We will support Scotland’s fishing and farming industries.
We have extended the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme until 2029,
introduced a new UK-wide Food Security Index
and will increase the UK-wide farming budget by £1 billion over the next Parliament,
ensuring the ringfenced amount provided to the Scottish Government rises by inflation each year.
and a steadfast commitment to taking back control of our waters, negotiating the best quotas possible and remaining out of the hated Common Fisheries Policy.
providing £5 million for the evaluation of proposals to extend the current Borders Railway from Tweedbank through Hawick and on to Carlisle,
updating the East Coast Main Line timetable to provide faster rail journeys between Edinburgh and London
and providing funding for the UK Islands Forum Connectivity Project.
The Labour Welsh Government have let standards slide across crucial public services while focusing on policies people in Wales do not want, from putting more politicians in the Senedd to implementing a blanket 20mph speed limit across Wales and banning new roadbuilding.
and making investments in industry, local communities and infrastructure.
And we want to go further.
as well as wider improvements to the A55 and the A483 around Wrexham.
and prioritise the Pant- Llanymynech bypass.
and facilitate the electrification of the North Wales Main Line.
We will prioritise development of the Pencoed level crossing
and giving local communities the legal right to challenge existing zones.
as well as grants for innovative agricultural projects from the £20 million UK Farming Innovation Fund
and the extension of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme.
adopt a consistent approach to biosecurity across Great Britain
and require the Welsh Government to provide annual reports on how ringfenced agricultural funding from the UK Government is spent.
restore trust in policing
and introduce tougher sentencing to make Wales safer.
Improving the comparability of data across the UK will ensure the current Labour Welsh Government are held to account for their performance running Wales’ schools and hospitals.
and improve interoperability between the NHS in different parts of the UK, cross-border healthcare processes and joint working to tackle waiting lists.
and support the Welsh language, including by backing Welsh broadcasting and the equitable provision of UK Government services in Welsh.
And a Welsh Conservative Government would reverse Labour’s plans to expand the Senedd, redirecting the cost towards people’s real priorities.
As Conservatives and Unionists, we continue to hugely value Northern Ireland’s contribution to our Union.
For us, the best future for Northern Ireland will always be as part of a strong, prosperous and dynamic United Kingdom.
We will never be neutral in expressing our support for it.
At the same time, we respect those who seek a different constitutional outcome pursued by exclusively peaceful and democratic means.
We will always govern in the interests of the whole community in Northern Ireland.
Our aim is to build a Northern Ireland where politics works,
the economy grows
and society is stronger and more united.
Our commitment to the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement in all its parts remains unwavering.
Fundamental to the Agreement is the consent principle – that there can be no change to the constitutional status of Northern Ireland without the support of a majority of those who live there.
Conservatives will always uphold the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland.
We are committed to supporting Northern Ireland’s communities and economy to thrive.
To underpin the restoration of devolution, we provided the incoming Executive with a £3.3 billion spending package and subsequently agreed an interim fiscal framework in May 2024.
We hosted an Investment Summit in Northern Ireland last year, showcasing its innovation and technological strengths.
And cutting National Insurance again will benefit 800,000 working people in Northern Ireland.
The Windsor Framework and our Safeguarding the Union Command Paper have addressed the fundamental problems with the old Northern Ireland Protocol and provide Northern Ireland with unique advantages, including guaranteed unfettered access to the UK internal market and privileged access to the EU Single Market for goods.
Through our UK internal market system, we have ensured that goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland that will only ever stay in the United Kingdom are subject to no checks, save for those conducted by UK authorities as part of a risk-based or intelligence-led approach to tackle criminality, abuse of the scheme, smuggling and disease risks.
In addition, through the Stormont Brake we have addressed the democratic deficit in the old Protocol.
A Conservative Government will faithfully implement all its commitments in the Windsor Framework and the Command Paper, including those measures to strengthen Northern Ireland’s place in the Union.
While the security situation has been transformed for most people in Northern Ireland over the past three decades, there remains a very real threat from dissident republicans who retain both a capability and intent to cause harm.
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