Prime Minister pledges to help ‘ALL Brits, not just the few’ and govern in the interests of ordinary working families in her Conservative election manifesto
Theresa May dedicates her manifesto to ordinary people as she writes in The Sun ahead of launch
WHEN I first became Prime Minister, I promised that government under my leadership would not be driven by the interests of a privileged few but by the interests of ordinary working families.
People who have a job but do not always have job security.
People who own their own home but worry about paying the mortgage.
People who can just about manage but worry about the cost of living and getting their children into a good school.
These families — families like yours — have been ignored by politicians, and by others in positions of power, for too long.
Yet they do not ask for much: they want to get on with their lives, to do their best for their children, to have a fair chance. Under my leadership, they will no longer be ignored.
They — you — are the people to whom my manifesto today is dedicated.
That’s why I am determined to cut the cost of living for ordinary working families, keep taxes low and to intervene when markets are not working as they should.
You are the people who work hard every day and make this country what it is.
And you are the people who deserve strong and stable leadership from a government that is determined to address the great challenges we face.
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That means getting the best Brexit deal for our country and its people.
And it means making the right long-term decisions for the future of the United Kingdom.
If you vote for me and my Conservative team on June 8, we will govern in the interests of ordinary working families — in stark contrast to Jeremy Corbyn and Labour, who have a £58billion black hole in their chaotic plans which every family would pay for with higher taxes and more debt.
The Tories manifesto will:
- USE the billions to guarantee any poorer OAPs with cash and assets of less than £100,000 will be exempt from care charges
- END the pension triple lock which guarantees a minimum annual rise in state pensions, to take on 'inter-generational unfairness'
- ABANDON a pledge not to raise National Insurance Contributions — but recommit the Tories to long-promised income tax cuts for basic and higher rate taxpayers.
- TOUGHEN immigration controls by doubling the charge companies must pay to bring skilled workers in from outside the EU.
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