Abour’s conference is set to come to an end on Wednesday after a meeting in which the party presented itself as a waiting government in response to the economic turmoil unleashed by Liz Truss’ Tories.
The party comes up with plans to invade GPs England to make face-to-face appointments for any patient who asks and a pledge to provide every primary school child with access to a breakfast club.
Vice President Angela Rayner closes the conference after her boss Sir Keir Starmer stated that the country was ready for a “Labour moment” as it was in 1945, 1964 and 1997 when its predecessors entered No. 10.
activists in Liverpool will also hear from Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting set out plans to improve access to GPs ahead of his speech on Wednesday.
“Patients find it impossible to get a GP appointment when they need one, in the way they want,” he said.
“Conservatives have closed hundreds of practices since the 2019 election and are breaking their manifesto promise to hire more GPs.
“Labour will train the doctors our NHS needs to treat patients on time by doubling the number of medical school places. We will require GPs to give patients the choice of where and when they want their appointments. Patients must come first .”
The plans include every practice to allow bookings via the NHS app, making it easier to book an appointment and putting an end to the 8am rush to secure a consultation.
Shadow Education Minister Bridget Phillipson will use her speech to set out the pledge about pupil breakfast clubs in England funded by keeping the 45% income tax rate on income above £150,000.
Labor has already said it will use more than half of the roughly £2bn saved each year by failing to follow Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan to raise the tax to train more community nurses, health visitors and midwives.
Labor says the breakfast plans cost £365m a year, including funding to be sent to the decentralized administrations so they can follow suit.
Ms Phillipson will say: “Labour will build a modern childcare system. One that supports families from the end of parental leave to the end of primary school.
“As a first step on that path, we will be introducing breakfast clubs for every primary school child in England, raising standards for math, reading and writing and empowering mums and dads to make choices.”