2.2. Established political parties Flashcards

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Describe Thatcherite Conservative economic policy

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  • Mini budget 2022 (e.g. abolish additional rate)
  • Cut basic rate of NI by 2p
  • Sunak voiced support for abolishing NI, Zahawi supported abolishing inheritance tax
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Describe One Nation Conservative economic policy

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  • Fiscal Responsibility - debt falling as share of GDP in 5yrs, creation of OBR
  • Replace non-dom status
  • Autumn Statement 2022
  • 35% surcharge on oil and gas profits extended to 2029
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Describe the autumn statement 2022

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  • £55bn black hole in public finances
  • stealth tax rises, cut tax thresholds (45p rate cut from £150k to £125k) and public spending cuts
  • windfall taxes raised to 35% from 25%, despite pressure
  • minimum wage increased to £10.40 (now £11.44)
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Describe Thatcherite Conservative law and order policy

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  • PCSC Act 2022, Public Order Act 2023
  • Rwanda Asylum plan
  • Sunak suggested leaving ECHR, Truss abolishing SC - weakening of rights
  • nitrous oxide ban
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Describe ON Conservative law and order policy

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  • Smoking/disposable vape ban - probs fits more into welfare
  • 13k neighbourhood police cut since 2010
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Describe Thatcherite Conservative welfare policy

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  • mid-life MOTs
  • Pledged to remove benefits for those fit to work if not found job in 12 months
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Describe ON Conservative welfare policy

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  • March 2023 Budget - 15hr of free govt-funded childcare for those aged 9-24 months
  • AS22 - Benefits and pensions raised in line with inflation despite financial pressures
  • Energy price guarantee of £3000 a year
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Describe Thatcherite Conservative FP

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  • Hard brexit support
  • AUKUS deal
  • Support for Ukraine
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Outline support for Ukraine

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  • Condemned Russia - sanctions
  • SWIFT ban against some Russian banks - pushed by Boris
  • £4.7bn in total support
  • British sent Sea King helicopters to Ukraine (Nov 22)
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Describe ON Conservative FP

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  • Windsor Framework
  • UK set to host 4th summit of European Political Community
  • Eased Visa applications from Hong Kong
  • Humanitarian pause in Gaza
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Describe Old Labour economic policy

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  • Setting up Great British Energy, a publicly owned clean power energy company
  • Levy 20% VAT on private school tuition fees
  • Nationalise railroads
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Describe New Labour economic policy

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  • 2022, Sam Tarry sacked for appearing on RMT picket line
  • 2022 CBI conference - make economy less dependent on cheap labour immigration
  • tough spending rules in order to deliver economic stability
  • e.g. scrapped £28bn green spending pledges
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Describe Old Labour law and order policy

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  • end ‘immoral’ Rwanda asylum seekers’ plan
  • Half knife crime and level of violence against women/girls within a decade
  • Create Community and Victim payback board to increase involvement in community sentences - rehabilitation
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Describe New Labour law and order policy

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  • 13k more neighbourhood police officers
  • Border Security Command - co-operate Border Force, MI5 and the National Crime Agency to prosecute gangs operating small boat routes
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Describe Old Labour welfare policy

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  • Recruit 6.5k new teachers
  • Cut 40k off waiting list by providing more appointments
  • Free breakfast clubs in every primary school
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Describe New Labour welfare policy

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  • Patients can refer themselves to specialists, bypassing GPs
  • Penalties for GPs for poor service
  • New Lab govt contracted out cleaning services in the NHS to private companies (PFI)
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Describe Old Labour FP

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  • Later immediate humanitarian ceasefire from Feb 2024
  • Ditched 2nd referendum plans for brexit
  • 2013 Miliband Syria
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Describe New Lab FP

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  • Softer brexit deal - eliminate border checks for low-risk goods at NI border
  • All major defence projects subject to ‘NATO test’ within first 100 days of Lab govt
  • Continue Ukraine support - Starmer visited Kyiv in Feb 2024
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Describe LD (Orange book) economic policy

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  • 2015 - pledged to eradicate the structural deficit by 2017/18
  • Ensure fiscal events are accompanied by OBR report
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Describe LD (Liberal left) economic policy

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  • GIve HMRC more power to tackle tax avoidance
  • one-off windfall tax on profits of oil and gas producers and traders
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Describe LD (Orange book) law and order policy

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  • Champion HRA
  • legalise cannabis
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Describe LD (Liberal left) law and order policy

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  • Make misogyny a prosecutable hate crime - free speech
  • Improve rehabilitation of prisoners inside and outside prison
  • Investment to clear up court backlog
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Describe LD (Orange book) welfare policy

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  • give right to see GP within 7 days, or 24 hours if urgent
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Describe LD (Liberal left) welfare policy

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  • Reverse £20 weekly cut to Universal Credit
  • Protect triple-lock
  • Build 150k new social/council houses a year
  • free personal care model for social care - no need to sell home to fund payments
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Describe LD (Orange book) FP

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  • Maintain nuclear disarmament, whilst pursuing MDI
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Describe LD (Liberal left) FP

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  • Eventually seek to re-join Single Market
  • Reinstate 0.7% of national income spending on foreign aid
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List other policies

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  • Lab committed to maintaining triple lock for 5 years
  • 3.5% pay offer to RMT
  • 22 Tories rebelled against WF