What are UK political parties offering to voters?
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What are UK political parties offering to voters?
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's political parties vying for votes before a national election on July 4 have published their manifestos - documents which set out their policies and how they will finance them.
With the opposition Labour Party leading in opinion polls by double-digits the other parties, including the governing Conservatives, are hoping to attract voters by offering pledges on everything from healthcare to tax cuts.
Following are what the main parties say on major issues.
THE ECONOMY
Conservatives - Tax cuts are the centre of its plan to reignite economic growth, while at the same time the party wants to reduce borrowing and debt.
Labour - Its plan focuses on wealth creation. It will be "pro-business and pro-worker" and introduce a new industrial strategy, which will end short-term economic policy.
Liberal Democrats - It wants a better relationship with the European Union and an industrial strategy focused on renewables and other sectors.
Greens - It wants to raise taxes for the wealthy, invest more in health, and bring railways, energy companies and water providers back under state control.
Reform - It would reform the planning system, speed up house building and infrastructure projects and cut red tape, including employment laws in order to make it easier to hire and fire workers.
TAXES
Conservatives - The party has promised to cut taxes by 17.2 billion pounds a year by 2029/30, with a 2-percentage-point cut in National Insurance. Self-employed workers would be exempt from National Insurance by the end of the next parliament.
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Labour - It has pledged not to raise taxes "for working people", with no increase in the basic, higher, or additional rates of income tax, National Insurance, or VAT. It will cap corporation tax at the current level of 25%.
