The party pledges to expand nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure and implement the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.
“We will support people to choose electric cars by ensuring our charging infrastructure is truly nationwide, including ra…”
The party commits to support aviation sector growth and decarbonisation through backing British Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
“We will support the growth and decarbonisation of our aviation sector. We will back British Sustainable Aviation Fuel th…”
The party commits to enabling automated vehicles on British roads through new legislation and will expand nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure while implementing a Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate.
“Automated vehicles will be on British roads in the next Parliament, thanks to our new world-leading legislation. We will…”
The party commits to supporting aviation decarbonisation through a Sustainable Aviation Fuel mandate, revenue support, and investment in aviation technology, while protecting domestic routes to islands and remote areas.
“We will support the growth and decarbonisation of our aviation sector. We will back British Sustainable Aviation Fuel th…”
The party pledges to support maritime decarbonisation and will conduct a review of cross-Solent transport options to increase choice and reduce fares.
“We will back our maritime sector, including shipping and ports, as it decarbonises. Recognising the current challenges w…”
The party commits to increasing annual public spending on research and development from £20 billion to £22 billion.
“Increase public spending on R&D to £22 billion a year, up from £20 billion this year.”
The party pledges to maintain R&D tax reliefs that provide £280 million annually and have expanded coverage to more small and medium enterprises.
“Maintain our R&D tax reliefs. Recent changes worth £280 million a year have simplified and improved R&D tax reliefs, inc…”
The party commits to continuing investment of over £1.5 billion in large-scale compute clusters to support artificial intelligence development and safety research.
“Continue investing over £1.5 billion in large-scale compute clusters, assembling the raw processing power so we can take…”
The party pledges £4.5 billion to support strategic manufacturing sectors including automotive, aerospace, life sciences, and clean energy.
“Push forward with our Advanced Manufacturing Plan, providing a £4.5 billion commitment to secure strategic manufacturing…”
The party commits to distributing £1.6 billion across the country through specialist Catapult centres by 2028 to support innovation and research commercialisation.
“Build on the success of our nine specialist Catapults, which support innovation and de-risk the transition from research…”
The party commits to implementing Edinburgh Reforms and Mansion House reforms to maintain the UK's position as a leading global financial centre, including a retail sale of NatWest shares.
“We will build on the policies set out in the Edinburgh Reforms so that the UK continues to be the world's most innovativ…”
The party pledges to support domestic car manufacturers facing competition in the electric vehicle market and will intervene if other countries breach global trade rules.
“We will always back our world-leading automotive industry, which faces unprecedented competition from China in the elect…”
The party commits to completing free trade agreements with India and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and pursuing agreements with Israel and Switzerland.
“We will complete free trade agreements with India and with the Gulf Cooperation Council, home to some of the world's big…”
The party commits to building on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU while refusing any terms that compromise UK sovereignty, and will enforce EU compliance with existing commitments.
“Our Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is the most comprehensive FTA the EU has ever agreed. We will build on it, but…”
The party commits to excluding the NHS from trade negotiations, maintaining high food and drink import standards, and protecting UK agriculture in trade agreements.
“We have always been clear the NHS and the services it provides are not on the table in trade negotiations. All food and …”
The party pledges to pursue a free trade agreement with the United States when conditions permit.
“And we will look to agree a free trade agreement with the US when they are ready to do so.”
The party commits to avoiding union-related regulatory changes and will reform the UK regulatory landscape to benefit business, consumers, and the environment.
“We will never introduce Labour's package of French-style union rules, which are a threat to jobs, our competitiveness an…”
The party commits to repealing or reforming over half of inherited EU laws by July 2026, continuing to remove EU legislation from the statute book.
“We have already repealed or reformed over 2,000 EU laws and by July 2026 we will have repealed or reformed over half of …”
The party commits to maintaining VAT-free energy-efficient material installations, simplified alcohol duties, and a guarantee that draught drink duty in pubs remains lower than in supermarkets.
“We have also used post-Brexit tax freedoms, including introducing VAT-free installations of energy-efficient materials a…”
The party commits to reducing the civil service to pre-pandemic levels to fund an increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.
“Returning the civil service to its pre-pandemic size to pay for our commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of G…”
The party pledges to halve spending on external consultants and introduce controls on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
“Halving the amount of taxpayers' money spent on external consultants. We will introduce controls on all 'Equality, Diver…”
The party commits to controlling spending by quangos (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations).
“Bring quango spending under control.”
The party pledges to relocate 25,000 civil servants outside London, expanding on existing regional hubs.
“Moving 25,000 more civil servants outside of London, building on successes like the Darlington Economic Campus and hubs …”
The party commits to requiring external advertising of civil service jobs to improve recruitment quality.
“Opening up civil service recruitment by requiring jobs to be advertised externally to identify the best candidates.”
The party pledges to double digital and artificial intelligence expertise in the civil service to improve public service delivery.
“Doubling digital and AI expertise in the civil service, to take advantage of the latest technologies to transform public…”
The party commits to requiring all government departments to deliver plans for 2% annual productivity growth at the next Spending Review.
“If we returned public sector productivity to pre-pandemic levels that would deliver up to £20 billion of annual savings.…”
The party commits to continuing implementation of Minimum Service Levels legislation to limit disruption from industrial action.
“To limit the impact of industrial action on public services and balance the ability of workers to strike with the rights…”
The party commits to reducing the average approval time for major infrastructure projects from four years to one year.
“We will speed up the average time it takes to sign off major infrastructure projects from four years to one.”
The party commits to reforming environmental regulations to streamline planning for homes, prisons, and energy schemes while maintaining nature protection.
“Introduce reforms to outdated EU red tape to better protect nature while enabling the building of new homes, new prisons…”
The party pledges to ensure environmental offset requirements for new infrastructure and homes are proportionate while maintaining environmental standards.
“Ensure any requirements to offset the impact of new infrastructure and homes on an area are proportionate, without compr…”
The party commits to reducing infrastructure costs by allowing faster modifications to approved projects.
“Reduce the cost of infrastructure by allowing quicker changes to consented projects.”
The party pledges to regularly update National Policy Statements to guide infrastructure planning.
“Ensure National Policy Statements are regularly updated.”
The party commits to refocusing statutory consultees' role in planning to improve projects efficiently rather than adding delays.
“Focus the role of statutory consultees in the planning system on improving projects in line with clearer objectives, rat…”
The party pledges to amend the law to prevent meritless judicial reviews from delaying infrastructure projects.
“End frivolous legal challenges that frustrate infrastructure delivery by amending the law so judicial reviews that don't…”
The party commits to reducing employee National Insurance to 6% by April 2027, halving the rate from the start of the year and providing a £1,350 tax cut for average workers.
“As the next step in that plan, we will cut employee National Insurance to 6% by April 2027 – meaning that we will have h…”
The party commits to abolishing the main rate of Class 4 National Insurance for self-employed people by the end of the next Parliament, affecting four million people.
“To recognise the unique contribution of these risk-takers and entrepreneurs to our economy and the insecurity they face …”
The party pledges not to raise income tax or VAT rates while cutting National Insurance for 29 million people.
“As well as cutting National Insurance for 29 million people, we will also not raise the rate of income tax or VAT.”
The party commits to maintaining the National Living Wage at two-thirds of median earnings throughout the next Parliament, projected to reach around £13 per hour.
“We will maintain the National Living Wage in each year of the next Parliament at two-thirds of median earnings. On curre…”
The party commits to introducing a Triple Lock Plus for pensions, uprating the State Pension by the highest of prices, earnings, or 2.5%, and introducing an age-related personal allowance for pensioners to prevent them entering the tax system.
“We will continue to do everything we can to provide pensioners with dignity in retirement and ensure the new State Pensi…”
The party commits to a Pensions Tax Guarantee that prevents new pension taxes, maintains the 25% tax-free lump sum, and preserves tax relief on contributions.
“Under our new Pensions Tax Guarantee, the Conservatives will not introduce any new taxes on pensions. We will maintain t…”
The party pledges to maintain all existing pensioner benefits including free bus passes, Winter Fuel Payments, free prescriptions, and TV licences.
“We will maintain all current pensioner benefits, including free bus passes, Winter Fuel Payments, free prescriptions and…”
The party commits to raising at least £6 billion annually by tackling tax avoidance and evasion by the end of the Parliament.
“Building on that, we will raise at least a further £6 billion a year from tackling tax avoidance and evasion by the end …”
The party commits to providing 15 hours of free weekly childcare for eligible parents of children aged nine months to two years from September 2024.
“From September 2024, eligible parents of children between nine months and two years old will also be able to access 15 h…”
The party pledges to expand free childcare to 30 hours per week for all eligible parents with children from nine months until school entry, starting September 2025.
“From September 2025, all eligible parents with children from nine months old to when they start school will be able to a…”
The party commits to increasing childcare sector funding rates by approximately £500 million over two years and providing support to hire staff and reduce administrative burden.
“To help the childcare sector expand we have committed to increasing hourly funding rates over the next two years by an e…”
The party will invest £300 million to ensure all parents can access wraparound childcare before and after school by September 2026.
“And to give working parents more flexibility, we are investing £300 million so that all parents can access wraparound ch…”
The party commits to establishing Family Hubs in every local authority in England to provide support to families with children.
“We will go further to deliver a Family Hub in every local authority in England.”
The party pledges to increase children's home capacity while prioritising family unity through kinship care and adoption support.
“We will create more places in children's homes while prioritising keeping families together where that's best for the ch…”
The party commits to providing housing, education, and employment support to care leavers, plus expanded mentoring and befriending programmes.
“We will also support those leaving care with housing, education and employment, in addition to expanding befriending and…”
The party will change Child Benefit assessment from individual to household basis, with withdrawal beginning at £120,000 household income and ending at £160,000.
“We will end this unfairness by moving to a household rather than individual basis for Child Benefit. So nobody is worse …”