Keith Anastassiades

🚨 NEW: The Reform UK manifesto in full Immigration: - Freeze non-essential Immigration - Pick up illegal migrants out of boats and take them back to France - Leave the European Convention on Human Rights - Zero illegal immigrants to be resettled in the UK - New Department of Immigration - Secure Detention for all Illegal Migrants - All asylum seekers that arrive illegally from safe countries will be processed rapidly, offshore if necessary - Those entering from a safe country will also be barred from claiming asylum or citizenship - No legal aid for non-citizens - Immediate Deportation for Foreign Criminals - Deport foreign nationals immediately after their prison sentence ends - Withdraw citizenship from immigrants who commit crime with the exception of some misdemeanour offences - Ban Student Dependents - Introduce new visa rules for international students - Only international students with essential skills can remain in the UK - Close down fake courses and immigration schemes that abuse the rules - Stop Health Tourism and Immediate Access to Benefits - Impose a requirement of 5 years residency and employment to claim any benefits in the UK - The National Insurance rate will be raised to 20% for foreign workers - British citizens National Insurance rate would stay at 13.8% Government spending: - Bank of England Must Stop Paying Interest to Commercial Banks on QE Reserves - Every department must slash wasteful spending and cut bureaucracy - Cut Unnecessary Regulations - Cut Foreign Aid by 50% - Collect £ Billions in Unpaid Tax Economy for people: - Lift the Income Tax Start Point to £20,000 Per Year - Lower fuel duty by 20p per litre for both residential and business users - Scrap VAT on energy bills - Scrap environmental levies - Cut Residential Stamp Duty - Cut Stamp Duty to 0% below £750k, 2% from £750k - £1.5m and 4% over £1.5m - Abolish the VAT Tourist Tax - Abolish Inheritance Tax for all Estates Under £2m Economy for businesses: - Free Over 1.2 Million Small and Medium Sized Businesses from Corporation Tax - Lift the minimum profit threshold to £100k - Reduce the main Corporation Tax Rate from 25% to 20%, then to 15% from Year 3 - Abolish IR35 Rules to Support Sole Traders - Lift the VAT Threshold to £150,000 - Free up small entrepreneurs from red tape - Abolish Business Rates for high street based SMEs - An Online Delivery Tax at 4% for large, multinational enterprises - Cut entrepreneurs’ tax to 5% - Reform the Planning System - Fast-track new housing on brownfield sites and infrastructure projects - Slash Red Tape to Boost Industry and Exports - Scrap thousands of laws that hold back British business and damage productivity - Reform the Tax System NHS: - End Doctor and Nurse Shortages - All frontline NHS and social care staff to pay zero basic rate tax for 3 years - End training caps for all UK medical students - Write off student fees pro rata per year over 10 years of NHS service for all doctors, nurses and medical staff - Use Independent Healthcare Capacity - Tax Relief of 20% on all Private Healthcare and Insurance - A New NHS Voucher Scheme - NHS Patients will receive a voucher for private treatment if they can’t see a GP within 3 days, a consultant in 3 weeks or get an operation in 9 weeks - Services will always be free at the point of use - Improve Efficiency by cutting waste and unnecessary managers - Operating theatres must be open on weekends - Rotas must be planned further in advance - Nail down better prices using economies of scale - Review all NHS Private Finance Contracts for significant savings potential - Charge those who fail to attend medical appointments without notice - Abolish the NHS Race and Health Observatory - Offer tax incentives for new pharmacies and those who employ more staff - Excess Deaths and Vaccine Harms Public Inquiry Net Zero: - Scrap Net Zero and Related Subsidies - Scrap Annual £10 Billion of Renewable Energy Subsidies - Start fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil - Grant shale gas licences on test sites for 2 years - Enable major production when safety is proven, with local compensation schemes - Cleaner Energy from New Technology - Increase and incentivise ethical UK lithium mining for electric batteries, combined cycle gas turbines, clean synthetic fuel, tidal power and explore clean coal mining Policing: - Recruitment to increase UK per capita police numbers to 300 per 100k population - 40,000 new front-line officers, over a 5-year parliament - Commence Zero Tolerance Policing clampdown on all crime and antisocial behaviour - Increase Stop and Search substantially - Prison for violent crimes and possessing a knife - Drug dealing and trafficking will get mandatory life imprisonment - A new offence of Substantial Possession of Drugs will meet heavy fines - New Police Leadership and Recruitment Regime - Strong preference for ex-military officers and personnel - Ensure a high standards of fitness and presentation for front line officers - Sack Chief Constables that allow two-tier policing - Use better technology and stop wasting time on paperwork - Allow PCSOs to become police officers before the role is phased out - Scrap all Diversity, Equality and Inclusion roles and regulations - Overhaul the Independent Office of Police Conduct so that the police complaints system becomes more accountable and works for the law abiding public - De-Politicise the College of Policing - Prioritise crime prevention, discipline, public service and high standards of strength and fitness among trainees - Replace degree-standard entry with an entrance exam - Require officers to complete a 2-year probationary period - Stricter entry requirements Justice: - Urgent Sentencing Review with Automatic Life Imprisonment for Violent Repeat Offenders - Increase the Criminal Justice Budget from £10 billion to £12 billion - Reopen local magistrates’ courts to clear the case backlog - Change the Definition of Hate Crime - Start Building of 10,000 New Detention Places - Start expansion in capacity of state built and managed prisons - Commission disused military bases if needed - Reform the Child Maintenance Service - Launch a special division of the Family Court for maintenance and default - Stop Child Grooming Gangs - Deport offenders holding dual citizenship - Make child grooming an aggravating offence - Improve safeguarding of victims and vulnerable - No bail for grooming gang offenders - Tackle Youth Crime - Reopen High Intensity Training Camps for young offenders to teach basic education, teamwork and values Education: - A Patriotic Curriculum in Primary and Secondary Schools - Ban Transgender Ideology in Primary and Secondary Schools - Tax relief of 20% on all Independent Education - Scrap Interest on Student Loans - Cut Funding to Universities that Undermine Free Speech - Permanent Exclusions for Violent and Disruptive Students - Universities Must Provide 2-Year Undergraduate Courses Benefits and welfare: - Lift the Income Tax start point to £20,000 per year - Motivate up to 2 million People Back to Work - Enforce a 2-Strike Rule for Job Offers - job seekers must find employment within 4 months or accept a job after 2 offers, or lose their benefits - Face to Face, Not Remote Assessments for Benefits Brexit: - Legislate to Scrap EU Regulations with Immediate Effect - Abandon the Windsor Framework - Independence for Britain’s Armed Forces - Prepare for Renegotiations on the EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Defence: - Increase Defence Spending to 2.5% of National GDP by year 3, then 3% within 6 years - Introduce Urgent Pay Review - Introduce new Armed Forces Justice Bill - New, Dedicated Ministerial Department for Veterans - Recruit 30,000 for the army - Regenerate Britain’s Defence Manufacturing and Technology - Reform Defence Procurement - Free Education for Military Personnel Housing: - Review the Planning System - Reform Social Housing - prioritise locals. Foreign nationals go to the back of the queue - Scrap section 24 for Landlords - Abolish the Renters’ (Reform) Bill - Protection for Leaseholders - Incentivise Use of New Construction Technology Children and families: - Support Marriage Through the Tax System - When feasible, introduce a 25% transferable marriage tax allowance, exempting the first £25,000 of income for each spouse to encourage work and help those on benefits reenter the workforce - Choice for Stay-at-Home Parents: Front-load Child Benefit for children aged 1-4 to give parents the option to stay home more - Mandate Single Sex Spaces - Promote Child Friendly App Restricted Smartphones by launching inquiry into social media - Review the Online Safety Bill Transport and infrastructure: - Scrap HS2 and save £25 billion - Stop the War on Drivers and legislate to ban ULEZ Clean Air Zones and Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - Accelerate transport infrastructure on coastal regions, Wales, the North, and the Midlands - Introduce a new model for national infrastructure: 50% public ownership, 50% UK pension funds; cap standing charges to help low users and pensioners - Create a single government infrastructure funding stream by merging the National Infrastructure Commission and the Infrastructure Bank, scrapping Net Zero objectives, and simplifying the funding process Farming: - Increase the Farming Budget to £3 Billion - Scrap Climate-Related Farming Subsidies - Protect Country Sports - Stop Supermarket Price Fixing - Buy British: Aim for 70% food security by sourcing 75% of taxpayer-funded food from the UK, ensure clear labeling for consumers, and support smaller food processors and abattoirs with tax breaks and incentives - Farming not Form Filling by cutting red tape Pensions and Social Care: - Commence Royal Commission of Inquiry into Social Care System - Simplify social care through a single funding stream - Stop the Offshore Taxpayer Rip Off - End some larger care home providers are avoiding tax on hundreds of millions of profits - Review Pension Provision - End the Mineworkers Pension Scandal Constitutional Reform: - Leave the European Convention on Human Rights - Commence reform of the Human Rights Act - Commence Reform of the House of Lords & Civil Service - Replace the House of Lords with a much smaller, more democratic second chamber - Immediate end of political appointees - Replace Civil Service leaders with successful professionals from the private sector - Commence Reform of the Postal Voting System - Stop postal voting except for the elderly, disabled or those who can’t leave their homes - Proportional Representation Voting for the House of Commons - A British Bill of Rights Fisheries: - Reform will ensure foreign fishermen possess a license to access the UK’s 200 nautical mile waters - Expand the Royal Navy’s overseas patrol squadron - Ban foreign supertrawlers in British waters and end the practice of electric pulse fishing within Britain’s 200 mile EEZ - Rebuild the UK's fish processing - Increase the UK's fishing fleet through tax incentives and vocational training - Work with the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission to implement a new management system that would guarantee sustainable stocks Reclaiming Britain: - Reaffirm British Sovereignty - reject World Economic Forum influence, oppose the WHO Pandemic Treaty and consider leaving the WHO without reforms, oppose Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and a cashless society - Replace 2010 equalities act and scrap Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DE&I) rules that have lowered standards and reduced economic productivity - Propose a Comprehensive Free Speech Bill to legislate against left-wing bias, politically correct ideology, de-banking, cancel culture, left-wing hate mobs, and political bias in public institutions - Stop the use of Sharia law in the UK - Commence Reform of the BBC by addressing its institutional bias and inefficiencies - Scrap the TV licence, considering it taxation without representation, and support freedom of choice in a world of on-demand TV - Make St George’s and St David’s Day a Public Holiday - Launch an Anti-Corruption Unit for Westminster to ensure that public officials face sanctions if they break the rules, including prison, with legal powers to investigate past and future scandals