Labour’s new bureaucratic nightmare, in full and in its own words

The sheer extent of the Labour Party’s plans to increase the size of the state, take over our economy, and regulate our lives, should they form the next government, hasn’t yet been fully

absorbed by many people. Following the publication of its manifesto last week, most of the focus in the press has been on the cost of its spending plans.

Its most headline-grabbing structural reforms, such as the plans to re-nationalisation key industries, have been well publicised, and even appreciated by many. However, presented in this

summarised fashion, Labour’s plans appear coherent. They also seem to have a limit. If the economy can somehow absorb the shock of very significant tax rises, and, let’s face it, there is no

perfect form of ownership for vast natural monopolies such as the railways, we will all go on as before.

However, the true nature of Labour’s boundless and incoherent vision for the state can only be grasped by reading the manifesto in full. Where Tony Blair once tried to give the impression of

focus by narrowing his message (“education, education, education”) the current Labour team has come up with a vast, sprawling offer. Mention a sector, an issue, a human condition, and

Labour want to fix it.

Here below, directly quoted from the Labour Party manifesto, are all the new commissions, boards and agencies that it proposes to create. My emphasis in bold. Page numbers given:

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