Theresa May unveils ‘Red Tory’ manifesto in bold bid to turn Labour voters blue with promises to put workers first, whack rogue firms and plough cash into NHS
Bold PM makes play to pick up socialist votes with traditional Labour battle cries
THERESA May unveiled her “Red Tory” manifesto for Britain yesterday in a bid to turn millions of Labour voters blue.
The PM pledged to put struggling workers first by shifting taxpayers’ cash away from better-off older folk.
Issuing two more traditional Labour battle cries she vowed to bear down on sinning big business and outspend Jeremy Corbyn’s party on the NHS.
She urged people who had previously turned their back on the Tories to back her in Brexit talks, saying: “It is time to put the old tribal politics behind us and come together”.
She said under her government there would be “no ideological crusades” and its agenda “will not be allowed to drift to the right”.
Her biggest promise is £8billion a year extra to the NHS by the end of the parliament.
That tops Mr Corbyn’s offer of £7.4bn.
Mrs May also plans “the most ambitious technology and building program the NHS has ever seen”.
Other pledges include:
- A MAJOR overhaul of the crooked honours system and a cut to the number of Lords
- AN Extremism Commissioner to halt divisive and dangerous behaviour
- A THREAT to strip private schools of their charitable status unless they create 100 free schools
- A VETERANS Board to ensure ex-forces heroes are better looked after, as well as tax breaks for bosses to employ them
- But there was a backlash against the PM’s social care plan to abandon a £72,000 cap on home costs
- A VAT hike was ruled out. But the Tories also abandoned ex-PM David Cameron’s pledge not to raise income tax or NICS.
Quizzed by The Sun on whether her blueprint meant a shift to the left, Mrs May said: “The Conservative Party has always been on the centre ground.
“We want to reward talent and hard work, not where you came from.”