2.2. Established political parties Flashcards
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Describe Thatcherite Conservative economic policy
- 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
- 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
- £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
- 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
- Smoking/disposable vape ban - probs fits more into welfare
- 13k neighbourhood police cut since 2010
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Describe Thatcherite Conservative welfare policy
- 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
- 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
- Hard brexit support
- AUKUS deal
- Support for Ukraine
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Outline support for Ukraine
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Later immediate humanitarian ceasefire from Feb 2024
- Ditched 2nd referendum plans for brexit
- 2013 Miliband Syria
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Describe New Lab FP
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Champion HRA
- legalise cannabis
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Describe LD (Liberal left) law and order policy
- 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
- give right to see GP within 7 days, or 24 hours if urgent
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Describe LD (Liberal left) welfare policy
- 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
- Maintain nuclear disarmament, whilst pursuing MDI
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Describe LD (Liberal left) FP
- Eventually seek to re-join Single Market
- Reinstate 0.7% of national income spending on foreign aid
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List other policies
- Lab committed to maintaining triple lock for 5 years
- 3.5% pay offer to RMT
- 22 Tories rebelled against WF
