Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future. Explained
Clear Plan. Bold Action. Secure Future. was a political manifesto published in 2024 by the Conservative Party under the leadership of Rishi Sunak, ahead of their unsuccessful campaign in the 2024 general election.[1] [2]
Overview
The manifesto addressed the economy, taxes, welfare, expanding free childcare, education, healthcare, environment, energy, transport, community, culture, creative sector, sport, and crime.[3] [4] It 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 included 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 was already incorporated in the March 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 lower-quality 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.
See also
External links
References
- Web site: Clear Plan Bold Action Secure Future . 16 June 2024 . manifesto.conservatives.com.
- Web site: ConservativeHome . 11 June 2024 . 'Clear plan, bold action, secure future'. The 2024 Conservative Manifesto - read it here . 16 June 2024 . Conservative Home . en-GB.
- Web site: Rishi Sunak: Tory manifesto will include tax cuts . 10 June 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240610181908/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722v3w66nwo . 10 June 2024 . 10 June 2024.
- Web site: Conservative manifesto 2024: summary of the key policies . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240611082242/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/conservative-party-manifesto-key-policies-rishi-sunak-general-election-9zvjqvttp . 11 June 2024 . 11 June 2024 . www.thetimes.com . en.
- News: Gutteridge . Nick . 17 May 2024 . Conservative Party manifesto 2024: Rishi Sunak's policies for the general election . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240611232213/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/0/tory-manifesto-rishi-sunak-policies-general-election/ . 11 June 2024 . 12 June 2024 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
- Web site: 9 June 2024 . Conservatives plan to recruit 8,000 new police officers . 15 June 2024 . BBC News . en-GB.
- Web site: Spring Budget 2024 (HTML) . 16 June 2024 . GOV.UK . en.
- Web site: The Spring Budget 2024: What you need to know . 16 June 2024 . Prime Minister's Priorities . en-US.
- Web site: 6 March 2024 . UK Budget 2024: All the highlights . 16 June 2024 . POLITICO . en-GB.
