Richard Tice has said that unlike the Brexit Party in 2019, he will not defect to the Tories at the next election because there must be & #39;punished'
UK reforms could cost the Conservatives dearly at the next general election as they refuse to sideline their candidates to help Rishi Sunak's party.
Richard Tice's rebel Center Right Party polled in double figures in Wellingborough and Kingswood on 15 February , which is in line with national polls and denied the Tories victory in the last contest.
Mr Tice said that unlike the Brexit Party in 2019, he would not defect to the Tories at the next national election, even if his refusal to do so resulted in a Labor government. He insisted Sunak's administration must be «punished.»
There is also speculation about the role Nigel Farage, honorary president of the Reform party, could play in the election. He refused to rule out the possibility of returning to frontline politics.
Meanwhile, the party has announced a number of policies that will be included in its election manifesto. Here's a summary of those commitments:
- NHS and social care
- Tax and spending
- Economy
- Environment< /li>
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- Energy and Net Zero
- Education and Child Care
- Defense
- Pensions and Social Security
- Policing and Crime
- Migration
Reform will aim to reduce NHS waiting lists to zero within two years — target which she described. as “challenging but achievable.”
In its health plan unveiled in December 2022, the government pledged to exempt two million health and social care workers from the basic rate of income tax for three years as part of a bid to retain existing staff and ensure the return of former staff.
National Service Healthcare will also use more private providers on an “as needed” basis to reduce waiting lists.
Reform said its health plan would cost £15 billion a year for two years and would be funded by a restructure of the Health Bank. England's quantitative easing has moved into 75-year bonds. The Bank of England will no longer pay interest on quantitative easing provisions for commercial banks, which Reform says will generate billions.
Taxes and spending
The tax burden has become one of the reform's key attack areas following tax hikes under the Conservatives. saw the overall burden reach its highest level since World War II.
The reform will increase the minimum income tax. threshold from £12,571 to £20,000, exempting six million people from paying income tax.
This would eliminate VAT on energy bills, saving households £100 a year, while cutting fuel duty by 20 pence per liter and reducing VAT from 20 percent to 18 percent. These measures are estimated to save £240 per driver and £300 per family per year.
Government spending would be cut by £5 for every £100, amounting to £50 billion a year.
Economy
Reform said it would cut the basic corporate tax rate from 25 percent to 20 percent.
His other proposals on the economy include scrapping IR35 rules, regulations introduced by the Conservatives in recent years to regulate off-payroll work.
Inheritance tax will be scrapped on all estates worth less than £2 million, and business rates will be scrapped for small and medium-sized firms, and the three per cent online delivery tax is intended to «create a fairer playing field» for large businesses compared to online businesses. competitors.
Environment
The reform insists that «we all care about the environment» and promises to achieve cleaner air in a «strategic and affordable way».
It will nationalize 50 percent of key utility companies such as energy and water giants. “to prevent consumer fraud.”
Before entering politics, Mr Tice used a ConservativeHome article in 2018 to praise plans to build on brownfield sites, while highlighting the need to «dramatically reduce the number of houses that need to be built on open countryside» to protect greenery. belt.
Energy and net zero
Mr Tice has been one of the most vocal opponents of net zero in British politics, calling it «sheer stupidity» and Reform will scrap all existing carbon targets. < /p>
The party plans to speed up the issuance of North Sea oil and gas licenses, build highly efficient combined cycle gas turbines and restart coal mines “using the latest, cleanest technology”.
Renewables will be stripped of existing government subsidies, with Reform saying «they must stand on their own merits.»
«Westminster's obsession with net zero is making us all poorer every year,» it said last year's document preceding the manifesto. “This leads to more emissions, not less, because it forces us to buy energy abroad.”
Education and childcare
The reform will require schools to “focus on the fundamentals of teaching every child to read and write” as part of sweeping changes to the national curriculum.
< p>A «pre-manifesto» published by the party in October 2023 claimed that university students were being «ripped off by high fees» and proposed cutting some courses from three years to two in a bid to save students many thousands of pounds.
Following the Covid lockdown, Reform vowed to «never again» close schools or force children to learn from home for weeks on end.
It also vowed to combat «divisive woke ideologies», including critical race theory. and gender ideology, providing «age-appropriate» sex education that teaches children that «there are only two sexes and two genders.»
Defense
The reform will overhaul the military procurement process as a defense priority, and will also pledge to invest in the «appropriate equipment and accommodation» of military personnel.
It will put more money into the Veterans Affairs Office, which was created by the current Tory government, and also decided to «adequately protect our troops and veterans from unwanted, endless lawsuits.»
In February 2024, Mr Tice told the Express newspaper that Britain and its allies «must all spend more on defense to keep the peace», but did not give a figure for the increase he would like to see.
Mr Farage has said a «woke madness» is harming the Armed Forces after The Telegraph reported plans to relax security checks on diversity grounds, with the former leader of the Ukip party arguing that it should abandon diversity, equality and inclusion policies.
Pensions and Social Security< p>The pre-reform manifesto promised reform of the tax system on savings and pensions.
Mr Tice's party will aim to get more than a million people back to work, describing benefits being reduced to pre-Covid levels. claimants as «eminently realistic».
In an article in The Telegraph last year, the Reform leader said the 5.4 million people on the dole posed a problem that other politicians were «too uncomfortable» with tackling .
He promised Reform would freeze benefits for unemployed young people, adding: “There is noise and my immediate reversal, but someone has to say it. Sometimes the hard decisions are actually the kindest ones. Make the work pay. It's good for all of us.»
Mr Tice said the British people «never voted for mass immigration»; Photo: STEVE FINN Police and Crime
The reform promised to take a «zero tolerance approach» to crime and anti-social behavior, starting with putting more police officers on the streets.
«More visible» policing will see more officers on duty, with a particular focus on tackling violent crimes, burglaries and robberies.
Police will be given «much better technology» as part of an overhaul of existing information and communications systems, and the judiciary will also be reformed to work «faster and smarter», although this is another area where details were not given.< /p >Migration
Mr Tice's plan to end illegal immigration and significantly reduce legal migration includes withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and introducing a «one in, one out» migration quota.
He told an event held in January 2024: “We must freeze non-essential immigration — one entry, one exit. This is what the British people voted for, I believe the people want it. The British people have never voted for mass immigration.»
The reform will create a new Department of Immigration, «brought together by people who believe in the cause of sovereign independence» after the abolition of the Home Office.
D Mr Theis also called on ministers to declare immigration a «security threat», adding: «We have a difficult conversation to have about the fact that too many of these people coming illegally do not actually have good intentions.»
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