Unleashing Britain's potential

Here are some of the Conservatives' plans to unleash the potential of this dynamic country. A Conservative majority Government will:
  • Build more homes, get people onto the housings ladder, and make renting fairer. 
  • Yesterday, we’ve announced our plan to charge non UK residents more tax on homes they buy here to help make homes more affordable for UK nationals.
     
  • Cut taxes for 31 million people by raising the national insurance threshold from £8,632 to £9,500 – meaning a tax cut of approximately £100 for millions of workers.
     
  • Boost our economy and support small business with a range of tax cuts on business rates, jobs taxes, building taxes and R&D.
     
  • Crack down on crime and support vulnerable victims by properly punishing criminals and taking further action to prevent reoffending.
     
  • Make it easier to see your GP - with 50 million more appointments in GP surgeries, more GPs, more pharmacists and easier ways to book appointments, and a new visa to attract the best doctors and nurses to work in our NHS.
     
  • Take control of our borders by ending free movement and replacing it with an Australian-style points-based immigration system so we can be in control of who comes here.
     
  • Transform further education by launching a huge new rebuilding programme which will ensure we are able to prepare young people for their future.
     
  • Invest in infrastructure to improve opportunities across the country.
     
  • Protect our environment with a £640 million Nature for Climate fund, 30,000 more trees planted every year, as well as a £500 million Blue Planet Fund to protect our precious oceans.

More in our manifesto which will be launched tomorrow.

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