Outline the current policy stance of the Conservatives
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- Outline the current policy stance of the party. Look at their most recent manifesto- what are their key policies on the economy, health, education, Europe, immigration
- Economy
- Reducing the deficit: so we deal with out debts safegaurd our economy for the long term and keep low mortgage rates low
- Cutting income tax and freezing fuel duty: to help hardworking people be more financially secure
- Creating more jobs: by backing small business and enterprise with better infrastructure and lower job taxes
- Capping welfare and working to control immigration: so our economy delivers for people who want to work hard and play by the rules
- Delivering the best schools and skills for young people: so the next generation can succeed in the global race
- Health
- Continue to increase spending on the NHS, supported by a strong economy so the NHS stays free for you to use
- Spend at least an additional £8 billion by 2020 over and above inflation to fund and support the NHS's own action plan for the next five years
- Ensure you can see a GP and receive the hospital care you need, 7 days a week by 2020 with a guarantee that everyone over 75 will get a same day appointment if they need one
- Intergrate health and social care, through our better care fund
- Lead the world in fighting cancer and finding a cure for dementia
- Education
- Ensure a good primary school place for your child, with zero tolernce for failure
- Turn every failing and coasting secondary school into an academy and deliver free schools for parents and communities that want them
- Help teachers to make Britain the best country in the world for developing maths, engineering, science and computing skills
- Create 3 million new apprenticeships and make sure there is no cap on university places, so we have aspiration for all
- Europe
- Give you a say over whether we should stay in or leave the EU, with an in-out referendum by the end of 2017
- Commit to keeping the pound and staying out of the Eurozone
- Reform the workings of the EU which is too big, too bossy and too bureaucratic
- Reclaim power from Brussels on your behalf and safeguard British interests in the single markets
- Back business to create jobs in Britain by completing ambitious trade deals and reducing red tape
- Immigration
- Clamping down on benefits tourism and health tourism so that we only welcome those who want to work hard and contribute to our society
- Cracking down on abuse of the immigration system by closing bogus colleges and making it much tougher for illegal immigrants to remain in the UK by restricting access to work, housing, benefits, healthcare, bank accounts and driving licences
- Introducing a new citizen test with British values at its heart
- Economy
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