The Tories, Labour and Liberal Democrats have all launched their general election manifestos as they bid to win over voters ahead of polling day on 4 July.
There were no surprise new policy announcements in Labour's manifesto, with Sir Keir Starmer promising a 'serious plan for the future of our country'. The PM said his party were offering 'lower immigration, lower taxes and protected pensions' in their manifestoThe Conservatives are offering a further 2p cut to national insurance to build on successive 2p cuts at the Autumn Statement and Spring Budget.
The Tories have reiterated their pledge to begin deportation flights to Rwanda as part of the PM's bid to 'stop the boats' They will require schools to ban the use of mobile phones during the school day, and want to introduce mandatory National Service for all school leavers at age 18. It has committed to charging VAT on private school fees, abolishing the non-dom tax status, and closing 'loopholes' in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.Great British Energy, a state-owned clean power company, would be established to cut bills and boost security, funded by a windfall tax on oil and gas companies.Labour want to scrap the Rwanda scheme and use the savings to set up the Border Security Command, which would crack down on people smugglers.
This aims to restore patrols to town centres by recruiting thousands of new police officers, police and community support officers and special constablesLabour has also pledged to boost defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP but not set a date for this to be achieved.