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Thursday, 10 May, 2001, 10:06 GMT
Tory manifesto: At-a-glance
The key points of the 2001 Conservative Party election manifesto.
Tax and the economy
Cut fuel tax by 6p a litre
Local referendums before large increase in council tax
Lower taxes for businesses, families, savers, pensioners and motorists
Public spending not to outstrip the growth of the economy
No more "stealth" taxes
Less regulation for business
Keep the pound
Families and education
Less tax for families
New married couples allowance
Freedom for headteachers to run schools
Power for parents to change management of failing schools
Endowment for universities
Home affairs
Increase police numbers
Less police bureaucracy
Take persistent young offenders off the streets
Criminals to serve the sentence given by the court
More rights for victims
A "safe haven, not a soft touch", on asylum
Health
Increase NHS funding
Allow patients and GPs to choose which hospital is best for treatment
Remove tax penalty on private medical insurance
Guaranteed limits on waiting times
Pensioners
Increase the basic state pension
Cut taxes for pensioners
Abolish compulsory pension annuities at age 75
Younger workers able to opt for properly funded private pensions
Protect the savings and homes of those needing long term care
Foreign policy
A more flexible European Union
Veto further transfers of power from Westminster to Brussels
No European army outside NATO
Global free trade by 2020
Society
Create an Office of Civil Society to work with families, voluntary organisations and faith communities
Reform taxation for charities
Protect the savings of disabled people and help them find work
Tackle welfare fraud
Town and country
Strategy to aid recovery from foot-and-mouth for farms and rural businesses
Establish Regeneration Companies to revitalise inner cities and housing estates
Abolish housebuilding targets which threaten greenfield sites
Cut business rates for rural shops, pubs, garages and village post offices
Broadcasting
Privatise Channel Four
Simplify regulation of British broadcasting and communications
Constitution
Transfer power from central government to effective local councils
Abolish artificial regional tiers of administration in England Reform Parliament so only English and Welsh MPs vote on exclusively English and Welsh matters
Strengthen parliamentary scrutiny of the government
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