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Get Brexit Done Unleash Britain’s Potential The Conservative and Unionist Party Manifesto 2019
My Guarantee
If there is a majority of Conservative MPs on December 13th, I
guarantee I will get our new deal through Parliament. We will get Brexit
done in January and unleash the potential of our whole country.
I guarantee:
• Extra funding for the NHS, with 50,000 more nurses and 50 million
more GP surgery appointments a year.
• 20,000 more police and tougher sentencing for criminals.
• An Australian-style points-based system to control immigration.
• Millions more invested every week in science, schools,
apprenticeships and infrastructure while controlling debt.
• Reaching Net Zero by 2050 with investment in clean energy solutions
and green infrastructure to reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
• We will not raise the rate of income tax, VAT or National Insurance.
If Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour and Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP team up and take
control on December 13th, we will have two referendums on Brexit and
Scotland in 2020.
Please support a majority Conservative Government so our country
can move on instead of going backwards.
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Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 2 Get Brexit Done .......................................................................................................................... 5 We Will Focus On Your Priorities................................................................. 9 We Will Unleash Britain’s Potential..................................................... 25 We Will Strengthen Britain In The World.................................. 51 We Will Put You First.......................................................................................................59 The Conservative and Unionist Party Manifesto 2019
Introduction
For the last three and a half years, this country has felt trapped, like a lion in a cage. We have
all shared the same frustration – like some super-green supercar blocked in the traffic. We
can see the way ahead. We know where we want to go – and we know why we are stuck.
We have been paralysed by a broken years ahead: to unite and level up, spreading streets, and giving them the powers to tackle
Parliament that simply refuses to deliver opportunity across the whole United crime with stop and search.
Brexit. And that is why this election is so Kingdom.
essential. Everyone in the UK should have the peace
The UK has extraordinary advantages. We of mind and confidence that come from
Get Brexit done - and we end the division lead the world in 21st-century technologies, world-class health care – and so this new
and deadlock that have been so bad for our from batteries to bioscience. We have One Nation Conservative Government
politics. many of the best universities on earth. is giving the NHS its biggest ever cash
There are parts of this country that are boost, with 20 hospital upgrades and 40
Get Brexit done - and we restore more productive and more innovative than new hospitals, while delivering 50,000
confidence and certainty to businesses and anywhere else in Europe. more nurses and 6,000 more doctors and
families. creating an extra 50 million general practice
And yet there are parts of the country appointments a year.
Get Brexit done - and we will see a pent-up that feel left behind. Talent and genius
tidal wave of investment into our country. are uniformly distributed throughout the If this Conservative Government is returned
country. Opportunity is not. Now is the time to office, we will have an infrastructure
Get Brexit done - and we can focus on the to close that gap – not just because it makes revolution for this country. Now is the time
priorities of the British people, funding the such obvious economic sense, but for the to invest in Northern Powerhouse Rail, and
NHS and tackling the cost of living. sake of simple social justice. the Midlands Rail Hub, and so many more
projects, as well as a massive programme
Get Brexit done - and we can release that We Conservatives believe passionately that of improvements for our roads and gigabit
lion from its cage and take this amazing every child should have the same opportunity broadband for every home and business.
country forwards. to express their talents and make the most of
their lives – and that is why we are investing We will invest in technology and innovation.
And as things stand, there is only one way £14 billion over three years to increase funding And we will invest in Britain’s people by
to get Brexit done - and that is to return a for every primary and every secondary school giving them the tools and training to
Conservative Government with a working pupil in the country. flourish in the economy of the 21st century.
majority on December 12th.
I want everyone to have the fundamental We are the only party that can deliver this
I am very proud of the achievements of this security that comes from safe streets and programme, because we are the only party
Government in its first 100 days. We have safe neighbourhoods – so we are backing our that understands the balance and symmetry
mapped out a fantastic programme for the police, putting 20,000 more officers on the at the heart of the UK economy.
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We believe in superb public services and We will run an ever stronger and more in days. It is oven-ready - and every single
infrastructure, not just because they are good dynamic economy. Conservative candidate at this election, all 635
things in themselves, but because they are the of them, have pledged to vote for this deal as
bedrock of a dynamic free market economy. We will defend and protect our United soon as Parliament returns.
Kingdom - the awesome foursome that
And there is only one way to pay for make up the most successful political And what is Jeremy Corbyn’s alternative? A
world-class health care and outstanding partnership in history. new negotiation, and then a new referendum
infrastructure – and that is to foster and - and he still cannot tell us what side he would
encourage the millions of British businesses, We are proud of our Armed Forces, and will be on: in or out, Remain or Leave.
large and small, that create the wealth of always fund them properly.
the nation. Their success is our success. It is It is a recipe for chaos - compounded by
thanks to the innovations of British battery- Jeremy Corbyn is prepared to break up the a second referendum on Scotland. This
makers and turbine designers that we are UK, to disband the Armed Forces, and even country has had enough of dither and delay,
able to cut CO2 - and achieve our goal of when it comes to cold-blooded murder of defeatism and despair.
being carbon neutral by 2050. on British soil, he cannot stand up for our
country and do what is right. We don’t want to waste 2020 on two
It is precisely because we understand the acrimonious referendums. We want next
concept of aspiration, and enterprise, that We will stand up for our country and our year to be a year of hope, of prosperity and
the UK is now leading a new green industrial values around the world. growth.
revolution.
Above all, we Conservatives will respect the We want to move on, with our programme of
The tragedy of the modern Labour Party democratic will of the people. After three investment in education, infrastructure and
under Jeremy Corbyn is that they detest the and a half years of procrastination, we have technology, to create a high-wage, high-skill,
profit motive so viscerally – and would raise a great new deal that is ready to go - so that low-tax economy.
taxes so wantonly – that they would destroy we will be finally out of the EU by January 31.
the very basis of this country’s prosperity. We want to get Brexit done so that we can
We are able to deliver all the advantages get on with our work of making Britain the
If you want to understand the impact of a of leaving the EU: making our own laws, greatest place in the world to live, to go to
Corbyn Government on ordinary people, controlling our own borders, taking back school, to start a family, to own a home, to
remember that he has voted against tax our money, and exercising all kinds of new start a business – with the most ambitious
cuts worth £7,800 for people on modest freedoms. environmental programme of any country
incomes. He is already committed to on earth.
putting up corporation tax to one of the From freeports to free trade deals, from
highest levels in Europe. abolishing the cruel live shipment of Let’s get Brexit done, and take this country
animals to cutting VAT on tampons, we in forward.
And what will he do for an encore? Embark the UK will be able to remain close to our
on a spending and borrowing spree that European friends and partners; but where Boris Johnson
would cost every taxpayer £2,400 a year, we choose, we will be able to do things Prime Minister
as well as confiscating 10 per cent of the differently and better.
value of our most prominent businesses and
putting those assets in the hands of John With a new Parliament and a sensible majority
McDonnell. What madness. Government, we can get that deal through
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Get Brexit Done
When the new Government entered Downing Street, the Prime Minister made a simple
promise: to get Brexit done. Many said it would be impossible. But he swiftly negotiated a
great new deal – despite Parliament’s best efforts to block his progress.
And then, when he put it to MPs, they insisted on yet more delay.
We must move on. No more renegotiations. No more referendums. Every week is costing us.
Investment is waiting to come into the country. Families and businesses cannot make vital
decisions. The public services cannot get the attention they deserve.
Our priority as Conservatives is to get Our deal is the only one on the table. It We will negotiate a trade agreement next
Brexit done – so that we can unleash is signed, sealed and ready. It puts the year – one that will strengthen our Union –
the potential of this great country. So whole country on a path to a new free and we will not extend the implementation
that we can push past the obstacles trade agreement with the EU. This will be period beyond December 2020. In parallel,
that other parties have put in our a new relationship based on free trade we will legislate to ensure high standards of
country’s way. So that we can deliver and friendly cooperation, not on the EU’s workers’ rights, environmental protection
on the people’s decision in 2016 and treaties or EU law. There will be no political and consumer rights.
use our new post-Brexit freedoms to alignment with the EU. We will keep the
transform the UK for the better by UK out of the single market, out of any The only way to deliver Brexit is with a
focusing on your priorities. form of customs union, and end the role Conservative majority in Parliament. A
of the European Court of Justice. vote for any other party or candidate is a
If we elect a majority of Conservative vote for Jeremy Corbyn – and a vote for
MPs to Parliament, we will start This future relationship will be one that more chaos.
putting our deal through Parliament allows us to:
before Christmas and we will leave the Take back control of our laws.
European Union in January. Take back control of our money.
Control our own trade policy.
Boris Johnson’s new deal takes the whole
Introduce an Australian-style points-
country out of the EU as one United
based immigration system.
Kingdom. It takes us out of the customs
union, allowing us to set our own tariffs Raise standards in areas like workers’
rights, animal welfare, agriculture and
and do our own trade deals. It allows us to
the environment.
pass our own laws and ensures that it is
our courts that enforce them. Ensure we are in full control of our
fishing waters.
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Jonathan Gullis
Candidate for Stoke-on-Trent North
Teacher
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Unleash Britain’s
Potential
For the past nine years, the Conservatives have been cleaning up Labour’s mess. Because
of the tough decisions that our party made and our success in bringing down the deficit,
the economy has continued to grow and the public finances have been restored. Thanks to
Conservative policies, employment is at a near-record high.
We’ve helped millions of people into We will keep costs down for small We will also prioritise the environment
work, halving the unemployment rate. businesses – rather than hiking their in the next Budget, investing in the
We’ve doubled the personal allowance taxes and crushing Britain’s prosperity. infrastructure, science and research that
to £12,500, meaning that every worker will deliver economic growth, not just
gets to keep more of what they earn. We will not borrow to fund day-to-day through the 2020s, but for decades to
We’ve introduced and consistently spending, but will invest thoughtfully come.
raised the National Living Wage – and and responsibly in infrastructure right
will raise it still further. across our country in order to increase Above all, we will listen to the people
productivity and wages. Our fiscal rules who have felt left behind by the last few
The strength of the UK’s balance sheet mean that public sector net investment decades of economic growth and want to
– the hard work done by all of us in this will not average more than 3 per cent of have more control of their future.
country – means that we are now in a GDP, and that if debt interest reaches 6
position to invest properly in our future. per cent of revenue, we will reassess our We will get Brexit done, so we can
plans to keep debt under control. unleash Britain’s potential.
A Conservative Government will give the
public services the resources they need, This means that debt will be lower at
supporting our hospitals, our schools the end of the Parliament – rather than
and our police. We will help people spiralling out of control under Labour.
and families throughout their lives by And we will use this investment prudently
bringing down the cost of living and and strategically to level up every part of
making sure that work always pays. the United Kingdom, while strengthening
the ties that bind it together.
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Shade Adoh
Candidate for
Walthamstow
NHS Nurse
8We Will Focus On
Your Priorities
In his first months in office, the Prime Minister has shown how he intends to make life better
for everyone in the UK. Supporting our police. Increasing funding for our schools. Building
new hospitals.
We have listened to you, and we have acted. Acted to ensure that we deliver world-class
public services so that you can have the help and support you need throughout your life. And
we want to take that agenda further.
But none of it will happen without a Conservative majority Government.
Strengthen the We as Conservatives believe passionately
in the NHS. Because we believe that
And we are proud to have confirmed a
record £34 billion per year by the end
NHS and social everyone deserves the chance to live free of the Parliament in additional funding
of sickness and disease – and to know for the NHS – and to have begun work
care that if they do fall ill, our brilliant NHS on building 40 new hospitals across the
staff will be there for them. country, as well as investing in hospital
The NHS represents the best of this upgrades and new machines to boost early
country. It is there for us when our We are proud that since its foundation, it cancer diagnosis across 78 hospital trusts.
children are born, when our friends is the Conservative Party that has acted
and families fall sick, when our loved as the steward and guardian of the NHS But we want to do more.
ones succumb to old age and ill health. and its principles for 44 of its 71 years. We
are proud that it is coping with increasing Within the first three months of our
It is precious to all of us – especially demand, with more doctors and nurses, new term, we will enshrine in law our
because it is free at the point of use and and using more advanced treatments fully funded, long-term NHS plan. This
there for you on the basis of need, not than ever before. is the largest cash settlement in NHS
your ability to pay. history. One that is only possible because
9we have delivered the growth and
prosperity to pay for world-class public
Our NHS People Plan
services – and will continue to do so.
The 1.4 million dedicated staff who We will introduce an NHS Visa. Our
Between 2018 and 2023, we will have deliver world-class care day in, day out NHS People Plan will ensure that we
raised funding for the NHS by 29 per are at the heart of the NHS. Our core train and employ tens of thousands
cent. By the end of the Parliament, that priority is to make sure this workforce more NHS professionals here in the
will be more than £650 million extra can grow and has the support it needs UK. But we also want to make sure that
a week. And we will ensure this money – in terms of numbers, training and those from overseas who want to work
goes to the frontline so that you and resources. That means that if you do fall in and support our NHS are encouraged
your family get appointments more ill, you’ll get the care and attention you to do so. That is why qualified doctors,
quickly and experience improved care. deserve. nurses and allied health professionals
with a job offer from the NHS, who have
We believe that the best way to improve We will deliver: been trained to a recognised standard,
the NHS and meet rising demand is to and who have good working English, will
invest in its most important asset – its 50,000 more nurses, with students be offered fast-track entry, reduced visa
people. That is why we are devoting receiving a £5,000-£8,000 annual fees and dedicated support to come to
additional funding, on top of our existing maintenance grant every year during the UK with their families.
record settlement, to hire and support their course to help with their cost
more doctors, nurses and other health of living – and they won’t have to pay Our new funding will deliver 50 million
professionals. it back. Everyone will receive at least extra general practice appointments
£5,000 with further funding in regions or a year, an increase of over 15 per
Our NHS Prevention disciplines that are struggling to recruit cent. That means that if you need an
– such as mental health – and help with appointment, waiting times will be
and Treatment Plan their childcare costs. shorter and you’ll get the service you
We will build and fund 40 new deserve.
hospitals over the next 10 years. This 6,000 more doctors in general
is on top of the 20 hospital upgrades practice and 6,000 more primary care We also want to make sure that
announced in the summer. We will professionals, such as physiotherapists doctors spend as much time as
roll out cancer diagnostic machines and pharmacists. This is on top of the possible treating patients, so we will
across 78 hospital trusts to boost 7,500 extra nurse associates and address the ‘taper problem’ in doctors’
early diagnosis. We are committed to 20,000 primary care professionals that pensions, which causes many to turn
reducing health inequality. We will we have already announced. down extra shifts for fear of high tax
continue to repair the damage done bills. Within our first 30 days, we will
by Labour’s disastrous PFI deals. We will improve staff morale with more hold an urgent review, working with
funding for professional training and the British Medical Association and
We will invest in preventing disease more supportive hospital management. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges to
as well as curing it. We will tackle the solve the problem.
10Natalie Neale
Candidate for Leicester South
NHS Nurse
such as cancer or autoimmune disease, health technology summit.
or for children with other rare diseases. We will support our precious
If you or a loved one is unlucky enough hospices, developing the plans already
to fall ill, we’ll ensure you have access announced by Boris Johnson to secure
to the best available medicines. We will their future, with a £25 million cash
also improve the early diagnosis and injection in August to support 200,000
treatment of all major conditions. people at the end of their lives.
We will treat mental health with the We will make the NHS the best place
same urgency as physical health. We in the world to give birth through
underlying causes of increases in NHS will legislate so that patients suffering personalised, high-quality support.
demand, for example via a long-term from mental health conditions, And we’ll uphold our commitment to
strategy for empowering people with including anxiety or depression, have extend healthy life expectancy by
lifestyle-related conditions such as greater control over their treatment five years by 2035.
obesity to live healthier lives, as well and receive the dignity and respect
as tackling childhood obesity, heart they deserve. We will end unfair hospital car parking
disease and diabetes. We will continue charges by making parking free for
to promote the uptake of vaccines We will make it easier for people those in greatest need, including
via our national vaccination strategy. with learning disabilities and autism disabled people, frequent outpatient
We will extend social prescribing to be discharged from hospital and attenders, parents of sick children
and expand the new National improve how they are treated in law. staying overnight and staff working
Academy of Social Prescribing. We night shifts. This will eliminate costs for
will overhaul NHS screening and use We will continue to take action to those in need, while making sure there
new technology and mobile screening tackle gambling addiction. are enough spaces for everyone.
services to prevent ill health. We
will focus on helping patients with We will improve NHS performance, We will clamp down on health
multiple conditions to have simplified using our record funding settlement tourism, ensuring that those from
and more joined-up access to the to bring down operating waiting times, overseas who use NHS services pay
NHS. And we will improve hospital improve A&E performance and increase their fair share. And we will increase
food alongside our wider National Food cancer survival rates. We will study the NHS surcharge paid by those
Strategy. carefully the recommendations of the from overseas.
ongoing review led by NHS clinical staff
We will develop new treatments for into A&E and clinical performance. When we are negotiating trade
serious diseases. We will extend the deals, the NHS will not be on the
successful Cancer Drugs Fund into We will use frontline technology to table. The price the NHS pays for
an Innovative Medicines Fund so that improve patients’ experience, provide drugs will not be on the table. The
doctors can use the most advanced, flexible working for clinicians, and help services the NHS provides will not be
life-saving treatments for conditions save lives. We will also hold an annual on the table.
11Improving social care the widest possible support, and stands We need a long-
the test of time. That consensus will
It is a basic, compassionate consider a range of options but one term solution
Conservative belief that we should
care for those in need – helping
condition we do make is that nobody
needing care should be forced to sell
for social care –
those who cannot help themselves. their home to pay for it. that’s why we are
Thanks to decades of economic growth As a first step, and to stabilise the committing to an
and scientific innovation, people are
living longer, healthier lives. But this,
system, we announced in the autumn
additional funding of £1 billion for the
ambitious three-
alongside the rise of dementia and other year beginning in April 2020. We are point plan:
chronic conditions, means that the now confirming this additional funding
pressures on the elderly care system in every year of the new Parliament.
are ever-increasing. There has also been 1) £1 billion extra of funding every
significant growth in the number of We will also extend the entitlement to year for more social care staff and
working-age people with disabilities who leave for unpaid carers, the majority of better infrastructure, technology
need care at a younger age. whom are women, to one week. and facilities.
We need to have a system to give every We also want to save millions of people, 2) We will commit to urgently seek
person the dignity and security that and their families, from suffering a cross-party consensus in order
they deserve. This is a significant and the agony of a slow decline due to to bring forward the necessary
complex challenge and in order to lay dementia. We will make finding a cure proposal and legislation for long-
the foundations, we must plan for the one of our Government’s biggest term reform.
infrastructure, workforce growth and collective priorities – one of the ‘grand
healthcare integration that is required challenges’ that will define our future 3) The prerequisite of any solution
for a care system fit for the 21st century. along with the impact of climate will be a guarantee that no one
change or artificial intelligence. This will needing care has to sell their
Because this is a long-term problem that include doubling research funding into home to pay for it.
will affect so many people, any solution dementia and speeding up trials for
has to be able to survive long-term. new treatments.
We must build the same level of
consensus on social care as we have We will also provide £74 million over
already built on the NHS. three years for additional capacity in
community care settings for those
So we will build a cross-party with learning disabilities and autism.
consensus to bring forward an answer
that solves the problem, commands
12Invest in our schools In the last nine years, the percentage of
children passing their primary reading
We will create more great schools.
We will continue to do everything we
Talent is evenly spread in this country, check has gone up from 58 per cent can to ensure every school is a great
but opportunity is not. As Conservatives, to 82 per cent. We have strengthened school. We will continue to support
we believe absolutely in equality of teachers’ powers to deal with bullying innovation, like our successful maths
opportunity – the idea that every child, and disruption. We have given schools schools, set up for the most gifted young
in every part of the country, should have the ability to decide how money is best physicists and mathematicians. We will
a fair chance. It is not only the most spent – because we trust parents and expand ‘alternative provision’ schools
important thing we can do to unleash headteachers to know what is best for for those who have been excluded. We
the UK’s potential, but is at the heart of the children in their care. will also deliver more school places
creating a fair and just society. for children with complex Special
For our children to get the training and Educational Needs. We will intervene
This is why we want to ensure every child opportunities they deserve, they need in schools where there is entrenched
has access to a great state school – that to have the best teachers. We want to underperformance. We will continue
every pupil gets the qualifications they attract the best talent into teaching and to ensure that parents can choose the
need for a prosperous future, while recognise the great work they do, so we’re schools that best suit their children and
learning in an environment where they raising teachers’ starting salaries to best prepare them for the future. And we
will be happy and fulfilled. £30,000 – among the most competitive will continue to build more free schools.
in the graduate labour market.
In his first months in office, Boris Johnson We will invest in arts, music and sport.
announced an extra £14 billion in funding We also want to build on our record of Over the last nine years we have made
for schools. That translates to £150 million raising standards, improving behaviour real improvements in maths, English
a week, and will include at least £5,000 a and promoting knowledge and creativity. and science, and given more children
year for each secondary school pupil and access to a rich academic curriculum.
at least £4,000 for each primary school We will back heads and teachers We retain our commitment to the
pupil. This also includes £780 million in new on discipline. We will expand our core subjects and also want young
funding to support children with Special programme to help schools with the people to learn creative skills and
Educational Needs next year alone. worst behaviour learn from the best widen their horizons, so we will offer an
– and back heads to use exclusions. ‘arts premium’ to secondary schools
One of the Conservative Party’s proudest Unlike Labour, we believe that Ofsted to fund enriching activities for all
achievements is that we have raised inspection serves a valuable purpose pupils. And to ensure children are
standards in our schools and improved not just in improving standards but in getting an active start to life, we will
behaviour. Students learn best when they improving behaviour. We will continue invest in primary school PE teaching
are stretched, challenged and nurtured – in to help teachers tackle bullying, and ensure that it is being properly
an environment where there is no disruption including homophobic bullying. No delivered. We want to do more to help
and no excuses for bad behaviour. child should be bullied on account of schools make good use of their sports
who their parents are or where they facilities and to promote physical
come from. literacy and competitive sport.
13Vulnerable Support working allowance to £12,500, so that everyone
gets to earn a decent amount before they
children families are taxed. And we have made sure the
state pension keeps pace with earnings.
Since 2010, the Conservatives have
Children who end up in care are helped more than 1,000 people on In our first months, we announced an
more likely to struggle as adults, average into work every day. increase in the National Living Wage
denied the love and stability most of to two thirds of average earnings,
us take for granted. We will prioritise That is an extraordinary figure. And it has currently forecast at £10.50 an hour,
stable, loving placements for those only been possible because of the strong and widened its reach to everyone over
children – adoption where possible economy we have helped to create; our 21. That means an average pay rise of
or foster parents recruited by the support for business; and our welfare £4,000 per year for four million people
local authority. We will review the reforms, which have encouraged more by 2024.
care system to make sure that all people into work. The majority of jobs
care placements and settings are created since 2010 have been high- To help young people get a foot on
providing children and young adults quality: full-time and outside London the employment ladder, we abolished
with the support they need. and the South East. employers’ National Insurance
Contributions for under-21s and
A strong society needs strong Whoever you are, we want to make apprentices under 25.
families. We will improve the it easier for you to get a good and
Troubled Families programme rewarding job – and to be able to Creating millions more jobs is one of the
and champion Family Hubs to combine a rewarding career with raising Conservatives’ proudest achievements.
serve vulnerable families with the a family or caring for elderly or disabled A Labour Government that makes it
intensive, integrated support they relatives, rather than being forced to harder for businesses to grow and to hire –
need to care for children – from the prioritise between them. We want to that allows people to sink into dependency
early years and throughout their make sure that you get to keep more of rather than encouraging them to work and
lives. the money you earn, and that we keep earn – could undo all of this progress.
your bills low. And we want to make
sure that those who can’t work, or have A majority Conservative Government
entered retirement, get the level of will deliver a major package of measures
support they need. designed to ensure that it always pays to
work, while doing everything we can to
We have focused, over the past decade, protect and support those who cannot –
on making sure that work always pays and to address the cost of living pressures
– particularly for those most in need of that we all face.
support. We have raised the minimum
wage significantly and introduced and
consistently raised the National Living
Wage. We have doubled the personal
14 We promise not to raise the rates of
income tax, National Insurance or
VAT. This is a tax guarantee that will
protect the incomes of hard-working
families across the next Parliament.
We not only want to freeze taxes,
but to cut them too. We will raise
the National Insurance threshold
to £9,500 next year – representing
a tax cut for 31 million workers.
Our ultimate ambition is to ensure
that the first £12,500 you earn is
completely free of tax – which would
put almost £500 per year in people’s
pockets.
Raising a family should be the most
fulfilling experience of your life. But
for too many parents, the costs of
childcare are a heavy burden. We want
to give parents the freedom, support
and choice to look after their children
in the way that works best for them.
We will establish a new £1 billion fund
to help create more high quality,
affordable childcare, including before
and after school and during the
school holidays.
For many families, energy costs are
a major source of financial pressure.
We will keep our existing energy
cap and introduce new measures
to lower bills. We will also give the
Competition and Markets Authority
enhanced powers to tackle consumer
Mark Lehain
rip-offs and bad business practices.
Candidate for Newcastle upon Tyne North
We recognise that water bills can be Founder and Former Principal of Bedford Free School
15a major source of financial pressure, so will extend the water rebate for those in the South West. On entering Government in 2010, the Conservatives acted decisively to protect the UK’s pensioners. The ‘triple lock’ we introduced has meant that those who have worked hard and put in for decades can be confident that the state will be there to support them when they need it. We will keep the triple lock, the winter fuel payment, the older person’s bus pass and other pensioner benefits, ensuring that older people have the security and dignity they deserve. We recognise the value of free TV licences for over-75s and believe they should be funded by the BBC. A number of workers, disproportionately women, who earn between £10,000 and £12,500 have been missing out on pension benefits because of a loophole affecting people with net pay pension schemes. We will conduct a comprehensive review to look at how to fix this issue. We will use our freedom from the EU to improve the UK’s tax regime – not least by abolishing the tampon tax.
Martin Dowey
Candidate for Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock
Former Police Officer
To help those looking after family increase SEND funding and support
members, especially women, we pupils, students and adults to get
will support the main carer in any careers advice, internships, and
household receiving the Universal transition into work. We will reduce
Credit payment. And we will continue the disability employment gap.
our efforts through the tax and
benefits system to reduce poverty,
including child poverty. Children
Make our
should grow up in an environment country safer
with no limits to their potential –
which is one of the reasons we are Our first duty as a Government is to
We as Conservatives believe that making it a priority to put more keep our country safe. One of Boris
everyone who can work, should money in the pockets of low-paid Johnson’s first actions as Prime
work – and that it should always workers and maintaining our Minister was to start recruiting
pay them to do so. But we also commitment to free school meals. 20,000 new police officers. These
believe that those who truly can’t new officers will take violent
work must be given the help they We will also extend the entitlement criminals off the streets and protect
need. That is why we will continue to leave for unpaid carers, the us and our country.
the roll-out of Universal Credit, majority of whom are women, to
which combines multiple benefits one week. The Conservatives will always back the
into one while building a clearer brave men and women of our police
pathway from welfare into work. We As part of our efforts to empower and security services, which is why
have already acted to increase work and support disabled people,we we will empower the police, backing
allowances, a move worth £630 will reduce the number of the increased use of stop and search
to working families with children, reassessments a disabled person as long as it is fair and proportionate.
and those with disabilities, and must go through when a significant And we will provide them with the
we will do more to make sure that change in condition is unlikely – equipment they need.
Universal Credit works for the most because you should not have to
vulnerable. We will also end the provide repeated proof of your We need a fair justice system – one that
benefit freeze, while making sure it disability in order to receive support. stands for the law-abiding majority, not
pays to work more hours. We will publish a National Strategy the criminal minority, and that gives a
for Disabled People before the second chance to those who have served
At the same time, we will make end of 2020. This will look at ways their time and wish to make a fresh start.
sure those who cheat the system to improve the benefits system,
by committing benefit fraud are opportunities and access for
punished. There is no excuse for disabled people in terms of housing,
exploiting others who have worked education, transport and jobs. It will
hard and paid in. include our existing commitments to
17Adam Wordsworth
Candidate for Weaver Vale
Former Police Officer
Our plan to cut crime
We will back our police by equipping
officers with the powers and tools
they need to keep themselves and
all of us safe, including tasers and
body cameras. We will put the Police
Covenant into law to ensure they
have the support they need.
Police will be empowered by a new
court order to target known knife
carriers, making it easier for officers
to stop and search those convicted
of knife crime. Anyone charged with
knife possession will appear before
magistrates within days not weeks.
Those who use a knife as a weapon
should go to prison.
In order to successfully keep our streets safe, we need to turn people away from
crime and end the cycle of reoffending:
We will introduce tougher
sentencing for the worst offenders
Youth offending Addiction Rehabilitation and end automatic halfway release
Young people are less likely to Drug addiction fuels We will create a prisoner from prison for serious crimes. For
get into trouble in a well- crime, violence and family education service focused child murderers, there will be life
disciplined school, which is breakdown – and new on work-based training imprisonment without parole.
why we will back teachers dangerous substances are and skills. We will improve
to enforce discipline. We are driving an increase in deaths employment opportunities We will use our new freedoms after
investing £500 million in youth from drug abuse. We will for ex-offenders, including a Brexit to prevent more foreign
services for young people. If tackle drug-related crime, and job coach in each prison. This national offenders entering our
they endanger others, we will at the same time take a new approach is proven to reduce
country. We will cut the number
put them in new alternative approach to treatment so we reoffending. We are improving
of foreign nationals in our prisons,
provision schools. If they are can reduce drug deaths and prison security to protect
and increase penalties to stop them
offenders, we are trialling break the cycle of crime linked staff, stop drug smuggling and
Secure Schools. New laws will to addiction. reduce violence. returning.
require schools, police, councils
and health authorities to work We will back all those who put their
together through Violence lives on the line to keep us safe
Reduction Units to prevent – police and prison officers and
serious crime.
18emergency service workers. We will We will counter the growing threat We will tackle unauthorised
pass the Police Protection Bill and of serious and organised crime. We traveller camps. We will give the
consult on doubling the maximum will strengthen the National Crime police new powers to arrest and
sentence for assaulting workers in Agency so it can tackle the threats seize the property and vehicles of
emergency services such as police we face, from fraud, county lines trespassers who set up unauthorised
officers, firefighters and paramedics. gangs and child sexual abuse to illicit encampments, in order to protect our
finance, modern slavery and people- communities. We will make intentional
We will strengthen the trafficking. trespass a criminal offence, and we
accountability of elected Police and will also give councils greater powers
Crime Commissioners and expand We will add 10,000 more prison within the planning system.
their role. People must have an places, with £2.75 billion already
accountable local leader delivering on committed to refurbishing and Supporting all victims
their crime and justice priorities, who creating modern prisons.
they can vote out.
of crime
We will maintain the ban on Delivering justice does not just mean
We will expand electronic tagging prisoners voting from jail. treating defendants fairly, but doing
for criminals serving time outside right by victims. So we will pass
jail, including the use of sobriety We will conduct a root-and-branch and implement a Victims’ Law that
tags for those whose offending is review of the parole system to guarantees victims’ rights and the
fuelled by alcohol. improve accountability and public level of support they can expect.
safety, giving victims the right to
We will toughen community attend hearings for the first time, and We will support all victims of
sentences, for example by tightening we will establish a Royal Commission domestic abuse and pass the
curfews and making those convicted on the criminal justice process. Domestic Abuse Bill. We will increase
do more hours of community payback support for refuges and community
to clean up our parks and streets. We will combat extremism and do support for victims of rape and
all we can to ensure that extremists sexual abuse. We will pilot integrated
We will embrace new technologies never receive public money. domestic abuse courts that address
and crack down on online crimes. criminal and family matters in parallel.
We will create a new national cyber We will keep our country safe from
crime force and empower the police terrorism. We will invest in the We will continue to fight crime
to safely use new technologies like police and security services and against women and girls, including
biometrics and artificial intelligence, give them the powers they need to rape, Female Genital Mutilation and
along with the use of DNA, within a combat new threats. In the wake of forced marriage. Our support for the
strict legal framework. We will also the terrible events in Manchester in main carer receiving Universal Credit
create a world-class National Crime 2017, we will improve the safety and will help give greater independence
Laboratory. security of public venues. to individuals, most often women,
trapped with coercive partners.
19 We will protect people from Fix our immigration Attracting the best and
physical attack or harassment brightest
whether for their sex, sexual system
orientation, ethnicity, religion or We want the UK to be a magnet for
disability, and expand funding for The vote to leave the EU was, among the best and brightest, with special
and protect places of worship. We other things, a vote to take back immigration routes for those who
will vigorously combat harassment control of our borders. will make the biggest contribution.
and violence against all religious We will create bespoke visa schemes
groups, and against LGBT people. That is why a majority Conservative for new migrants who will fill
We will ensure that those who Government will get Brexit done, shortages in our public services,
work in countering extremism and then introduce a firmer and build the companies and innovations
are protected from threats and fairer Australian-style points-based of the future and benefit Britain for
intimidation. We will ban public immigration system, so that we can years to come. These include:
bodies from imposing their decide who comes to this country on
own direct or indirect boycotts, the basis of the skills they have and The NHS Visa. Qualified doctors,
disinvestment or sanctions campaigns the contribution they can make – not nurses and allied health
against foreign countries. These where they come from. Migrants will professionals with a job offer from
undermine community cohesion. contribute to the NHS – and pay in the NHS, who have been trained
before they can receive benefits. to a recognised standard, and who
We will legislate to make the UK have good working English, will be
the safest place in the world to be Our new system gives us real control offered fast-track entry, reduced
online – protecting children from over who is coming in and out. It visa fees and dedicated support to
online abuse and harms, protecting allows us to attract the best and come to the UK with their families.
the most vulnerable from accessing brightest from all over the world.
harmful content, and ensuring there Actively recruiting leaders in their
is no safe space for terrorists to Only by establishing immigration field to come to the UK. The small
hide online – but at the same time controls and ending freedom of number of the best technology and
defending freedom of expression and movement will we be able to attract science graduates from the top
in particular recognising and defending the high-skilled workers we need universities in the world and those
the invaluable role of a free press. Also, to contribute to our economy, our who win top scientific prizes will be
given how the online worldis moving, communities and our public services. offered fast-track entry to the UK –
the Gambling Act is increasingly There will be fewer lower-skilled these people can do more than any
becoming an analogue law in a digital migrants and overall numbers will come others to drive scientific progress
age. We will review it, with a particular down. And we will ensure that the British and help our NHS and our economy.
focus on tackling issues around loot people are always in control.
boxes and credit card misuse.
20Sajid Javid Priti Patel
Candidate for Bromsgrove Candidate for Witham
Chancellor of the Exchequer Home Secretary
Our Australian- We will not allow serious criminals
into the country. If people abuse our
We will treat EU and non-EU citizens
equally. Regardless of whether they
style points-based hospitality, we will remove them as are from Europe or another part of
system quickly as possible. the world, we welcome people who
meet our criteria.
We will prioritise people who: We will keep track of who is coming in
Have a good grasp of English and out of our country. We want EU citizens who came to live
in the UK before Brexit to stay – and
Have been law-abiding citizens in
We will overhaul the current we have committed absolutely to
their own countries
immigration system, and make it guaranteeing their existing rights and
Have good education and more fair and compassionate – ensuring that they feel a welcomed
qualifications what happened to the Windrush and valued part of our country and
generation was horrific and we will community after Brexit. That is why
Most people coming into the country ensure it never happens again. We we introduced the EU Settlement
will need a clear job offer. In addition: are committed to the Windrush Scheme.
compensation scheme.
21 Our student visa will help universities
attract talented young people and
allow those students to stay on to apply
for work here after they graduate.
Our start-up visa, alongside our
new rules for those of exceptional
talent, will ensure that we can
attract the entrepreneurs of the
future who want to start great
businesses here in the UK.
Integration and
openness
We want our party, and our
Government, to represent modern
Britain – a diverse and tolerant
country with confidence in its own
identity and values. We believe the
enduring beliefs that unite us are far
more important than our differences.
Our society has been enriched by
immigration and we will always
recognise the contribution of those who
have helped build our public services,
businesses, culture and communities.
We will ensure no matter where in the
world you or your family come from,
your rights will be respected and you will
be treated with fairness and dignity.
We will tackle prejudice, racism
Marc Nykolyszyn and discrimination and address the
complex reasons why some groups do
Candidate for Nottingham South
less well at school, earn less at work,
Ocean Conservationist or are more likely to be victims of
22crime. We will act to improve the lives We will ensure that the historic charges on those who come to our
of all and reject the politics of division. contribution of migrant groups is country and use our health services
Our priority is to focus on practical recognised. We will maintain our without contributing, doubling the
solutions that make a real difference support for a memorial recognising budget for our health tourism
to people’s lives. the contribution of the Windrush enforcement unit. We will continue
Generation in a prominent site in to offer free emergency care to
We will boost English language London. anyone who needs it.
teaching to empower existing
migrants and help promote Contributing to our In order to help communities cope
integration into society. better with pressures on public
country services, we will ensure that new GP
We will back the National Citizen It is a basic point of principle – and and school places are delivered ahead
Service and promote it in schools natural justice – that you should not of people moving into new housing
as a way of bringing communities be able to take out before you have put developments, and will invest in
together. The Youth Futures in. Of course we should help those in technical skills and work incentives so
Foundation will invest at least genuine need – especially those who British workers take up as many jobs as
£90 million to improve employment have fled from persecution. But at the possible.
outcomes for young people. same time, it is both right and fair that,
as in other countries, people making This is a package of measures that is
We will improve the quality the UK their home should pay into the fair, firm and compassionate – that
of evidence and data within tax system for a reasonable period of brings the immigration system, after
Government about the types of time before they can access welfare. so many years, into line with the British
barriers different groups face, Our new immigration system will mean: people’s own sense of what is right. But
ensuring that fairness is at the we cannot do any of it unless we have a
heart of everything we do. People coming into the country from strong Conservative Government that
the EU will only be able to access can get Brexit done.
We will continue to grant asylum unemployment, housing, and child
and support to refugees fleeing benefit after five years, in the way
persecution, with the ultimate aim non-EEA migrants currently do.
of helping them to return home if it
is safe to do so. We will no longer allow people to
claim child benefit for children
We will champion freedom of living overseas.
expression and tolerance, both in
the UK and overseas. We will require new arrivals to
contribute to the funding of the
NHS and will increase the health
surcharge to ensure it covers the
full cost of use. We will also enforce
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We Will Unleash
Britain’s Potential
Getting Brexit done allows us to focus on making this the best possible place to live and work
– to use our post-Brexit freedoms to build prosperity and strengthen and level up every part
of the country.
Because it is not just Britain’s potential that we want to unleash, but that of the British
people.
Our plan means making sure people Investing in people, restoring the fabric of We stand for the people working every
have access to world-class public our towns and cities, building the homes hour they can, those taking a risk on
services, that they feel safe on the we need, supporting science and industry, a new idea, those challenging existing
streets, that working families get to strengthening the great Union between the markets. Their success is our success.
keep more of their own money, and that United Kingdom’s four nations – that is how
we help with cost of living pressures. we will unleash our country’s full potential. And we stand for those who give their time
to help others – the charities, community
But it also means making sure that we We are the only party that can deliver groups and volunteers who already do so
share prosperity across the country, this programme, because we are the only much to make our country a better place.
addressing the longstanding economic party that understands the symmetry
challenges in parts of the country. We at the heart of the UK economy. That We believe, in other words, that Britain is a
will invest responsibly and prudently the only way to fund world-class public great country – the greatest place on earth.
in the infrastructure that can make a services and outstanding infrastructure Together, we can make it greater still.
difference, and ensure communities is to encourage the millions of British
in every corner of the United Kingdom businesses that create the wealth of the
are pleasant, safe and prosperous. nation – especially small businesses,
And we will invest far more in helping family firms and the self-employed.
workers train and retrain for the jobs and
industries of the future.
25Revive our towns A new deal for towns
and cities Our new Towns Fund will help with local universities to do more for
communities make sure their towns are the education, health and prosperity of
People across the UK are rightly safe to walk in and a pleasure to be in. We their local areas.
proud of where they come from, and want there to be things to do, great places
of their local areas. But too many to shop and eat and transport to be easy. Community ownership. We will
communities feel let down. Violent Above all, we want the town’s future to be establish a £150 million Community
crime and anti-social behaviour are in the hands of the people who live there. Ownership Fund to encourage local
ignored amid a backdrop of boarded- takeovers of civic organisations or
up department stores, shops and Regenerating towns. The Towns community assets that are under
pubs. Great towns and cities are Fund will go to an initial 100 towns to threat – local football clubs, but also
being held back. improve their local economy – and pubs or post offices. We will set up a
they and only they will make the choice fan-led review of football governance,
We as Conservatives want to give you about what improvements their local which will include consideration of
freedom – low taxes, opportunity, the area needs. the Owners and Directors Test, and
chance to realise your dreams. But we will work with fans and clubs towards
also want to give you security – safe and Thriving high streets. We will cut taxes introducing safe standing. And we will
pleasant streets, and the ability to take for small retail businesses and for local help communities that want to create
pride and comfort from the community music venues, pubs and cinemas. ‘pocket parks’ and regenerate derelict
around you. areas.
Giving young people a future. As
This is why, in his first months as Prime well as our investment in schools and Community spirit. Through the
Minister, Boris Johnson has set out technical education, we will invest Cultural Investment Fund, outlined
an agenda for levelling up every part £500 million in new youth clubs and above, we will also support activities,
of the UK – not just investing in our services. traditions and events that bring
great towns and cities, as well as rural communities together. We will support
and coastal areas, but giving them far Safer streets, safer towns. A new local and regional newspapers, as
more control of how that investment is Safer Streets Fund will invest in vital pillars of communities and local
made. In the 21st century, we need to preventative measures like new CCTV democracy, including by extending
get away from the idea that ‘Whitehall or community wardens. their business rates relief.
knows best’ and that all growth must
inevitably start in London. Because we New civic infrastructure. We have
as Conservatives believe you can and announced the largest cultural capital
must trust people and communities to programme in a century, of £250
make the decisions that are right for million. This will support local libraries
them. and regional museums. We will work
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