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WickedsDesire -> Conservative manifesto (5/18/2017 5:19:19 AM)
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Conservative manifesto
Prime minister Theresa May has promised a "mainstream government that would deliver for mainstream Britain".
Launching the Conservative manifesto in Halifax, she said her government would work for everyone, not just the elite.
The manifesto promises to address the rising cost of social care in England and curb immigration.
No-one will have to sell their property to fund residential or home care, the cost would come from their estate - if worth at least £100,000.
Mrs May said: "We must take this opportunity to build a great meritocracy in Britain. It means making Britain a country that works, not for the privileged few, but for everyone."
She said there were five priorities: a strong economy, facing up to the consequences of Brexit and a changing world, tackling "enduring" social divisions, responding to the challenges of an ageing society and harnessing the power of fast-changing technology.
The manifesto also includes:
Balancing the budget by 2025
No increase in VAT
Increasing the national living wage to 60% of the median earnings by 2020
Increasing NHS spending by a minimum of £8bn in real terms over the next five years
A pledge that a referendum on Scottish independence cannot take place until the Brexit process is completed
Scrapping winter fuel payments to better-off pensioners - at the moment, all pensioners qualify for one-off payments of between £100 and £300 each winter
A reduction of the so-called "triple lock" on pensions to a "double lock" with the state pension to rise by the higher of average earnings or inflation - but to no longer go up by 2.5% if they are both lower than that
An extra £4bn on schools in England by 2022 - partly funded by an end to the current provision of free school lunches for all infant pupils in England
Scrapping the ban on setting up new grammar schools
Measures on immigration, including asking firms to pay more to hire migrant workers, who will in turn be asked to pay more to use the NHS
Mrs May was asked whether her plans spelled a move away from Conservative policies of recent years, and in particular those of Margaret Thatcher.
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As I did the Labour manifesto a week or so ago it’s only fair I do the conservative one. I wont be doing the SNP one (no real point on here), or the lib dems whoever they are.
My thoughts on this one what a pile of privileged garbage for many reasons. I do however agree with Scrapping winter fuel payments to better-off pensioners .
labour 10/10
Conservative 0/10
From the key points they are now saying they will balance the deficit by 2025. They said in 2010 they would do that by 2015, then 2020 and then never and now its 2025.
In real terms spending on the NHS was savagely cut under this Tory scum government, as it was in all their governments, including the recent coalition, and thatcher etc - before then they were okay spend along the lines as all other parties and that's all I have to add I usually need a shower after reading their stuff.
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