UK General Election 2024 - Manifesto Thread

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Manifestos:

Each party leader has until 11:59 PM on March 21st to publish the manifesto of their respective party. All that manifesto needs to contain is the five key pledges of the party, with the following basic template:

Five Pledge Party Manifesto:
1 - Pledge one
2 - Pledge two
3 - Pledge three
4 - Pledge four
5 - Pledge five

If you want to add a foreword or a slogan ("the many, not the few", "strong and stable", "take back control") go ahead, but five manifesto points is the limit. Any more will result in complaints of being "too wonkish" and any fewer will result in complaints of "being too thin on policy". You don't want to have to answer a "Where's the beef" charge in Turn One.

[GoTfan]

Labour: A Fair Deal For Britain

Modern Infrastructure For A Modern Nation

Britain has always prided itself on being an industrious nation, and the Labour Party will continue to push this mindset with a comprehensive infrastructure programme focused on delivering HS2, expanding and upgrading Britain's existing rail services, and lowering costs of public transport.

Labour will put the people first by prioritising projects for the average Briton rather than putting up projects for nothing but short-term economic development.

Energy Independence, The Smart Way

Britain must be able to stand on its own two feet when it comes to energy without having to rely on foreign nations for it, but there are two ways that we can go about it. Labour will establish energy independence within the United Kingdom by pursuing an aggressive green energy strategy, embracing existing technologies in wind and solar while embracing new developments in hydrogen.

Such energy projects will not just establish energy independence for Britain, but also create thousands of jobs and opportunities for business through a system of incentives for startups.

Housing Britons

Home ownership has fallen in the years since the pandemic. As a consequence, we now face an increasing population of renters, people still living with their parents and yes, people being forced to live on the streets. This must be remedied without delay.

Labour will immediately enact the Renter's Charter-which will include an end to no-fault evictions-and the Warm homes Plan, which will upgrade the heating in millions of homes and ensure that every home is upgraded from an EPC band C within a decade. Finally, Labour will establish a target of building three hundred thousand new homes a year

Supporting Britain's Allies

Labour stands with Britain's allies abroad. In Ukraine, men and women are dying for the privilege of democracy, the right to determine their own futures against the actions of an autocrat. Labour will ensure Ukraine has the aid needed to continue its fight for independence against Putin's imperial mabitions.

Labour likewise stands with Israel after the horrific terrorist attacks of October 7. At the same time, Israel must remember its commitment to international law and ensure no civilians are harmed in the fighting. Labour supports a humanitarian ceasefire, conditioned on Hamas's release of hostages.

Putting Workers First

Labour was founded as the party of the worker, and this will never change. Labour will increase the minimum wage of workers and combine it with further cost-of-living relief in the form of tax rebates for fuel and energy costs. 

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British Freedom
Time for a government for and by the people

If a British Freedom government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage takes power, we will

1. Lower your tax cheque

It is our aim for you to have more money in your tax cheque to ensure economic growth. Britain's tax code is one of the most complicated in the world and as a result, a large amount of growth is stifled by unnecessary bureaucracy and through eliminating taxes which hurt ordinary people, your tax cheque will be lower than ever before.

2. Increase your pay cheque

The average yearly take home in the United Kingdom is 33000 pounds, only 5000 pounds more than a decade ago despite enormous increases in cost of living for people. Through policies and incentives designed to encourage growth and eliminate bureaucratic measures and create better paying jobs, British people will enjoy higher pay cheques than ever before.

3. A better education for our future

Educating our future is the utmost importance. We would create an apprenticeship scheme as to give students opportunities to work and gain on the hands training while in school. Teachers should teach students on how to think, not on what to think and concepts like gender ideology should be kept out of the classroom and there are only two genders and sexes.

4. Keeping Britain safe

There should be a zero tolerance approach to crime and anti social behavior and there should be more police on the streets to protect people from criminals and to keep public order. We need to reform our justice system and courts to work faster as to keep crime from occuring.

5. Protecting Britain

Every government has the duty to protect their borders and Britain is no different. We should welcome those who have the skills to contribute to those we need like doctors, scientists, engineers, surgeons, while limiting the amount we have and letting those who can help contribute to our country. We should have tight controls as to prevent illegal immigration from occurring, and as a result the public good would better.

[Lumine]

Change UK Manifesto:

Let's Renew Britain

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Manifesto Pledges:

1. Housing: Priority Number One

Convinced that "traditional politics" has failed young people through the lack of affordable housing, Change UK will be making the housing crisis its "priority number one" in government. We will pursue a overhauled, rules-based planning reform, strict opposition to NIMBY policies, building 350,000 new homes every year through ambitions public investment and collaboration with the private sector, remove some existing regulations that deter house-building, and to ensure a significant proportion of new homes are socially affordable, as well as heated through renewable energies.

2. The Social, Responsible Market

One of the biggest failures of the endless Labour-Conservative switch in government has been the lack of imagination in terms of economic management, and the devotion to managed decline. Change UK is committed to ending the scourge of inflation through responsible finances, eschewing higher taxation in favor of aggressively closing tax loopholes and empowering the Office for Budget Responsibility. After inflation is conquered, we will pursue a dynamic, reform-based agenda that enshrines a Social Market Economy in Britain. The Social Market must be one that promotes and rewards innovation, fosters and protects individual freedom, seeks to energetically combat poverty and aid declining communities, and upholds proper use of the taxpayer's money.

3. Safer Streets, Safer Britain

Unlike radical left-wing parties, Change UK recognizes the need for a strong security agenda  that tackles issues like immigration, crime and anti-social behavior. Unlike those on the radical right, we recognize real solutions are needed, with culture wars doing nothing to keep Britons safe. Change UK will support the hiring of an extra 10,000 police officers, strengthening anti-social behavior orders, re-introducing national identity cards and target knife crime and domestic abuse as an urgent priority. We will crack down on people-smuggling gangs in order to curb down illegal immigration, while working closely with the EU to ensure a collective response that sees all partners do their fair share.

4. A Great Reform Act

Change UK remains committed to our electoral system introduced in 2012, and will oppose any attempts to re-introduce FPTP. We propose further reforms aimed at renewing politics and giving younger people a voice, through a comprehensive and ambitious Great Reform Act. We propose giving 16-year olds the right to vote, enacting House of Lords reform at last under the 50% elected chamber plans, enacting devolved regional governments in each of the nine regions of England as long they meet specific criteria in terms of public support, and the consolidation of councils into larger authorities. Change UK will stand strongly as a party of the Union, not support any government that includes or relies on Nationalist parties.

5. Britain Safe in the World

Change UK remains steadfastly opposed to isolation thinking in foreign policies, and we remain committed to international leadership as the best way to keep Britain safe. We stand firmly and unquestionably with Ukraine and committed to providing necessary aid. We support the nuclear deterrent, but recommend Trident be renewed with a leaner, less expensive option. Instead, we propose a significant investment in the Armed Forces to expand its currently diminished capabilities, particularly in the terms of naval and air assets. We intent to work within Europe and NATO to seek collective and efficient responses to present challenges.

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BBC One, Party Election Broadcasts: Change UK - The Independent Group, modified.}