The UK’s main parties have begun to announce their campaign promises ahead of a general election on 12 December.
To help you decide who you might vote for, here’s a guide to where the two leading parties, Labour and Conservative, currently stand on key issues.
- Boris Johnson, Conservative.
Top priorities
Deliver Brexit on the deal agreed with the EU
£100bn investment over five years on road, rail and other infrastructure
20,000 more police officers over the next three years in England and Wales
£2.7bn for six new hospitals and plans for 34 more
£7.1bn a year more for schools in England by 2022-23
Brexit
Key policies
Deliver Brexit on the deal agreed with the EU
Negotiate free trade agreement with EU to come into force in 2021
Will not extend the transition period after the UK’s departure beyond 2021
End to freedom of movement between the EU and the UK and a new points-based immigration system
Negotiate free trade agreements with other trading partners around the world
NHS and care
Key policies
£20.5bn additional funding for the NHS in England by 2023-24
£2.7bn for six new hospitals and plans for 34 more
Extra £1.8bn cash injection for 20 hospitals up and down England
6,000 more GPs in England by 2024-25 and 6,000 more nurses, physiotherapists and pharmacists in surgeries
Develop new long-term plan for social care with cross-party support
Economy
Key policies
Introduce new fiscal rules, including maintaining a balanced budget – not spending more than is brought in – and ensuring investment does not exceed 3% of GDP
£5bn to support getting broadband to the hardest-to-reach 20% of the country
£1bn research and development investment in the UK car industry
- Jeremy Corbyn, Labour.
Top priorities
£150bn for schools, hospitals and housing
£250bn of investment to instigate a “green industrial revolution”
£10-an-hour minimum wage for all workers
Scrap tuition fees
Hold another referendum on Brexit
Brexit
Key policies
Renegotiate a Brexit deal and immediately legislate for a public vote to take place within six months, with the choice of a “sensible leave deal” or Remain
Negotiate for customs union membership, a close single market relationship and guarantees on workers’ rights and environmental protections
Pledge not to introduce infrastructure on the Irish border, and no border down the Irish Sea
Remove the threat of no-deal
NHS and care
Key policies
Increase the NHS budget by £26bn by 2023-24, with a focus on cutting waiting times and boosting mental health services
Free personal social care for over-65s
Free prescriptions and a new state-run pharmaceutical company to make drugs available at affordable prices
Train a new generation of GPs – increase training places from 3,500 to 5,000
Scrap hospital car parking charges in England
Economy
Key policies
Introduce new fiscal rules, including maintaining a balanced budget – not spending more than is brought in – and ensuring investment does not exceed 3% of GDP
£5bn to support getting broadband to the hardest-to-reach 20% of the country
£1bn research and development investment in the UK car industry
