizen Service
Found a Big Society bank to finance local charities and social enterprises
What coalition says it's achieved:
"Big Society Capital" in place, funded by high street banks and money from dormant accounts
More than 8,400 people have taken part in a pilot of the National Citizen Service
12,000 ATMs now enable people to donate to charity while withdrawing cash
Charities now able to claim Gift Aid-style payments on small cash donations
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Big Society policy "mired in confusion", having been relaunched five times
Changes to tax relief on charitable given - which were abandoned - would have had "serious" detrimental impact on charities
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
5,000 community organisers to be recruited in deprived communities
Expand the ATM charitable giving scheme
Publish consultation on encouraging workplace payroll donations
Gift Aid to be simplified through use of online claims
SOCIAL CARE AND DISABILITY
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Commission to report on long-term care
Direct payments for carers
Disabled people to be able to apply for jobs with funding secured for new equipment, if required
What coalition says it's achieved:
Support in principle for Dilnot Commission on long-term care
More funding for adult social care
NHS funding to help carers receive breaks
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Funding for older people's care cut by £1.4bn
Delay over Dilnot review means no change before 2015
Insufficient provision of care in the community or at home, costing NHS hundreds of millions of pounds
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Consult on protecting services where providers fail
Make access to care more consistent
Universal deferred payments scheme to ensure no-one has to sell their homes to fund care
Enshrine in law entitlement to personal care budget
TAXATION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Increase income tax threshold to help low- and middle-income earners
Lib Dems to be allowed to abstain on tax breaks for married couples
Tackle tax avoidance
What coalition says it's achieved:
Lower tax for low- and middle-income households
More tax relief for entrepreneurs
Higher taxes on the wealthiest, e.g. higher stamp duty on expensive homes
£1bn invested in tax avoidance
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Highest earners benefiting from reduction in top rate of income tax
VAT has been hiked to 20%
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
Further increase the income tax threshold to £10,000 in stages
Introduce a general anti-abuse rule in the 2013 Finance Bill
Anti-tax avoidance and evasion measures to raise an extra £2bn a year
More than £5bn extra tax to be raised from Swiss bank account holders liable for UK tax
TRANSPORT
Original coalition agreement pledges:
National recharging network for electric cars
Promote private sector investment in rail infrastructure by granting longer franchises
Create high-speed rail network in stages
Promote cycling and walking
Curb rogue wheel clampers
What coalition says it's achieved:
Significant expansion of road network
Biggest investment in railways since Victorian times
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Train fares hiked by up to 9.2% this year
At least £40m wasted on West Coast rail franchise "fiasco"
Network Rail bosses paid "huge" bonuses
Local government funding cuts resulting in fewer bus services
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
South Wales Valley railways to be electrified
Build western rail link to Heathrow
Increase capacity on commuter routes
Bring forward legislation for High Speed Two rail link
Accelerate road building - upgrading the A1 and the M3
Support Crossrail and Thameslink projects in London
Support Commission examining airport capacity in south-east of England
UNIVERSITIES AND FURTHER EDUCATION
Original coalition agreement pledges:
Support internships and apprenticeships
Free colleges from state control
Allow Lib Dems to abstain if they do not accept findings of university funding review
What coalition says it's achieved:
University system secure thanks to increase in tuition fees
More financial support for poorer students
Almost a million apprenticeships created
Investment in science and research
Labour's verdict on coalition so far:
Higher fees regime to cost taxpayer up to £1bn more than previous system
Abolition of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) hitting poorer students
Further and higher education funding from central government "slashed"
Coalition's mid-term 'to do' list:
More freedom for universities to attract highly qualified students
Universities required to publish performance indicators like student satisfaction
Implement Wolf reforms to vocational qualifications
Reduce number of further education qualifications
Introduce Advanced Learning Loans in August
£920m in extra investment for UK science research infrastructure
- Published7 January 2013