The party commits to ending forfeiture misuse and facilitating commonhold conversion for leaseholders.
“We will end the misuse of forfeiture so leaseholders don't lose their property and capital unfairly and make it easier t…”
The party commits to passing a Renters Reform Bill that abolishes Section 21 and strengthens grounds for evicting tenants engaged in anti-social behaviour.
“We will pass a Renters Reform Bill that will deliver fairness in the rental market for landlords and renters alike. We w…”
The party commits to continuing efforts to end rough sleeping and reviewing temporary accommodation quality.
“We will continue with our plans to end rough sleeping and prevent people from ending up on the streets in the first plac…”
The party commits to requiring developer-funded remediation programmes for mid- and high-rise buildings with historic safety issues.
“After delivering landmark new laws that freed leaseholders from cladding bills following on from the awful tragedy of Gr…”
The party commits to giving councils powers to manage the growth of holiday lets.
“We will ensure councils have the powers they need to manage the uncontrolled growth of holiday lets, which can cause nui…”
The party commits to simplifying the planning process for self-build homes and supporting community housing schemes.
“We will support those who want to build or commission their own home by making the planning process simpler, while also …”
The party commits to encouraging diverse housing types, particularly for older people.
“We will encourage the building of different forms of housing, particularly housing for older people.”
The party commits to accelerating removal of illegal traveller sites and expanding council planning powers to prevent unauthorised traveller development.
“Building on our new powers for the police, we will further speed up the use and enforcement of powers to remove illegal …”
The party commits to providing 105 towns with £20 million endowment funds for local priorities including high street revival and housing.
“Provide 105 towns in the UK with a £20 million endowment fund for local people to change their town's future. This inclu…”
The party commits to expanding the Community Ownership Fund to help communities acquire community assets.
“Extend our Community Ownership Fund to help more communities across the UK take control of vital community assets like p…”
The party commits to extending the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for three years and using it to support National Service and community groups.
“Extend the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for three years at the next Spending Review, before using this funding to support U…”
The party commits to creating additional Freeports and Business Rates Retention zones with an application round in the next Parliament.
“Create more Freeports and Business Rates Retention zones. Freeports have already generated just under £3 billion in inve…”
The party commits to allowing councils to retain all business rates growth in defined zones for 25 years to fund infrastructure and local industry.
“We want to replicate the example of Sunderland's Crown Works Studios elsewhere in the country. We will enable councils t…”
The party commits to continuing Investment Zones with £160 million to support local growth.
“Continue backing Investment Zones across the country, giving areas £160 million to catalyse local growth and investment.”
The party commits to changing planning laws to support local market days and regenerate shopping centres.
“Give our high streets a new lease of life and restore pride in place. We will change planning laws to support places to …”
The party commits to raising fines on utility firms for improper road and pavement restoration.
“We will continue to make industry pay for removing chewing-gum from streets and raise the fines utility firms must pay w…”
The party commits to making fly tipping an offence that carries driving licence penalty points.
“We will make fly tipping an offence that carries penalty points against your driving licence.”
The party commits to ensuring every part of England that wants a devolution deal has one by 2030, offering level 4 powers to areas with directly elected leaders.
“Empower communities through devolution and new powers. By 2030, every part of England that wants one will have a devolut…”
The party commits to launching a Seaside Heritage Fund to preserve and restore coastal assets.
“Launch a Seaside Heritage Fund to support enhancements to our seaside heritage, preserving and restoring our coastal ass…”
The party will create additional Freeports and Business Rates Retention zones, allowing councils to retain business rates growth for 25 years to fund infrastructure and local industry support.
“Create more Freeports and Business Rates Retention zones. Freeports have already generated just under £3 billion in inve…”
The party will reform planning laws to enable local market days and shopping centre regeneration, increase fines for utility companies and chewing-gum removal, and introduce driving licence penalty points for fly-tipping.
“Give our high streets a new lease of life and restore pride in place. We will change planning laws to support places to …”
The party will require local referendums on council tax increases and ban four-day working weeks in local authorities.
“We will protect residents from excessive council tax rises by ensuring that local people have the final say on council t…”
The party will enhance council transparency and accountability through the Office for Local Government.
“We will improve standards in councils by making their performance more transparent through the Office for Local Governme…”
The party will provide targeted grant funding to coastal and rural local authorities to reflect their unique circumstances.
“We will always stand behind councils and look to recognise the unique circumstances of coastal areas in the allocation o…”
The party will extend the £2 bus fare cap throughout the next Parliament, funded by railway reform savings of up to £1.5 billion annually.
“We will extend the £2 bus fare cap in England for the entirety of the next Parliament, benefitting young people and low-…”
The party will launch the National Parking Platform to streamline parking payments and empower councils to ban pavement parking with local consultation.
“We will roll out the National Parking Platform this year to simplify paying for parking. Reflecting feedback from older …”
The party will not build new smart motorways and will invest in improving the safety of existing ones.
“We remain steadfastly committed to road safety and, to that end, will maintain our pledge to build no new smart motorway…”
The party will prohibit pay-per-mile road pricing and prevent local authorities from implementing it.
“Stop road pricing. A Conservative Government will not introduce pay per mile road pricing and will ban Mayors and local …”
The party will reverse the ULEZ expansion in London.
“Reverse Labour's unfair ULEZ expansion in London. Sadiq Khan's ULEZ tax rise only has a 'moderate' or 'minor' effect on …”
The party will require referendums for new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph zones and introduce a right to challenge existing schemes.
“Rule out top-down blanket Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and 20mph zones. While 20mph zones can help improve road safety in …”
The party will introduce a Rail Reform Bill to establish Great British Railways as a private-public partnership headquartered in Derby, with expanded open access services and reformed working practices.
“We will introduce a Rail Reform Bill in our first King's Speech to create Great British Railways (GBR), headquartered in…”
The party will introduce mobile contactless pay-as-you-go rail ticketing across the UK.
“Over the next Parliament, we will also roll out mobile pay as you go contactless tickets nationwide, bringing rail into …”
The party will work with Active Travel England to improve walking and cycling safety, including safe school routes and protection for vulnerable road users, with local consultation.
“We will work with Active Travel England to make it safer for people to walk or cycle, including projects like ensuring s…”
The party will align penalties for dangerous cyclists who cause injury or death with those for other road users.
“While we back responsible cyclists, we will bring penalties for the rare instances where dangerous cyclists kill or inju…”
The party will maintain and review its 'retain and explain' guidance to support the preservation of national heritage including statues and monuments.
“The Conservative Party will always protect our national heritage – including statues, monuments and memorials. We will k…”
The party will continue supporting museums and libraries, leverage philanthropic funding for cultural institutions, and complete a Gift Aid review.
“We will continue to support museums and libraries across the country. Government has the power to leverage philanthropy …”
The party will maintain Royal Mail's universal postal service with six-day delivery including Saturday deliveries.
“We will ensure Royal Mail continues to deliver the universal postal service in a way which is affordable for customers a…”
The party will ensure the Post Office Horizon scandal redress scheme is operational and making payments to claimants by end of July.
“We have taken exceptional and unprecedented action, legislating to quash the convictions of those affected by the Post O…”
The party has legislated to protect bank branch access and established Banking Hubs for free cash and banking services.
“We have legislated to require banks and building societies considering closing a branch to consider the needs of all the…”
The party will maintain First Past the Post voting, keep the voting age at 18, and maintain voter ID requirements.
“We remain steadfast in our support for the fundamental principles that underpin the UK's constitutional settlement. We r…”
The party will introduce legislation to clarify that sex in the Equality Act refers to biological sex and protect single-sex services and spaces.
“The next Conservative Government will introduce primary legislation to clarify that the protected characteristic of sex …”
The party will legislate to ensure individuals can have only one legal sex in the UK.
“We are clear that on fundamental matters of personal identity there should be one approach across the country, so we wil…”
The party will legislate to require schools to follow government guidance on gender-questioning students and mandate parental involvement in decisions about children's gender identity.
“This is why we will pass legislation to ensure schools must follow our guidance for teachers on how best to support gend…”
The party will improve support for guide and assistance dogs and explore hosting the 2031 Special Olympics World Summer Games.
“We passed the British Sign Language Act to ensure all public services and information are accessible to Deaf people who …”
The party will increase the farming budget by £1 billion over the Parliament with annual inflation increases for grants and environmental schemes.
“Increase the UK-wide farming budget by £1 billion over the Parliament, ensuring it rises by inflation in every year. Far…”
The party will ringfence agricultural funding for farming communities across the UK and establish a £20 million Farming Innovation Fund.
“Continue to ringfence agricultural funding so it is passed directly on to farming and rural communities in Scotland, Wal…”
The party will introduce a legally binding food security target and create a UK Food Security Index to guide farming investment.
“Introduce a legally binding target to enhance our food security. The target will apply UK-wide alongside our UK Food Sec…”
The party will reform public sector food procurement to ensure at least 50% is sourced locally or to higher environmental standards.
“Improve public sector procurement to deliver our goal that at least 50% of food expenditure is spent on food produced lo…”
The party will streamline planning permissions for farm infrastructure including glasshouses, storage facilities, and small reservoirs.
“Reform our planning system to deliver fast track permissions for the building of infrastructure on farms, such as glassh…”
The party will prioritise R&D investment in advanced farming technologies including fertiliser innovation and vertical farming.
“Use our significant investment in R&D to prioritise cutting-edge technology in areas such as fertiliser and vertical far…”