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