Income Tax: levels, bands & personal allowances
National Insurance
Council Tax
Taxes on Cars, Petrol, Diesel, Alcohol, Tobacco, Sugar
Capital Gains Tax
Tax relief on charity donations
Business Rates
Corporation Tax
2/.
Age of consent, definition of sexual offences such as rape within marriage, sexual harm, indecent exposure, voyeurism
Regulation of sex shops and pornography, laws on soliciting, prostitution, closure of premises, revenge porn…
3/.
Free, Universal Health Service - paid for by taxes
Free GP surgeries - paid prescriptions with exceptions
Coverage for all illnesses - with exceptions
Access to new medicines decided by expert panel (NICE)
4/.
Legal minimum age
Civil partnerships and same-sex marriages
Where you can get married and who can marry you
Divorce law, grounds for divorce, alimony, maintenance payments, custody rights
5/.
Should we renew Trident and our nuclear deterrents?
Should we go to war?
How much should we spend on the Army, Air Force and Navy?
What should we pay our military now and when they retire?
6/.
School leaving age
Educational qualifications (GCSEs, A-Levels, Baccalaureate, NVQs, BTECHs) Apprenticeships
University tuition fees
7/.
Classification of illegal drugs into Class A, B and C as set out in the Misuse of Drugs Act and Psychoactive Substances Act
Minimum sentencing for dealing, possession and personal use
8/.
Retirement Age
Basic Minimum Pension (much lower than most EU countries by the way)
Pension Contributions
Tax Relief on Pension Contributions
9/.
Types of bet (football pools, casinos, bingo, lotteries)
Types of gambling: sports, events, weather
Regulation of book-makers
Maximum Stakes for Fixed Odds Betting Terminals
Advertising restrictions & legal age
10/.
Privatised rail network split into franchises
Government subsidies to rail operators
Compulsory purchase of land for High-Speed Rail Network
Toll-free motorways
Promotion of cycle lanes
11/.
National Parks
Green Belts
Renewable Energy laws (solar and wind subsidies)
Nuclear power plants
Plastic bag tax
12/.
Police: Numbers, funding and powers (eg. stop and search)
Prisons: partly privatised, rehabilitation, parole
Justice: Minimum Sentences, Access to Legal Aid, Jury Service
13/.
Definition of unemployment, job-seekers allowance
Type, amount and eligibility for all welfare benefits
Design of the new Universal Credit Benefits System replacing housing, sickness, incapacity etc.
14/.
All the vital, controversial laws that rouse people's passions, affecting lives and liberties ARE MADE BY US IN THE UK
Tax
Sex
Marriage
Health
Transport
Police
Justice
Welfare
Defence
Drugs
Environment
Education
Pensions
Gambling
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