UK General Election 2024: ALLIANCE member manifestos
- Area of Work: Policy and Research
- Type: News Item
- Published: 13th June 2024
ALLIANCE members have been sharing their key asks ahead of the UK General Election on 4 July.
Ahead of the UK General Election 2024, taking place on 4 July, the ALLIANCE is has invited members to share their manifestos with us.
ALLIANCE member’s have developed manifestos which outline the key issues and policy priorities they’d like elected officials and Government to focus on.
We will be highlighting these below and will be sharing them more widely on member’s behalf and on our social media platforms.
- Association of Anaesthetists, “Manifesto for the next General Election: Representing the life-changing, life-saving profession of anaesthesia”
- British Society for Heart Failure, “Manifesto: Preventing avoidable heart failure deaths”
- Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS), “Unwavering Care: A Manifesto for Children Who Die Young”
- Dementia Carers Count, “Our Manifesto for Dementia Carers”
- Hospice UK, “A joint manifesto for palliative and end of life care”
- National Carer Organisations, “A Manifesto for Unpaid Carers in Scotland”
- SAMH, “SAMH Policy Briefing”
- The Society of Radiographers (SoR), “Radiography Manifesto”
- Versus Arthritis, “10 Million Reasons to Take Arthritis Seriously”
The ALLIANCE wants to ensure that people living in Scotland have their rights and needs met by the UK Parliament. By sharing our member’s manifestos we hope to add to our collective voice. You can read about the ALLIANCE’s draft key priorities for our manifesto here.
If you would like to share your UK General Election manifestos with us please contact our Policy and Information Officer, Billi Allen-Mandeville, at billi.allen-mandeville@alliance-scotland.org.uk.
Find out more about the upcoming Election and key dates on the Electoral Commission’s website this link will take you away from The Alliance website.
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