Policy announcements made by the Labour Party during its conference week in Brighton.

• Teenage mothers wanting social housing will be required to live in supervised hostels
• Free childcare for 250,000 two-year olds by 2015
• Extension of family intervention projects to 50,000 families
• Councils to be able to ban 24-hour drinking in the public interest
• Patients to be given results of cancer tests within a week of referral
• Free at-home social care for 350,000 most vulnerable people
• No compulsory ID cards for UK nationals
• Foreign aid spending commitments to be enshrined in law
• Referendum early in next Parliament on electoral reform
• Powers for constituents to recall corrupt MPs
• Minimum wage, child benefits and child tax credits to rise in every year of next Parliament
• Right for everyone to be able to see a GP in the evening or weekend over the next five years
• Car parking charges for hospital in-patients to be phased out over the next three years
• Banning orders for domestic violence offenders
• New National Victims Service to provide counselling and support for bereaved relatives
• New cycle hubs at 10 mainline stations and 10,000 additional parking spaces for bikes
• Green neighbourhoods programme to help communities reduce carbon emissions
• Cold weather payments to be paid at highest rate this year
• Car scrappage scheme extended for 100,000 more vehicles
• Legislation to outlaw automatic bank bonuses and enshrine commitment to reduce deficit
• Pay freeze for 40,000 senior public servants and a 1% cap on pay increases for 700,000 middle-ranking officials

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