Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future. is a political manifesto published in 2024 by the Conservative Party under the leadership of Rishi Sunak, ahead of the 2024 general election.[1][2]
Overview
The manifesto addresses the economy, taxes, welfare, expanding free childcare, education, healthcare, environment, energy, transport, community, and crime.[3][4] They pledged to lower taxes, increase education and NHS spending, deliver 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors, introduce a new model of National Service, and to treble Britain's offshore wind capacity and support solar energy.
The manifesto includes a pledge to abolish Stamp Duty on homes worth up to £425,000 for first time buyers and expand the Help to Buy scheme.[5] The Conservatives also pledged a recruitment of 8,000 new police officers and a rollout of facial recognition technology.[6] Much of what has been proposed is already incorporated in the 2024 budget.[7][8][9]
- Another 2p off National Insurance. Their long-term plan is to abolish it altogether, when it is economically responsible to do so.
- Protection for pensioners with Triple Lock Plus – so the State Pension is never taxed.
- 30 hours of free childcare a week, saving eligible families £6,900 a year.
- A bold new model of National Service to give young people the skills and opportunities they need to succeed.
- 100,000 high-quality apprenticeships – by curbing rip-off university degrees.
- The Advanced British Standard to enhance technical learning as well as academic skills.
- A boost to defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 – to secure British interests.
- A legal cap on migration which will fall every year.
- Stopping the boats by removing illegal migrants to Rwanda.
- 92,000 extra nurses and 28,000 extra doctors – while driving up NHS productivity.
- 8,000 more full time police officers so every police ward has a new officer.
- 1.6 million more good homes while protecting the countryside.
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See also
References
- ^ "Clear Plan | Bold Action | Secure Future". manifesto.conservatives.com. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ ConservativeHome (2024-06-11). "'Clear plan, bold action, secure future'. The 2024 Conservative Manifesto - read it here". Conservative Home. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "Rishi Sunak: Tory manifesto will include tax cuts". 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Conservative manifesto 2024: summary of the key policies". www.thetimes.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Gutteridge, Nick (17 May 2024). "Conservative Party manifesto 2024: Rishi Sunak's policies for the general election". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Conservatives plan to recruit 8,000 new police officers". BBC News. 2024-06-09. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Spring Budget 2024 (HTML)". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "The Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know". Prime Minister's Priorities. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ "UK Budget 2024: All the highlights". POLITICO. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
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