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### Infrastructure

* Scrap 'white elephant vanity' projects such as HS2.
* Push every local authority in the country to offer at least 30 minutes’ free
* Push every local authority in the country to offer at least 30 minutes’ free
parking in town centres and shopping parades.
* Amend planning legislation in order to make play spaces compulsory in housing
estates, and to promote nursery or creche provision in developments such as
shopping centres, office blocks, hospitals, airports, and railway stations.

### Industry

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* Stop paying tuition fees for courses which do not lead to at least two thirds
of students into a graduate level job.
* Cease offering EU nationals student loans once we use the EU.
* Extend the primary school day by offering wrap-around childcare from 8am to
6pm during term time.

## Environment and Animal Cruelty

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serving armed forces personnel in potentially traumatic or 'at risk' roles.
* Extend the period during which discharged service personnel are able to access
the specialist `DHMS` scheme from six months to two years.
* Create a fund worth £80 million a year to help childminders and smaller
childcare and smaller childcare providers employing 5 people or fewer.\
* Remove the current blanket ban on media reporting of placement and adoption
proceedings and allowing journalists to report on such cases on the same basis
as other family law proceedings.
* Maintain the `Pensions Triple-Lock` on the state pension, increasing it every
year by the highest of inflation, average earnings, or 2.5%.
* Invest up to £2 billion every year into social care.
* Continue to pay `Attendance Allowance` for all people over the age of 65 who
need help with personal care.
* Treble the amount allocated to dementia research and treatment in 2015.
* Fund a co-ordinating service for older and disabled people in every county to
combat loneliness.
* Introduce a legally binding `Dignity Code` to improve the quality and standard
of care for older people in hospital, care homes or their own home, and
protect whistleblowers.
* Commit to giving carers an extra 5 days paid holiday each year, and increase
`Carer's Allowance` from £62.70 per week to £73.10.
* Scrap the bedroom tax.
* Give tenants the right to request `Housing Benefit` is paid direct to their
landlords, whatever benefit scheme they are on.
* Exempt foodbanks and charity shops from charges imposed by local authorities
to dispose of unwanted food waste and other goods.

### Diverse and Cultured Communities


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### Disabilities and Mental Health


* No cuts to disability benefits.
* Abolish the annual assessment process for continuing healthcare funding in
respect of those suffering from a degenerative, terminal illness.

## Foreign Policy

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* Cut EU regulation from the 88% of the UK economy that is not linked to trade
with EU countries.
* Prioritise free trade agreements with non-EU countries.
* Establish a `Migration Control Commission`.
* Set a target to reduce net migration to zero over a five year period.
* Place a moratorium on unskilled and low-skilled immigration for five years
after we leave the EU.
* A new international visa system with four principal visa categories:
* Work Visas. Highly skilled workers with a job offer sponsored by companies
paying them a minimum of £30,000 per annum will have priority.
* Tourist and Visitor visas which covers those who come to Britain as
tourists, to conduct business, or to see family. Valid for up to 12 months.
* Student visas.
* Family Reunion Visas. Foreign nationals marrying British citizens will have
to prove the primary purpose of their marriage is not to obtain British
residency.
* Abolish the `European Economic Area Family Permit Scheme`, and reinstate the
primary purpose rule.
* All new migrants to Britain will be expected to make tax and national
insurance contributions for at least five consecutive years before they become
eligible to claim UK benefits, or access non-urgent NHS services, save for any
exceptions stipulated by the `Migration Control Commission`.
* Those arriving on work visas may apply for British Citizenship after five
years, provided they have worked and paid tax here, and maintained their
medical insurance throughout that time.
* No amnesty for illegal immigrants.
* Foreign criminals will not be granted a visa to enter the UK.
* Migrants who commit crimes resulting in a custodial sentence will have their
visa revoked and be detained until they are deported.
* Allow law-abiding EU citizens living in the UK before Article 50 was triggered
the right to stay here indefinitely, and expect the same concession to be
granted to British citizens living overseas within the EU.
* No benefits will be paid for any dependents living overseas when we leave the
EU.
* Test the social attitudes of migration applicants to foster community cohesion
and protect core British values.

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