Which key policies will be left out of the Conservative manifesto?
The IndependentThe launch of the manifesto is always a huge day in any general election campaign as a party’s key plans for the future are unveiled – but not this time, it seems. But, if you think a party whose last campaign was wrecked by the furore over the “dementia tax“ is going to go into the next one proposing a new levy, don’t be so naive. Matt Hancock said the Conservatives are “working on a plan”, but quickly added: “We are not ready to publish it yet.” That slipperiness was topped by the home office minister who refused to say if immigration will be lower after Brexit – despite that being a central promise of the Leave campaign. Now, the 1987 Tory prospectus barely mentioned the poll tax and the 1970 version said it would “negotiate, no more” about whether to join the then European Economic Community – which the UK promptly did only two years later.
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