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Your elected MP:
Robert Courts
Conservative
Witney
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Your results for each category
Crime
Liberal Democrats
Democracy
Liberal Democrats
Economy
Green Party
Education
Green Party
Environment
Liberal Democrats
Equalities & Rights
Liberal Democrats
Foreign Policy & Defence
Liberal Democrats
Health & Social Care
Green Party
Housing
Labour
Immigration
Green Party
Jobs & Work
Green Party
Tax
Green Party
Transport
Green Party
Welfare
Green Party
Based on
538,060 completed surveys
Liberal Democrats
25.7%
Green Party
25.0%
Labour
23.5%
Conservatives
14.3%
Reform Party
11.4%
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Results for each category
1
Crime
181,371 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
34.8%
2
Democracy
133,154 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
32.8%
3
Economy
357,199 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
31.6%
4
Education
261,157 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
46.0%
5
Energy
186,958 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
30.8%
6
Environment
195,637 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
31.5%
7
Equalities & Rights
173,744 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
32.4%
8
Foreign Policy & Defence
140,537 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
36.4%
9
Health & Social Care
427,861 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
30.6%
10
Housing
183,109 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
32.5%
11
Immigration
313,448 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
25.7%
12
Jobs & Work
234,630 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
46.5%
13
Pensions
151,775 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
58.4%
14
Tax
217,814 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
29.6%
15
Transport
159,599 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
26.5%
16
Welfare
151,193 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
30.5%
Results in Witney
Based on
263 completed surveys
Liberal Democrats
29.1%
Green Party
28.0%
Labour
22.7%
Conservatives
11.9%
Reform Party
8.2%
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Results for each category
1
Crime
95 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
27.4%
2
Democracy
83 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
36.1%
3
Economy
180 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
36.1%
4
Education
158 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
54.4%
5
Energy
115 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
43.5%
6
Environment
138 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
32.6%
7
Equalities & Rights
111 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
35.1%
8
Foreign Policy & Defence
98 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
42.9%
9
Health & Social Care
218 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
27.5%
10
Housing
102 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
30.4%
11
Immigration
163 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
33.1%
12
Jobs & Work
129 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
41.1%
13
Pensions
79 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
54.4%
14
Tax
126 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
37.3%
15
Transport
110 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
29.1%
16
Welfare
88 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
38.6%
Voting in Witney in the General Election
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Conservative
Witney
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Liberal Democrats
25.9%
Green Party
23.5%
Labour
23.4%
Conservatives
14.1%
Reform Party
11.2%
Scottish National Party
1.3%
Plaid Cymru
0.6%
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Results for each category
1
Crime
198,020 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
34.5%
2
Democracy
148,213 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
30.8%
3
Economy
395,133 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
29.7%
4
Education
286,268 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
43.4%
5
Energy
207,275 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
30.5%
6
Environment
215,899 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
31.8%
7
Equalities & Rights
192,993 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
33.5%
8
Foreign Policy & Defence
154,881 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
35.5%
9
Health & Social Care
473,097 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
30.8%
10
Housing
201,420 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
31.6%
11
Immigration
346,386 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
26.2%
12
Jobs & Work
257,348 votes
MOST POPULAR
Labour
46.3%
13
Pensions
167,777 votes
MOST POPULAR
Conservatives
57.4%
14
Tax
239,413 votes
MOST POPULAR
Green Party
27.9%
15
Transport
176,556 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
26.2%
16
Welfare
167,112 votes
MOST POPULAR
Liberal Democrats
30.7%
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Conservatives
Crime
- Recruit 8,000 more police officers, new powers and tools, including facial recognition
- License police officers for specialist roles
- Build four new prisons by 2030
- Fund every police force to roll out Hotspot Policing to cut anti-social behaviour
- Create new offences for spiking, the creation of sexualised deepfake images and taking intimate images without consent
- No tolerance for antisemitic hatred in any form, and stamp out anti-Muslim hatred
Green Party
Crime
- Implement community-based policing, end routine use of Stop and Search and facial recognition software
- Give elected politicians open access to data to enable effective scrutiny of policing
- Focus on rehabilitation through investment in the probation and prison services
- Focus on prevention through restoring the funding for youth services and through community-based policing
- Implement a new UK-wide strategy to tackle gender-based violence
- Make misogyny a hate crime, and support the right to religious expression
Labour
Crime
- Introduce a Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, recruit thousands of police officers, and give every community a named, contactable officer
- Introduce mandatory professional standards on vetting, checks and misconduct for individual police officers
- Build the prisons so badly needed
- Restore police patrols to town centres, and new Young Futures programme with hubs in each community
- Introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms, have specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force, and fast-track rape court cases
- Make all hate crime an aggravated offence, and reverse the decision to downgrade monitoring of antisemitic and Islamophobic hate
Liberal Democrats
Crime
Your Pick
- Draw up a police recruitment strategy, restore community policing, halt facial recognition surveillance and end disproportionate use of Stop and Search
- Replace Police and Crime Commissioners with local Police Boards made up of councillors and local groups
- Recruit and retain more prison officers
- Improve rehabilitation in prisons and on release, and strengthen the supervision of offenders in the community
- Ensure survivors of violence against women and girls are properly supported in the criminal justice process
- Make misogyny a hate crime, and work with communities to tackle the alarming rise of antisemitism and Islamophobia
Reform Party
Crime
- Recruit 40,000 new front-line officers over five years, and increase Stop and Search substantially
- Expand the capacity of state built and managed prisons
- Reopen High Intensity Training Camps for young offenders to teach basic education, teamwork and values
- Change the definition of hate crime, which has led to systemic bias
Conservatives
Democracy
- Maintain the First Past the Post system for elections and the requirement to show voter ID
- Maintain the voting age at 18
- By 2030, ensure every part of England that wants a devolution deal will have one
- Oppose attempts by devolved governments to distract from delivering on people's priorities with constitutional wrangling
Green Party
Democracy
- Introduce a proportional voting system for Parliamentary and council elections and scrap voter ID
- Give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote, and to stand for Parliament and other elected offices
- Introduce state funding for political parties and restore the Electoral Commission’s power to prosecute
- Give local authorities the powers and resources they need, with an increase in funding of £5bn per year
- Allow Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to choose their relationship to UK, and give Wales the same devolved powers as Scotland
Labour
Democracy
- Improve voter registration and address inconsistencies in voter ID rules
- Give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all elections
- Strengthen rules around donations to political parties and establish an Ethics and Integrity Commission
- Widen devolution to more areas, encouraging local authorities to take on powers, and give councils multi-year funding settlements
- Restore decision-making over allocating structural funds to individual nations, devolve employment support funding to Wales, and oppose a Scottish referendum
Liberal Democrats
Democracy
Your Pick
- Introduce proportional representation for electing MPs and scrap the voter ID scheme
- Give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote
- Cap donations to political parties, and enshrine the Ministerial Code in law to hold Government ministers to account
- Increase powers and resources for local authorities, and end the imposition of elected mayors on communities who do not want them
- Transfer greater powers away from Westminster and Whitehall, with a written constitution for a federal UK, and oppose Scottish independence
Reform Party
Democracy
- Hold a referendum on proportional representation, and stop postal voting except for the elderly or disabled
- Ensure public officials face sanctions if they break the rules, including prison
Conservatives
Economy
- Achieve falling national debt in five years, with public sector net borrowing below 3% of GDP
- Create Great British Railways (GBR) to grow the role of the private sector in rail services
- Raise £12bn a year through welfare reform, plus £6bn a year from tackling tax avoidance and evasion
- Complete free trade agreements with India and with the Gulf Cooperation Council, and pursue agreements with Israel and Switzerland
Green Party
Economy
Your Pick
- Expand government spending to invest in protecting our climate, without triggering dangerous inflation
- Bring railways, water companies and the Big 5 retail energy companies back into public ownership
- Raise £172bn per year through taxes on personal income and wealth, business taxes and carbon taxes
- Strengthen global agreements to stop corporate tax avoidance and evasion, and ensure HMRC has the resources it needs
- Ensure new trade agreements respect workers’ and consumers’ rights, and join the Customs Union as a first step towards full EU membership
Labour
Economy
- Move the current budget into balance, with debt falling within five years
- Create Great British Energy as a publicly-owned company, and bring the railways into public ownership
- Raise £8.5bn from closing tax loopholes, reducing tax avoidance, applying VAT and business rates to private schools, and a windfall tax on oil and gas profits
- Focus on tax avoidance by large businesses and the wealthy, and modernise HMRC with stronger powers and new technology
- Seek a free trade agreement with India, deepen partnerships across the Gulf, foster opportunities for mutual benefit with African countries, and stay out of the EU
Liberal Democrats
Economy
- Reduce national debt as a share of the economy and ensure spending does not exceed what is raised in taxes
- Promote a public benefit company model for monopoly utility companies
- Raise £26.9bn by reversing cuts to bank taxes, reform Capital Gains Tax, a windfall tax on oil and gas, and taxing tech giants
- Tackle international corporate tax avoidance, and give HMRC the resources to tackle tax avoidance and evasion
- A new agreement with EU to remove trade barriers, ultimately join the Single Market, and in the long-term rejoin the EU
Reform Party
Economy
- Bring 50% of each utility into public ownership, with the other 50% owned by UK pension funds
- Save £91 billion by stopping interest payments for Quantitative Easing reserves, increasing government efficiency, cutting foreign aid, and collecting unpaid tax
- Prepare for renegotiations on the EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the so-called EU ‘level playing field’
Conservatives
Education
- Protect day-to-day schools spending in real terms per pupil
- Extend bonus payments (up to £30,000 over five years) to teachers in further education colleges
- Attract more talented teachers by expanding our recruitment and retention premium and reducing workload
- 30 hours of free childcare a week from when a child is nine months old to when they start school
- Introduce the Advanced British Standard approach to 16-19 education, building on the best of A-Levels and T-Levels
- Close university courses in England with worst student outcomes, and give tuition and maintenance loans for lifelong learning
- 60,000 more school places and a further 15 new free schools for children with special educational needs
Green Party
Education
Your Pick
- Invest £8bn in schools, including £2bn for a pay uplift for teachers
- Extend childcare to 35 hours per week from nine months, and free breakfast clubs in primary schools
- Give all children a daily free school meal made from nutritious ingredients
- Restore maintenance grants for higher education, scrap undergraduate tuition fees, and rejoin the Erasmus Programme
- Invest £5bn in special needs (SEND) provision within mainstream schools
- Remove charitable status from private schools, and charge full VAT on fees (except for SEND places)
Labour
Education
- End the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools to invest in our state schools
- Review the way teacher training bursaries are allocated, and the structure of retention payments for teachers
- Recruit 6,500 expert teachers, and reinstate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body to help recruitment and retention
- Introduce free breakfast clubs in every primary school, and open an additional 3,000 nurseries
- Launch an expert-led review of curriculum and assessment
- Create a secure future for higher education and the opportunities it creates cross the UK
- Improve inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, and ensure special schools cater to those with complex needs
Liberal Democrats
Education
- Increase school and college funding per pupil above the rate of inflation every year
- Reform the School Teachers’ Review Body to make it independent of government, and fully fund pay rises for teachers every year
- Every secondary school child is taught by a subject specialist, and all trainee posts to be paid
- Put a mental health professional in every primary and secondary school, and triple the Early Years Pupil Premium
- Extend free school meals to all children in poverty, and to all primary school children when public finances allow
- Reinstate maintenance grants for disadvantaged university students, and return to the Erasmus Plus scheme
- Reduce how much schools pay towards Education, Health and Care Plans, and establish a National Body for SEND
Reform Party
Education
- Teaching about British or European imperialism or slavery must be paired with a non-European example to ensure balance
- Ban transgender ideology in primary and secondary school
- Scrap interest on student loans, and extend loan capital repayment periods to 45 years
- Provide tax relief of 20% on all independent education, and maintain no VAT on fees
Conservatives
Energy
- Maintain the energy price cap and invest £6bn in energy efficiency over the next three years to make a million homes warmer
- Treble our offshore wind capacity
- Build two carbon capture and storage clusters
- Ensure annual licensing rounds for North Sea oil and gas production, build new gas power stations, and retain the moratorium on fracking
- Expand nuclear power within the first 100 days and deliver a new gigawatt power plant at Wylfa
Green Party
Energy
- Invest £29bn over the next five years to insulate homes to EPC B standard or above
- Push for wind to provide 70% of the UK’s electricity by 2030
- Achieve wind capacity of 80GW offshore, 53GW onshore, and 100GW of solar by 2035
- Push for no new oil and gas licences, scrap subsidies to oil and gas industries, and introduce a carbon tax on fossil fuels
- Cease development of new nuclear power stations
Labour
Energy
- Bring down the cost of energy through clean power, and upgrade five million homes via a Warm Homes Plan
- Double onshore and quadruple offshore wind capacity, and triple solar power by 2030
- Invest £1bn in carbon capture and storage, £500 million in green hydrogen, and also invest in marine energy
- Refuse new licences for oil, gas and coal, close loopholes in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies, and permanently ban fracking
- Extend the lifetime of existing nuclear plants, and get Hinkley Point C over the line
Liberal Democrats
Energy
- Provide free insulation and heat pumps for low-income households, and expand incentives to install solar panels
- Invest in renewable power so 90% of the UK’s electricity is from renewables by 2030
- Remove restrictions on new solar and wind power, and support investment and innovation in tidal and wave power
- Maintain the ban on fracking, ban new coal mines, and implement the UK’s G7 pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies
Reform Party
Energy
- Lower fuel duty by 20p per litre, and scrap VAT on energy bills and environmental levies
- Start fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil, and grant shale gas licences on test sites for two years
- Fast-track clean nuclear energy with new reactors built in Britain
Conservatives
Environment
- Deliver net zero by 2050
- Support the growth and decarbonisation of our aviation sector, and back British Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- Provide an extra £1bn for UK farmers over the next five years to boost food production on top of maintaining our Environmental Land Management Schemes
- Ban executive bonuses if a water company has committed a serious criminal breach
Green Party
Environment
- Transition to a zero-carbon society before 2040
- Introduce a frequent-flyer levy, and ban domestic flights for a journey that would take less than three hours by train
- Almost triple support to farmers over the next five years to support the transition to nature-friendly farming
- Take the water companies back into public ownership
Labour
Environment
- Deliver clean energy by 2030, and require financial institutions and FTSE 100 companies to align with the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement
- Promote sustainable aviation fuels, and encourage airspace modernisation
- Aim for half the food purchased across the public sector to be locally produced or certified to higher environmental standards, and seek a new veterinary agreement with the EU
- Put failing water companies under special measures, allow regulators to ban bonuses and pursue criminal charges, and ensure independent monitoring of sewage outlets
Liberal Democrats
Environment
Your Pick
- Meet the commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions by 68% from 1990 levels by 2030, and set out a roadmap to net zero by 2045
- Make the UK the world leader in zero-carbon flight, and take steps to reduce demand for flying
- Accelerate the rollout of the Environmental Land Management schemes, funding it with £1bn a year to support profitable, sustainable and nature-friendly farming
- Transform water companies into public benefit companies and ban bonuses for water bosses until discharges and leaks end
Reform Party
Environment
- Scrap net zero and related subsidies, including £10bn of renewable energy subsidies
- Increase the farming budget to £3bn, and scrap climate-related farming subsidies
Conservatives
Equalities & Rights
- Always choose our security over the jurisdiction of a foreign court, including the European Court of Human Rights
- Tackle unfair ethnic disparities through our Inclusive Britain plan
- Legislate that the characteristic of sex in the Equality Act means biological sex, and implement the Cass Review protecting young people from ideologically-driven care
- Improve support for people who have guide or assistance dogs, and explore bidding to host the 2031 Special Olympics World Summer Games
Green Party
Equalities & Rights
- Defend the Human Rights Act and access to ECHR rights, and scrap anti-protest laws
- Extend pay-gap protections to all protected characteristics including ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation
- Support self-declaration for trans and non-binary people to be legally recognised in their chosen gender, and end the spousal veto
- Provide free transport for 16–18-year-old SEND pupils, and ensure disabled workers have proper pay and conditions, and in-job support
Labour
Equalities & Rights
- Remain a member of the European Convention on Human Rights
- Introduce a landmark Race Equality Act to enshrine equal pay and strengthen protection against discrimination
- Reform gender recognition law, ban conversion practices, and implement the recommendations of the Cass Review to ensure young people receive appropriate care
- Introduce the full right to equal pay for disabled people, and disability pay gap reporting for large employers
Liberal Democrats
Equalities & Rights
Your Pick
- Champion the Human Rights Act, uphold the Refugee Convention, and scrap anti-protest laws
- Develop and implement a comprehensive Race Equality Strategy to address deep inequalities
- Respect and defend the rights of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and ban all forms of conversion therapies and practices
- Give every disabled person the right to work from home, and incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into UK law
Reform Party
Equalities & Rights
- Leave the European Convention on Human Rights, and reform the Human Rights Act to put law-abiding people first
- Replace the 2010 Equalities Act and scrap Diversity, Equality and Inclusion rules
- Mandate single-sex spaces such as public toilets and changing areas
Conservatives
Foreign Policy & Defence
- Ensure aid and development supports our strategic objectives, with a focus on fragile states
- Stand behind Israel’s right to defend itself, push for a two-state solution, and recognise a Palestinian State when conducive to the peace process
- Increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030
- Maintain support for the Trident nuclear deterrent
Green Party
Foreign Policy & Defence
- Raise international aid to 1.0% of GNI, and increase the climate finance budget to 1.5% of GNI by 2033
- Push for a durable political solution that ensures security and equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians, and an immediate and permanent bilateral ceasefire
- Sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and cancel the Trident programme
Labour
Foreign Policy & Defence
- Restore spending on aid to 0.7% of GNI as soon as fiscal circumstances allow
- Push for an immediate ceasefire, and commit to recognising a Palestinian state as a contribution to a renewed peace process which results in a two-state solution
- Set out the path to defence spending of 2.5% of GDP and conduct a Strategic Defence Review within our first year in government
- Maintain an absolute commitment to the UK's nuclear deterrent
Liberal Democrats
Foreign Policy & Defence
Your Pick
- Return international development spending to 0.7% of national income, with poverty reduction a priority
- An immediate bilateral ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict recognising Palestine as a state, and work for a two-state solution
- Increase defence spending in every year of the Parliament, with an ambition to spend at least 2.5% of GDP
- Maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent, while pursuing multilateral global disarmament
Reform Party
Foreign Policy & Defence
- Cut Foreign Aid by 50%, and review the effectiveness of overseas aid
- Increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by year three, then 3% within six years
Conservatives
Health & Social Care
- Shift care away from hospitals and into local communities, and implement a new Major Conditions strategy
- Increase NHS spending above inflation every year, and invest £3.4bn to grow productivity, unlocking £35bn of savings
- Recruit 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors
- Expand coverage of Mental Health Support Teams to all schools and colleges, and open early support hubs for those aged 11-25
- Give local authorities multi-year funding to support social care, and implement reforms to cap social care costs
- Grow opportunities for NHS, charity or independent sector providers to offer services free of charge
Green Party
Health & Social Care
Your Pick
- Guarantee rapid access to a GP, and bring down hospital waiting lists
- An additional £8bn for the NHS in England in year one, rising to a total of £28bn in 2030, plus at least £20bn more over the next five years
- An immediate additional increase to the budgets for NHS staff costs to tackle the staff retention crisis
- Put mental and physical health care on an equal footing, and push for accessible, prompt assessments for children and adolescents
- Invest £20bn per year in social care, and provide free personal care to ensure dignity in old age and for disabled people
- Abolish wasteful NHS competition, re-establish public bodies and accountability, and restrict the role of commercial companies
Labour
Health & Social Care
- Guarantee face-to-face GP appointments, 40,000 more hospital appointments weekly, double the cancer scanners, and shorter wait times
- Invest an extra £2.1bn in the NHS, paid for by closing tax loopholes and tackling tax avoidance
- Train thousands more GPs and midwives, and recruit 8,500 new mental health staff
- Create Young Futures hubs to support young people’s mental health, with access to mental health professionals in every school
- Give councils multi-year funding settlements, and create a National Care Service to deliver consistent care across the country
- Keep the NHS publicly owned and publicly funded
Liberal Democrats
Health & Social Care
- Give everyone the right to see a GP within seven days, and guarantee treatment for cancer will start within 62 days from urgent referral
- A ten-year plan to invest in hospitals and the primary care estate, and spend an extra £9bn on health and social care
- Increase the number of GPs by 8,000, recruit more cancer nurses, and retain more staff through a ten-year retention plan
- Establish walk-in mental health hubs for children and young people, and mental health check-ups when people are vulnerable
- Introduce free personal care, a higher minimum wage for carers, a National Care agency, and a social care funding commission
- Universal high-quality healthcare, free at the point of use
Reform Party
Health & Social Care
- Give NHS patients a voucher for private treatment if they can’t see a GP within three days (or a consultant within three weeks)
- Cut back office waste to spend more money on the frontline
- Zero basic rate tax for fontline NHS and social care staff for three years, end training caps for UK medical students, and write off student fees over ten years
- Launch an inquiry into social media harms
- Launch an inquiry to create a plan for sustainable social care, and stop large care home providers avoiding tax
- Harness independent and not-for-profit health provision, and give 20% tax relief on private healthcare and insurance
Conservatives
Housing
- Deliver 1.6 million well-designed homes, and renew the Affordable Homes Programme with a focus on improving housing estates
- Abolish Section 21 and strengthen other grounds for evicting anti-social tenants, and pass a Renters Reform Bill that will deliver fairness in the rental market
- Invest £6bn in energy efficiency, and fund a voucher scheme, open to every household in England, to support installation of energy efficiency measures and solar panels
- End rough sleeping and prevent people ending up on the streets in the first place
Green Party
Housing
- Provide 150,000 new social homes a year, scrap the so-called ‘right to buy’, and support councils to provide affordable social housing in places where people live and work
- End no-fault evictions, introduce long-term leases, and empower local authorities to introduce rent controls
- Invest £29bn to insulate homes, ensure new homes meet Passivhaus or equivalent standards, and require house builders to include solar panels and low carbon heating
Labour
Housing
Your Pick
- Build 1.5 million new homes over the next Parliament, delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation
- Abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, prevent renters being exploited and discriminated against, and extend 'Awaab's Law' to the private sector
- Invest £6.6bn to upgrade five million homes with the Warm Homes Plan, and ensure privately rented homes meet energy efficiency standards by 2030
- Develop a cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils, to put Britain back on track to ending homelessness
Liberal Democrats
Housing
- Increase building of new homes to 380,000 a year, including 150,000 social homes a year
- Ban no-fault evictions, make three-year tenancies the default, and create a national register of licensed landlords
- Implement an emergency upgrade programme, starting with free insulation and heat pumps for those on low incomes, and ensure new homes are zero-carbon
- End rough sleeping within the next Parliament and scrap the Vagrancy Act
Reform Party
Housing
- Fast-track new housing on brownfield sites and infrastructure projects, and prioritise social housing for locals and those who have paid into the system
- Scrap section 24 for landlords and abolish the Renters' (Reform) Bill
Conservatives
Immigration
- Introduce a cap on migration, with the cap falling every year
- Stop the boats by permanently removing illegal migrants to Rwanda
- Raise the Skilled Worker threshold and family income threshold with inflation, increase visa fees and remove the student discount to the Immigration Health Surcharge
- Clear the asylum backlog in six months and end the use of hotels
- Give Parliament control of how many places we offer refugees fleeing persecution
Green Party
Immigration
Your Pick
- End the hostile environment, create a Department of Migration, and return to free movement of people between the UK and the EU
- End immigration detention for all migrants unless they are a danger to public safety
- Abolish the No Recourse to Public Funds condition that exacerbates social, economic, and racial inequalities
- Assess asylum applications quickly and fairly, permitting those seeking asylum and protection to work while their application is processed
- Provide safe routes to sanctuary for those fleeing danger, persecution and war
Labour
Immigration
- Reduce net migration, go after people smugglers, end the Rwanda scheme, and fast-track removals for people without the right to stay here
- Create a new Border Security Command, with hundreds of new investigators, intelligence officers, and cross-border police officers
- Strengthen the Migration Advisory Committee, and bar employers who flout employment law from hiring from abroad
- Set up a returns and enforcement unit to fast-track removal of failed asylum seekers, and add caseworkers to clear the backlog and end asylum hotels
- Address humanitarian crises which lead people to flee their homes, and strengthen support for refugees in their home region
Liberal Democrats
Immigration
- End the hostile environment and invest in officers, training and technology to tackle smuggling, trafficking and modern slavery
- Work with Europol and French authorities to stop smuggling and trafficking gangs behind dangerous Channel crossings
- Replace the salary threshold with a merit-based system for work visas
- Introduce a service standard of three months for processing asylum claims, and lift the ban on asylum seekers working if they wait more than three months
- Scrap the Illegal Migration Act and the Rwanda scheme, and provide safe, legal routes to sanctuary for refugees
Reform Party
Immigration
- Freeze all non-essential immigration, stop the boats, and secure detention for all illegal migrants
- Pick up illegal migrants out of boats and take them back to France
- Impose a requirement of five years residency and employment to claim any benefits, and raise the National Insurance rate to 20% for non-essential foreign workers
- Process asylum seekers who arrive illegally from safe countries rapidly, offshore if necessary, and return those rejected
Conservatives
Jobs & Work
- Maintain the National Living Wage at two-thirds of median earnings
- Continue implementing the Minimum Service Levels legislation
- Introduce mandatory National Service for all school leavers at 18, and fund 100,000 high-quality apprenticeships for young people
- Create 100,000 more apprenticeships in England every year by the end of the next Parliament
Green Party
Jobs & Work
Your Pick
- Introduce a minimum wage of £15 an hour for all, no matter your age
- Repeal current anti-union legislation and replace it with a positive Charter of Workers’ Rights
- Deliver equal rights for all workers currently excluded from protections, including gig economy workers and those on zero hours contracts
- Invest in skills so aviation and airport workers can move into rewarding alternative jobs as the number of flights declines
Labour
Jobs & Work
- Make the minimum wage a genuine living wage, and remove age bands, so all adults are entitled to the same minimum wage
- Introduce basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal, and create a Single Enforcement Body to ensure employment rights are upheld
- Ban zero hours contracts, and end fire and rehire
- Guarantee every young person two weeks of work experience, and access to training, apprenticeship, or support to find work for 18- to 21-year-olds
- Reform the Apprenticeship Levy, creating a Growth and Skills Levy to ensure qualifications offer value for money
Liberal Democrats
Jobs & Work
- Introduce a higher Carer's Minimum Wage, a 20% higher minimum wage for zero-hour contracts, plus an independent review to recommend a genuine living wage
- Create a right to flexible working, ensure the UK matches EU standards of labour protection, and double Statutory Maternity and Shared Parental Pay
- Establish a ‘dependent contractor’ employment status with entitlements to basic rights, plus a right to request a fixed-hours contract after 12 months for zero hours and agency workers
- Create Lifelong Skills Grants, giving all adults £5,000 to spend on education and training, and aim to increase them to £10,000 when public finances allow
- Increase apprenticeships and career advice for young people and boost take-up, guaranteeing they pay at least the National Minimum Wage
Reform Party
Jobs & Work
- Fund apprenticeships and training for young Brits by increasing National Insurance to 20% for foreign workers
Conservatives
Pensions
- Guarantee both the State Pension and the tax free allowance for pensioners will rise with the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5%
- Impose no new taxes on pensions, and maintain the 25% tax-free lump sum and tax relief on pension contributions at their marginal rate
- Consider the Ombudsman report into WASPI women and provide an appropriate and swift response
- Maintain all current pensioner benefits, including free bus passes, Winter Fuel Payments, free prescriptions and TV licences
Green Party
Pensions
- Ensure that pensions are always uprated in line with inflation and keep pace with wage rises across the economy
- Equate the rate of pension tax relief with the basic rate of income tax (i.e. only 20%, not higher rates for higher earners)
Labour
Pensions
- Retain the triple lock for the state pension
- Reform workplace pension schemes to deliver better returns and more productive investment
- End the injustice of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
Liberal Democrats
Pensions
- Protect the Triple Lock so that pensions always rise in line with inflation, wages or 2.5% – whichever is highest
- Improve the State Pension system by investing in helplines to ensure quicker responses to queries and resolution of underpayments
- Ensure that women born in the 1950s are properly compensated, and end the gender pension gap in private pensions
Reform Party
Pensions
- Review pension provision
- Accept the recommendations in full to amend the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme arrangements
Conservatives
Tax
- Guarantee no rise in the rate of income tax
- Cut employee National Insurance to 6% by April 2027
- Guarantee no increase in Capital Gains Tax
- Retain the number of council tax bands, and the current council tax valuation and discounts
Green Party
Tax
Your Pick
- Align tax on investment income with the tax and NIC rates on employment income
- Tax assets above £10m at 1% and assets above £1bn at 2% annually
- Reform inheritance tax, ensuring intergenerational transfers of wealth are taxed more fairly
- Remove the limit that restricts the amount of National Insurance paid by high earners
- Reform Capital Gains Tax by aligning the rates paid by taxpayers on income and taxable gains
- Re-evaluate the Council Tax bands
Labour
Tax
- Guarantee no increase to the basic, higher, or additional rates of income tax
- End the use of offshore trusts to avoid inheritance tax
- Guarantee no increase to National Insurance
Liberal Democrats
Tax
- Cut income tax by raising the tax-free personal allowance when the public finances allow
- Guarantee no increase in National Insurance Contributions
- Reform capital gains tax to close loopholes exploited by the super wealthy
Reform Party
Tax
- Lift the income tax starting threshold to £20,000 per year
- Abolish inheritance tax for all estates under £2m
- Increase National Insurance rate to 20% for foreign workers
Conservatives
Transport
- Invest £36bn in local roads, rail and buses to drive regional growth, and boost rail connectivity in the Midlands
- Complete HS2 between London Euston and the West Midlands and support the growth of the rail freight sector
- Create a new 'Great British Railways' body with the task of growing the role of the private sector
- Build no new smart motorways
- Stop road pricing, reverse ULEZ expansion in London, and oppose Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
- Provide an additional £1 billion to support hundreds of new bus routes across the North and Midlands, and extend the £2 bus fare cap in England
Green Party
Transport
Your Pick
- Invest an additional £19bn over five years to improve public transport, electrification, cycleways and footpaths
- Increase annual public subsidies for rail and bus travel to £10bn within five years
- Bring the railways back into public ownership
- Oppose all new road building plans and provide £5bn per year to transition to electric vehicles
- Restore the fuel duty escalator and, as revenue declines, introduce road pricing
- Give local authorities control over and funding for improved bus services
- Ensure £2.5bn a year is invested in new cycleways and footpaths
Labour
Transport
- Deliver a unified system with Great British Railways, including better rail connectivity across the north of England
- Bring railways into public ownership under Great British Railways, and lift the ban on municipal ownership of bus services
- Maintain and renew our road network, tackle congestion, and phase out new cars with internal combustion engines by 2030
- Give local leaders powers to franchise bus services, and lift the ban on municipal ownership
- Give mayors the power to create unified and integrated transport systems, and to promote active travel networks
Liberal Democrats
Transport
- Significantly extend the electrification of Britain’s rail network and freeze rail fares
- Review the cancellation of the northern leg of HS2 and deliver Northern Powerhouse rail
- Create a new Railway Agency - a public body to join up the industry and hold train companies to account
- Reintroduce the plug-in car grant, ensure every new car and small van is zero-emission from 2030, and give more of the roads budget to local councils
- Boost bus services by giving local authorities more powers to franchise services and by simplifying funding
- Create new cycling and walking networks with a new nationwide active travel strategy
Reform Party
Transport
- Improve existing rail and road links, and accelerate transport infrastrusture in our coastal regions, Wales, the North, and the Midlands
- Save £25bn by scrapping the rest of HS2
- Stop bans on petrol and diesel cars and end legal requirements for manufacturers to sell electric vehicles
- Ban ULEZ Clean Air Zones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Conservatives
Welfare
- Tighten up how the benefits system assesses capability for work, overhaul the fit note process, and introduce tougher sanctions rules
- Accelerate the roll-out of Universal Credit
- Set combined household income at which a family will start losing Child Benefit to £120,000 (and no benefit at £160,000)
- Reform disability benefits to better reflect people’s genuine needs, and stop the number of PIP claims from rising unsustainably
Green Party
Welfare
Your Pick
- Increase Universal Credit and legacy benefits by £40 a week, and scrap the bedroom tax
- End the unfair five-week wait for benefits and, in the long term, push for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income
- Increase Carer’s Allowance by at least 10% a month
- Abolish the two-child benefit cap
- Increase all disability benefits by 5%, and oppose plans to replace the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) cash payments with vouchers
Labour
Welfare
- Review universal credit so that it makes work pay and tackles poverty
- Tackle the backlog of Access to Work claims and reform or replace the Work Capability Assessment
Liberal Democrats
Welfare
- Establish an independent commission to recommend annual increases in Universal Credit, and scrap the bedroom tax
- Reduce the wait for the first payment of Universal Credit from five weeks to five days
- Increase Carer’s Allowance and expand it to more carers, and stop pursuing carers for old overpayments
- Remove the two-child limit and the benefit cap, and introduce an enhanced rate of Child Benefit for one-year-olds
- Bring Work Capability Assessments in-house, make the Personal Independence Payment process more transparent, and stop unnecessary reassessments
Reform Party
Welfare
- Reform benefit support and training to help people back into work, with particular focus on 16-34 year olds
- Require all job seekers and those fit to work to find employment within four months or accept a job after two offers
- Make Personal Independence Payment and Work Capability Assessments face-to-face, requiring independent medical assessments to prove eligibility
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