Invitation to Join the Government of Britain: The Conservative Manifesto 2010

Added: February 7th, 2018

Manifesto

“The 130-page Conservative manifesto, the first in recent history to be produced in the form of a hardback book, has a sober, dark blue cover intended to illustrate the gravity of the financial crisis facing Britain. But Tory sources said that, between the covers, the manifesto will paint a dramatic picture of the central theme of Cameron's leadership – his ambition to preside over a "Big Society" in which power is handed down to users of public services and voters at a local and national level. The manifesto then highlights a "direction invitation" in a series of areas that it claims will give voters a chance to join a Tory government in reshaping Britain. The "invitations" include: 1) Referendums on any local issue if 5% of the population; sign up, and a veto for voters over any proposed high council tax increases. 2) Plans for public sector co-ops: "Giving public sector workers ownership of the services they deliver is a powerful way to drive efficiency, so we will support co-operatives and mutualisation as a way of transferring public assets and revenue streams to public sector." and 3) pledge to create a "property-owning democracy". The manifesto will update this by highlighting a permanent rise in the stamp duty threshold to £250,000 for first-time buyers.”

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