Lib Dem manifesto: At-a-glance

The key points of the 2001 Liberal Democrat election manifesto.

Health

27,500 nurses and midwives and 4,600 doctors to be recruited by 2005

10,000 more hospital beds to be created by the same time

Nurses' annual pay to rise by an average £1,000 - those on lower salaries will get more

Free NHS dental and eye checks to be restored for all adults

A new Pharmaceuticals Agency to keep down the health service drugs bill

New screening equipment to allow same day diagnosis and treatment

Doctors to test for diseases such as HIV, Aids and TB at their surgeries

All patients needing surgery or an appointment with a consultant to be given a firm date as soon as they are diagnosed

The party costs this at £3bn a year, and estimates that its Pharmaceuticals Agency will save around a £1bn a year

Education

Cut average primary school classes to 25 by recruiting 12,500 new primary school teachers.

Hire 5,000 new secondary school teachers

Abolish university tuition fees

Cut bureaucracy and red tape for teachers

The party costs this at £3.5bn a year

Pensions

Single pensioner's basic pension up £5, by £10 for those over 75, and £15 for the over-80s.

Couples up £8, £18 and £28, as above

The party costs this at £2.9bn a year

Tax

A penny on the basic rate of income tax to fund £3.5bn education programme

50% top rate of tax on earnings over £100,000, generating £4.6bn

Changes to Capital Gains Tax, to raise £2bn

Crime

Police numbers up 6,000 on last year, 2,000 more than Labour plans

Part-time community officers to rise by 2,000 on last year

Additional retention and recruitment measures

Recruit traffic wardens, park-keepers and others to work with police in a Community Safety Force, co-ordinated by local authorities

More police units to tackle so-called 'hate crime'

Extended prison education programme

Royal Commission on Drugs

Victims able to make personal post-conviction, pre-sentence statement to courts

The party cost this at £250m annually

Transport

Free off-peak local travel for pensioners and the severely disabled

Half price travel for students under 19 at all times

Local authorities allowed to raise bonds to finance public transport projects

Workplace and out of town shopping centre parking charges to cut congestion

Abolish vehicle tax for small cars and motorbikes

The party costs this at £500m annually

The constitution

Proportional representation for Westminster

Devolve more power to the nations and regions

Fast track applications for asylum-seekers held in detention centres

End discrimination in the immigration and asylum system.

Europe

Enlargement and reform of the European Union

A charter setting a limit to the EU's power
Power shift from commissioners to members of the European Parliament.

Hold a referendum on joining the single European currency when conditions are right

Defence

A moratorium on use of depleted uranium weapons

Boycott the United States' NMD "Son of Star Wars" missile defence system