This weekend I had the privilege of attending the Conservative Spring Forum and hearing our Shadow Cabinet and Leader set out the stark choice this country faces at the next General Election. With the polls closing, it is imperative that we get our message across. This country faces a clear choice:
5 more years of Gordon Brown’s tired government making things worse,
or
David Cameron and the Conservatives with the energy, leadership and values to get the country moving.
Six key pledges were made:
- Act now on debt to get the economy moving - Deal with the deficit more quickly than Labour so that mortgage rates stay lower for longer with the Conservatives.
- Get Britain working by boosting enterprise - Cut corporation tax rates, abolish taxes on the first ten jobs created by new businesses, promote green jobs, and get people off welfare and into work.
- Make Britain the most family-friendly country in Europe – Freeze council tax and raise the basic state pension, recognise marriage in the tax system and back couples in the benefits system, support young families with extra health visitors, and fight back against crime
- Back the NHS - Increase spending on health every year, and make the NHS work for patients not managers
- Raise Standards in Schools - Give teachers the power to restore discipline, and create new smaller schools
- Change Politics - Reduce the number of MPs, cut Whitehall and quangos by a third, and let taxpayers see where their money is being spent.
These are just highlights. Full details on our policies can be found on the Conservative Party website at www.conservatives.com and is where you can also watch the Leader’s speech.
Our fight has already started and it is up to each and every one of us to make it clear to everyone we speak to that we cannot go on like this and we need change NOW before it is too late.
Steve Barclay
Parliamentary Candidate
North East Cambridgeshire