The Coalition: our programme for government 1

The New Coalition:

our programme

for government

The Coalition: our programme for government 2

Foreword:

By David Cameron, Nigel Dodds and Nigel Farage

This is an historic document in British politics: the

rst time that three parties have come together to

put forward a programme for partnership

government.

As our parties have worked together it has become

increasingly clear to us that, although there are

dierences between us, there is also a huge amount

of common ground. We share a conviction that multicultural Britain has failed and we need to re-

establish the core British values that have come

under assault from the liberal establishment. We

believe that we need to free our businesses from

red tape and crack down on shirkers such as

benefits cheats, criminals, health tourists and illegal

immigrants. We share a belief that we must re-

assert the importance of the family as the central

pillar of our society. Above all, we are committed

to making Britain great again by cutting immigrant

numbers and rejecting European interference in

how we run our country.

We are committed to turning current thinking on its

head and developing new approaches to

government, grounded in tradition. We have found

that a combination of our parties best ideas and

attitudes has produced a programme for

government that is more radical and comprehensive

than our individual manifestos.

For example, when you take the Conservatives

commitment to cap net migration to the tens of

thousands, UKIP plans to prioritise British workers

and the DUPs policy to restrict EU free

movement, you have a united vision of how we can

gain control of our borders again.

Four weeks ago we could never have predicted the

publication of this document. After the election, of

course, there was the option of minority

government but we were uninspired by it.

Instead, there was the option of a coalition in the

national interest and we seized it. A patriotic,

proud and common-sense coalition.

We will make Britain great again.

Common Sense Britain

Britain invented democracy and spread British

values round the world through the British Empire.

However, we are now told that we should be

ashamed of our heritage. We will reverse this

political correctness gone mad.

We will repeal the Hunting Act.

We will reintroduce smoking in pubs.

We will re-introduce national service.

We will pass a Face Coverings Prohibition Bill to ban the burqa.

We will name the August bank holiday Margaret Thatcher Day.

We will offer a free vote on the repeal of same-sex marriage legislation.

We will reduce the maximum time limit for abortions.

We will ensure that adoption can only be undertaken by heterosexual couples.

We will allow hotel and restaurant owners to reject customers where they have an objection

concerning a matter of conscience.

Britain back to Work

We are a trading nation but our businesses have

been held back by European interference, green

taxes, health and safety and red tape.

We will implement in full the recommendations of the Beecroft Report,

including new hire and fire rights for

businesses.

We will pass an Equality and Diversity Bill to outlaw positive discrimination, and scrap the

Equalities Act.

We will remove all benefits for under 25s.

We will cut the top rate of tax to 40% and raise the inheritance tax threshold to 1 million.

We will pass a Sexual Impropriety in Employment Bill to limit sexual harassment

cases against small businesses.

We will reduce the minimum wage for disabled people.

We will hold a bonfire of health & safety laws.

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Liberating Public Services

The NHS, the schools system and other public

services have become over-bloated and too

sheltered from competition. Standards are too low

because of a liberal consensus biased against

success and competition.

We will allow new grammar schools.

We will allow private companies to run academies and free schools for profit.

We will introduce upfront charges on foreign citizens covering the full costs of using our

health service.

We will allow greater market competition and private provision in the NHS.

We will privatise the BBC.

We will introduce regional pay rates for civil servants.

We will force schools to open in adverse weather conditions.

We will introduce mandatory cooking lessons in schools.

Making Britain Great Again

In 1975, the British people signed up to a free trade

area but not a political union. Brussels has become

an over-centralising, over-regulating, protectionist

burden on our country. Only by freeing ourselves

from the EU can we regain control of our borders,

stop the interference of foreign judges and trade

freely with the rest of the world.

We will hold an in/out referendum on Britains membership of the EU by the end of 2015. The

government will campaign for Britains exit

from the EU.

We will withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and scrap the

Human Rights Act.

We will increase defence spending beyond 2% of GDP. We will finance this through welfare

cuts and scrapping the commitment to 0.7%

development aid.

Tough on Crime and

Immigration

We have a proud criminal justice tradition in this

country but it has come under assault from

European courts and so-called human rights.

Criminals get off too lightly, too often.

We will hold a referendum on the reintroduction of the death penalty.

We will hold parents legally responsible for the criminal actions of their children.

We will limit net immigration to the tens of thousands, abolish EU free movement and

introduce an Australian style points system to

ensure those we only let in skilled migrants.

We will introduce criminal sanctions for illegal immigrants and introduce a repatriation plan

for migrants.

Claiming back our Green

and Pleasant Land

Our countryside is under threat from environmental

pet projects that contribute little to our economy

while scarring our landscapes.

We will scrap High Speed II.

We will prohibit the development of new onshore wind farms and progressively remove

existing turbines from the countryside.

We will restrict the height and location of offshore wind farms and remove any subsidies.

Investing in Britain

Our infrastructure badly needs investment but this

has been held back by a mistaken green consensus.

For the next five years, we will prioritise business

over the environment.

We will build an airport in the Thames Estuary.

We will dramatically reduce environmental and planning restrictions on fracking.

We will repeal the Climate Change Act and abolish the Department for Climate Change

and Energy.

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