With only a hundred days to go to the local and probable general elections, Progress is today launching 100 Labour achievements for 100 days. Our goal is to celebrate the difference that Labour has made to life in the UK and across the globe every day until May 6, reminding party members, activists and supporters of what we have achieved and telling the world why the party fights on for a fourth term.
Much has been done, and much remains to do. With this countdown we can reflect on past accomplishments and think ahead to the challenges facing us on May 7.
Please email us with your one favourite Labour achievement and a suggestion of which day this could be marked on.
21. Extended free eye tests for over 60s leading to millions more pensioners improving their eyesight since April 1999
22. The Climate Change Act 2008 which makes the UK the first country in the world to have legally binding long-term targets to cut carbon emissions and a framework in which to do so
23. Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, alongside more than 16,000 Police Community Support Officers
24. Over three quarters of GP practices now offer extended opening hours for at least one evening or weekend session a week
25. Removing the majority of hereditary peers in the first stage of House of Lords reform, as the Labour general election manifesto today promises a referendum on reform of the upper chamber
26. The Northern Ireland peace process, as policing and justice powers are devolved to Stormont at midnight
27. A free nursery place for every three and four year old, shortly before Labour announces its commitment to extend the places to two year olds in the manifesto
28. Paid annual leave currently standing at 28 days per year - as nominated by a Progress Magazine reader
29. All prescriptions are now free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer, and teenage girls are offered a vaccination against cervical cancer
30. The car scrappage scheme, which helped boost motor manufacturing and sales during the recession, and was introduced by Peter Mandelson... on the day that he delivered a powerful speech to a Progress audience lambasting the Conservatives' plans for economic development
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