Studio Brief 2 - Political parties

App for political choices
make sure the options are shown objectively to the viewer. Don't show the party, just show the policies of the parties to the audience. This way the audience can choose what they believe in rather than excluding policies due to the association they may have with the parties.

Conservatives
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/manifesto2017/Manifesto2017.pdf
Conservative manifesto – ‘Forward together our plan for a stronger Britain and a prosperous future’.

5 Challenges facing Britain

1.     The need for a stronger economy – Invest in infrastructure and people, ensuring the economy’s growth.

2.     Brexit and a changing world – To deliver a smooth and orderly departure from the EU and forge partnerships across Europe.

3.     Enduring Social Divisions – To make sure everyone has the opportunity to make the most of their talents and hard work, where ever they are from.

4.     An Ageing Society – Security and care for the elderly as well as maintaining fair treatment for younger generations.

5.     Fast-changing Technology – harness the power of fast-changing technology and ensuring security, privacy and protection for children and younger people.

Governing from the mainstream – Governing from the interests of the British public and ordinary, working families. ‘We will restore the public finances and maintain economic stability. We will reduce and control immigration. We will resolute in defending the country from terrorism and other security threats. The government will not be driven for the benefit of the privileged but by the interests of ordinary, working families.

‘True Conservatism means a commitment to country and community; a belief not just in society but in the good that government can do; a respect for the local and national institutions that bind us together; an insight that change is inevitable and change can be good, but that change should be shaped, through strong leadership and clear principles, for the common good.’

Policies before election

Pump an extra £4bn into schools by 2022

Net migration cut to below 100,000

Increase the amount levied on firms employing non-EU migrant workers

Increase on NHS spending by £8bn per year by 2022/23

scrapping the triple-lock on state pensions by 2020. To be replaced with "double-lock" rising with income earnings or with inflation.

Labour Party

Manifesto - For the many not the few

1. Creating an economy that works for all
2. Negotiating Brexit
3. Towards a national education service
4. A fair deal at work
5. Social security
6. Secure homes for all
7. Health care for all
8. Safer communities
9. Leading richer lives
10. extending democracy
11. A more equal society
12. A global Britain

Key Policies 

• Scrap university tuition fees
• Income tax rate at 45p for £80,000 +
• More free childcare
• Get rid of zero hour contracts
• Income tax rate to be raised to 45% for salaries at £80,000 + and 50% for salaries over £123,000
• Renationalise British railway services and England's nine water companies.
• Negotiating Brexit - prioritise jobs and living standards, build a close new relationship with the EU, protect worker's rights and environmental standards, provide certainty to EU nationals and give a meaningful role to Parliament throughout negotiations. 
• I􏰐n trade negotiations our priorities favour growth, 􏰑jobs and prosperity. 􏰂We make no apologies for putting these aims before bogus immigration targets.
  
  
  
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  Environment

  Conservatives - UK should have the lowest energy costs in Europe, both for households and businesses.

  Lib dems - Ensure that four million properties receive insulation retrofits by 2022, prioritising fuel-poor households.

  Labour - Ensure that 60% of the UK's energy comes from zero-carbon or renewable sources by 2030.

  Green Party - Replace fracking, coal power stations, subsidies to fossil fuels and nuclear with renewable energy.

  
  

  Renationalization

  Conservatives - Focus on creating extra capacity on the railways to ease overcrowding, bring new lines and stations, and improve existing routes - including for freight.

  Lib dems - Investment in road and rail infrastructure, continued commitment to HS2, Crossrail 2 and rail electrification.

  Labour - Nationalisation of England's nine water companies.

  Green Party – Renationalise energy, water, railways, buses, the Royal Mail and care work.

  
  

  Workers’ rights

  Conservatives - Increase the National Living Wage to 60% of median earnings by 2020.

  Lib dems - Votes for 16-year-olds.

  Labour - Raise minimum wage to "at least £10 per hour by 2020".

  Green Party - Phase in a four-day working week.

  
  

  Education

  Conservatives - Pump an extra £4bn into schools by 2022.

  Lib dems - Invest nearly £7bn extra in education.

  Labour - Reintroduce maintenance grants for university students and abolish university tuition fees.

  Green Party - Reject the Prevent strategy and pursue community-led collaborative approaches to tackling all forms of extremism.

  
  

  NHS

  Conservatives - Real terms increases in NHS spending reaching £8bn extra per year by 2022/23.

  Lib dems - 1p in the pound on income tax to raise £6bn for NHS and social care services.

  Labour - NHS will receive more than £30bn in extra funding over the next parliament.

  Green Party - Reverse privatisation of the NHS to ensure all health and dental services are publicly provided and funded, and free at the point of access.

  
  

  Social security and pensions

  Conservatives -

  Lib dems - £100bn package of additional infrastructure investment.

  Labour - A commitment to "protect the pensions of UK citizens living overseas in the EU or further afield".

  Green Party - Redress pension injustice to enable older people to continue to be active members of society.

  
  

  Housing

  Conservatives - Meet 2015 commitment to deliver a million homes by the end of 2020 and half a million more by the end of 2022.

  Lib dems - Build 300,000 homes a year by 2022, including half a million affordable and energy-efficient homes.

  Labour - Build over one million more homes, with at least half for social rent.

  Green Party - Help first-time buyers by aiming for house price stability - axing buy-to-let tax breaks.

  transport

  Conservatives - Review rail ticketing to remove "complexity and perverse" pricing, with a passenger ombudsman introduced.

  Lib dems - Invest capital in major transport improvements and infrastructure.

  Labour - Extend high speed rail link HS2 to Scotland.

  Green Party - Return the railways to public ownership.

  
  

  Foreign policy

  Conservatives - Spend at least 2% of GDP on defense and increase the budget by at least 0.5% above inflation in every year of the new parliament.

  Lib dems - Spend 2% of GDP on defense.

  Labour - Support the renewal of the Trident submarine system.

  Green Party - Cancel Trident replacement, saving at least £110bn over the next 30 years.

  
  

  Migration

  Conservatives - Immigration cut to under 100,000.

  Lib dems - Offer safe and legal routes to the UK for refugees - offering sanctuary to 50,000 Syrian refugees over five years.

  Labour - Labour will not "scapegoat migrants" and will not set a cap on immigration, describing targets as "bogus".

  Green Party - A humane immigration and asylum system that recognises and takes responsibility for Britain's ongoing role in causing the flow of migrants worldwide.

  
  

  Brexit

  Conservatives - Exit the European single market and customs union but seek a "deep and special partnership" including comprehensive free trade and customs agreement.

  Lib dems - Press for the UK to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals in the UK.

  Labour – Accept the EU referendum result and “build a close new relationship with the EU” prioritizing jobs and workers’ rights.

  
  

  Green Party - A referendum on the final Brexit deal with the option to reject the deal and remain in the EU.