LibDems are launching their manifesto... Lots more than "stop Brexit"!
- £50 billion "Remain bonus" (fact checked as credible)
- Generate 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030 and insulate all low income homes by 2025
- Free childcare from 9 months
libdems.org.uk/plan
- £50 billion "Remain bonus" (fact checked as credible)
- Generate 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030 and insulate all low income homes by 2025
- Free childcare from 9 months
libdems.org.uk/plan
- £10,000 "skills wallet" for adult training
- 20,000 more teachers
- £10 billion more for schools
- £11 billion more for mental health
- £130 billion investment in infrastructure
- 20,000 more teachers
- £10 billion more for schools
- £11 billion more for mental health
- £130 billion investment in infrastructure
- Dedicated Minister of State for Tourism
- Convert rail network to ultra low emission tech by 2035
- £5 billion for a new Green investment bank
- New 2-year visa for students to work after graduating
- New "start up allowance" for new businesses trying to get off the ground
- Convert rail network to ultra low emission tech by 2035
- £5 billion for a new Green investment bank
- New 2-year visa for students to work after graduating
- New "start up allowance" for new businesses trying to get off the ground
- All firms over 250 employees must commit to prompt payment
- All firms over 250 employees must have at least one staff representative on the Board, with equal standing to other Board members.
- Raise Corporation Tax to 20%
- All firms over 250 employees must have at least one staff representative on the Board, with equal standing to other Board members.
- Raise Corporation Tax to 20%
- Abolish capital gains tax-free allowance and unify capital gains and salaries
- Replace business rates with a tax based on the value of commercial land
- End retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge
- Replace business rates with a tax based on the value of commercial land
- End retrospective tax changes such as the loan charge
- Right to request a fixed hours contract after 12 months for zero hour workers
- Wellbeing budget, following the example of New Zealand (with dedicated Minister for Wellbeing)
- Wellbeing impact assessments for all government policies
- Scrap mandatory SAT tests
- Wellbeing budget, following the example of New Zealand (with dedicated Minister for Wellbeing)
- Wellbeing impact assessments for all government policies
- Scrap mandatory SAT tests
- Reduce class sizes to 2015 levels
- Raise starting salary for teachers to £30,000 with minimum 3% raise a year
- 50 hours of professional development training per year for teachers by 2025
- Free school meals for all primary school children
- Raise starting salary for teachers to £30,000 with minimum 3% raise a year
- 50 hours of professional development training per year for teachers by 2025
- Free school meals for all primary school children
- Plant 60 million trees a year
- Ensure all new cars sold are electric by 2030
- Support and invest in cutting edge energy technologies such as tidal and wave power, energy storage, smart grids etc.
- Ensure all new cars sold are electric by 2030
- Support and invest in cutting edge energy technologies such as tidal and wave power, energy storage, smart grids etc.
- Build all new homes to a Passivhaus standard by 2025
- Extend separate food waste collections to at least 90% of homes by 2024
- Protect up to a million acres of accessible green space
- Extend separate food waste collections to at least 90% of homes by 2024
- Protect up to a million acres of accessible green space
- Five year £5 billion fund for flood protection and prevention
- Cut VAT on electric vehicles to 5%
- £2 billion to extend Ultra Low Emissions Zones to more towns and cities
- Reduce costs for people taking 1-2 international flights a year while penalising frequent flyers
- Cut VAT on electric vehicles to 5%
- £2 billion to extend Ultra Low Emissions Zones to more towns and cities
- Reduce costs for people taking 1-2 international flights a year while penalising frequent flyers
- £4.5 billion over 5 years to restore and extend bus routes
- Freeze rail fares and season ticket costs for an entire Parliament
- Enshrine the principle of animal sentience in UK law
- Ban the sale of real fur
- Increase max sentence for animal cruelty from 6 months to 5 years
- Freeze rail fares and season ticket costs for an entire Parliament
- Enshrine the principle of animal sentience in UK law
- Ban the sale of real fur
- Increase max sentence for animal cruelty from 6 months to 5 years
- 1p extra on income tax, ring fenced to improve social care and the NHS
- Compulsory levy on gambling companies to fund treatment of problem gambling
- Ban gambling on credit cards
- Restrict gambling advertising
- End the GP shortfall by 2025
- Improve diversity in healthcare
- Compulsory levy on gambling companies to fund treatment of problem gambling
- Ban gambling on credit cards
- Restrict gambling advertising
- End the GP shortfall by 2025
- Improve diversity in healthcare
- Statutory guarantee of regular respite breaks for unpaid carers
- Require publication of nutritional information on restaurant menus
- Close loopholds in the soft drinks levy
- Minimum unit pricing for alcohol
- Create a legal regulated market for cannabis
- Require publication of nutritional information on restaurant menus
- Close loopholds in the soft drinks levy
- Minimum unit pricing for alcohol
- Create a legal regulated market for cannabis
- Allow cannabis sales through licensed outlets to adults over 18
- Enforce safe zones around abortion clinics
- Fund abortion clinics to provide their services free of charge
- Reduce wait for first benefit payment from 5 weeks to 5 days
- Abolish the bedroom tax
- Enforce safe zones around abortion clinics
- Fund abortion clinics to provide their services free of charge
- Reduce wait for first benefit payment from 5 weeks to 5 days
- Abolish the bedroom tax
- Retain pension triple lock
- Build 100,000+ social homes a year
- Rent to Own model, giving renters ownership of their home after 30 years
- Council tax surcharges of up to 500% on second homes, plus stamp duty surcharge on overseas residents buying second homes
- Build 100,000+ social homes a year
- Rent to Own model, giving renters ownership of their home after 30 years
- Council tax surcharges of up to 500% on second homes, plus stamp duty surcharge on overseas residents buying second homes
- Scrap the Vagrancy Act, so that rough sleeping is no longer criminalised
- Invest £2 billion in high-speed broadband
- £1 billion to restore community policing
- £500 million ring-fenced youth fund to restore youth services
- New Online Crime Agency to tackle illegal activities
- Invest £2 billion in high-speed broadband
- £1 billion to restore community policing
- £500 million ring-fenced youth fund to restore youth services
- New Online Crime Agency to tackle illegal activities
- Recruit 2,000 more police officers
- Reform criminal record disclosure rules
- Scrap the immigration Hostile Environment
- End indefinite detention of migrants
- Abolish complex minimum income requirements for visas
- Reduce cost of registering a child as a British citizen
- Reform criminal record disclosure rules
- Scrap the immigration Hostile Environment
- End indefinite detention of migrants
- Abolish complex minimum income requirements for visas
- Reduce cost of registering a child as a British citizen
- Give the vote to 16 and 17 year olds
- Require councils to make greater efforts to register voters, especially under-represented groups
- Reform the House of Lords
- Transfer the power of prorogation to Parliament
- Require parties to publish candidate diversity data
- Require councils to make greater efforts to register voters, especially under-represented groups
- Reform the House of Lords
- Transfer the power of prorogation to Parliament
- Require parties to publish candidate diversity data
- Devolve further revenue-raising power away from Westminster to regions from Cornwall to NE England
- Mandate rules for TV debates during elections
- Proceed with Leveson 2 inquiry
- Cap donations to political parties
- Ban MPs from accepting paid lobbying work
- Mandate rules for TV debates during elections
- Proceed with Leveson 2 inquiry
- Cap donations to political parties
- Ban MPs from accepting paid lobbying work
- Allocate to the Scottish Parliament all of the powers set out in the Scotland Act 2016
- Get the Scottish and Welsh governments more involved in developing UK-wide policies
- Review UK excise rules to better support whisky exports
- Devolve Air Passenger Duty in Wales
- Get the Scottish and Welsh governments more involved in developing UK-wide policies
- Review UK excise rules to better support whisky exports
- Devolve Air Passenger Duty in Wales
- Increase the Welsh block grant
- Suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and improve controls on arms exports
- Legislate to require a parliamentary vote before military action
- Revive the Iran nuclear deal (working with the EU)
- Push EU to commit to carbon net zero target by 2050
- Suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and improve controls on arms exports
- Legislate to require a parliamentary vote before military action
- Revive the Iran nuclear deal (working with the EU)
- Push EU to commit to carbon net zero target by 2050
So there you have it. Yes, the LibDems want to "stop Brexit". Proudly and unashamedly so. But they have much, much more ambition than that. They genuinely want to make the world a better place & have produced a comprehensive blueprint that aims to steer us in that direction. /END
