So many manifestos — who has the answers?
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Borrow the best policies, fix the ones you don't like, and craft a manifesto that finally makes sense.
Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
A universal basic income pilot at local authority scale
The theoretical arguments for and against UBI are well rehearsed. What we lack is robust UK-specific evidence. Finland ran a two-year trial involving 2,000 participants. The results showed improved wellbeing, higher trust in institutions, a
Accept that everything is getting worse and plan accordingly
Other parties promise to fix things. We think thats dishonest. Things are getting worse and they have been getting worse for quite some time now. The trains are worse. The roads are worse. The weather is worse. Freddos are 30p. Rather than
Balance the current budget over the economic cycle and enshrine it in law
Governments should not routinely spend more than they raise in revenue. This is not an ideological position. It is a mathematical one. Sustained deficits accumulate as debt, and the interest on that debt diverts spending from public service
We will save £3.50 a year by making difficult decisions about childrens shoes
Look, nobody wants to cut the shoe allowance for under-fives. These are not the decisions we wanted to make. But we inherited a very difficult fiscal situation and we have to be honest with people about the choices ahead. By reducing the c
Make it possible to start a company in one hour with zero cost
In Estonia, you can register a company online in about 15 minutes. In New Zealand it takes a single form and costs roughly £10. In the UK it takes at least a day, costs £50, and that is before you register for PAYE, VAT, and whatever else H
Roadworks that overrun should cost the contractor, not the taxpayer
There are roadworks near my house that were supposed to take 6 weeks. We are on week 14. I have seen someone actually working there maybe three times. Here is what should happen: - Every contract gets a hard completion date - For every we
Raise taxes on high earners including me and stop pretending we can't afford public services
I earn well into six figures. I pay less tax as a percentage of my income than my employees do because capital gains is taxed lower than income. That is indefensible. We have a country where nurses use food banks, schools hold bake sales t
Unions only care about themselves, not the working man. Time to change the rules.
Why should these union bosses get to decide who speaks for working people? They trot out the same old lines, saying nobody like Farage is a "friend of the workers", but when was the last time they actually delivered anything real for the bl
Scrap the pointless apprenticeship schemes already
I'm so fed up with the government's apprenticeship schemes, they're just a waste of money if you ask me. My son's friend did one and it was just a cheap way for a company to get free labor, he didn't learn anything useful and now he's strug
Restore local council funding to 2010 levels, adjusted for inflation
It is difficult to have a sensible conversation about the quality of local services when the funding that underpins those services has been cut by nearly 40% in real terms since 2010. Councils are not failing because they are badly run, tho
Scrap all regulations and replace them with a strongly worded sign
Health and safety has gone mad. Not a bit mad. Completely mad. You cant climb a ladder without a certificate. You cant serve a scotch egg without a food hygiene inspection. You cant even have a bonfire without checking the wind direction an
Scrap VAT on repairs to boost small trades
I was out on a job the other day, fixing a boiler for a customer in Mapperley, and they were moaning about the cost of the repair, and I'm thinking, it's not just the parts and labour, it's the VAT on top that's killing them. This got me th
Tax the rich to fund our schools
I think we should introduce a wealth tax to fund our public schools, it's about time the rich paid their fair share to ensure every kid gets a decent education. This is needed because our schools are struggling to make ends meet, with teach
Let's Cut the Bureaucracy That's Strangling Small Businesses, Not Argue With Old PMs
We need a radical simplification of business regulations to truly boost the economy. The current system is a tangled mess that disproportionately burdens new and small enterprises, stifling innovation and job creation. My proposal is for a
Link the state pension to actual average earnings, not a formula nobody understands
Link the state pension to average earnings. Every year. No formulas nobody understands, no political games about whether this years increase is affordable. Pensioners deserve to know what theyre getting.
Scrap Business Rates for Small Shops and Cafes - It's Killing Our High Streets!
We need to get rid of business rates for independent shops and cafes entirely. This is crippling small businesses, especially in my industry. I've seen so many good places close down because the rates are just unsustainable, even when they’
Time to actually invest in NI businesses, not just talk about it
We need a dedicated Northern Ireland Investment Fund, managed locally and focused on sustainable growth rather than just speculative ventures. This fund would be seeded with a significant portion of the money currently allocated to various
Start rebuilding the EU relationship now, with a customs union as step one
The Conservatives spent 14 years pretending Brexit was going brilliantly while every economic indicator said otherwise. Small businesses are drowning in customs paperwork. Export volumes are down. The City has lost business to Frankfurt and
If you can work but WON'T work you should lose your benefits. Simple.
I worked 46 years. Started at 16 in a warehouse. Never claimed a penny. Now I see young lads down the road who haven't worked a DAY sitting around collecting benefits. New trainers. Takeaway every night. Latest phone. If you are fit and h
Cut the Red Tape Already
I was talking to a mate who's trying to start his own cafe in Sheffield, and he's at his wit's end with all the forms and permits he needs to fill out. It's taking him months just to get the council to approve his plans, and that's before h
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Build your party
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Write your policies
Make your case. Explain how it works. Let the community vote, debate, and challenge your ideas.
Vote, debate, fork
Vote on other people's ideas. Disagree kindly. Fork a policy you like and adapt it to your own manifesto.