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The NHS is the UK's most valued institution — but its core A&E four-hour standard has gone unmet for years, and waiting lists rose into the millions. This is where you can see how it is performing, and what each party promised.

The UK has underbuilt homes for decades. The Government has committed to 1.5 million new homes in England this Parliament, and is reforming renters' rights and planning. Whether build rates can reach the target is the open question.

Growth, inflation and the cost of living shape every household budget. Government contracts, party donations and lobbying all shape economic policy too — follow the money to understand who benefits.

Knife crime, stop and search, sentencing reform and police numbers are all live debates. Stop-and-search data also shows a persistent ethnic disparity in who is searched — one of the clearest, most-scrutinised figures in policing.

Water companies discharge sewage into rivers and seas through storm overflows, and the Environment Agency publishes exactly how long each one spilled. Net zero and clean power are also live dividing lines between the parties.

Net migration has fallen sharply from its mid-2020s peak as work and study visa routes tightened. The asylum system, safe legal routes and the parties' competing targets remain central to the debate, touching housing, public services and the labour market.

Teacher recruitment, university tuition fees, school funding and Ofsted reform are all in flux. The Government pledged thousands of new expert teachers and has changed how schools are inspected. Whether recruitment keeps pace with need is the test.