1. Independence. We shall return Britain to a self-governing nation with our own laws made in Parliament - as our constitution states. We will revoke the 1972 EEC treaty and replace it with EFTA membership - which is what the British people were told we had signed up to originally. And we'll spend the £52 bn+ annual cost of EU membership on ourselves.
2. Business We will scrap over 120,00 unnecessary regulations and directives that the CBI, FSB, TUC, and others, say harm competitiveness, particularly for small businesses who make up 99% of firms.
3. Income tax. We will set a flat tax rate at £10,000 that gives every worker more in their pocket, stimulates the economy, cuts tax dodging, removes 4.5 million workers from paying tax at all, and helps low earners to escape the benefits trap. We will scrap inheritance tax, period.
4. Health & Education. We will move power from politicians to the health & education professionals, end health tourism by visitors, and free our brightest from study debt. Allow parental choice and reinstate trades vocational training in place of 'social' degree courses.
5. Pensions. We will increase state pensions by £25 a week and reinstate the £5 billion annual pension tax credit stolen by Gordon Brown for his treasury.
6. Housing & Land Space. The UK is already an over-densley populated and grid-locked island with intollerably expensive land and house prices. We will end pointless and counter-productive uncontrolled immigration that depresses wage rates, creates house price inflation, strains infrastructure and social cohesiveness, and furthermore wrecks our environmental and sustainability aspirations to ourselves and the planet.
7. Crime. We will release the police of paperwork to tackle crime again, overhaul the justice system, and end abuse of the courts by ill-considered ‘human rights’ legislation that ignores responsibilities and protects the criminal instead of the victim.
8. Fishing & Farming. We will re-establish our lost marine waters and £2Bn fishing industry by scapping the CFP. We will also scrap the CAP subsidy to French farmers and give our own growers a level playing field, rewarding "green" farmers. We will end plans to plant GM crops and the illegalisation of herbal health remedies.
9. Local Government. Currently 75% of local goverment funding is actually from Whitehall who naturally dictate how it gets spent. We will return financial independence to local government so they can act locally and independently.
10. Trade: We will establish a free trade agreement with the EU, re-embrace today's fast-growing Commonwealth, and whomsoever we see fit to trade with, and free ourselves of EU restrictions to our global trade efforts.
Local Government Manifesto
1. Policing. Make all crime a high priority and end the "it's waste of time phoning Croydon nick" malaise that Croydon enjoys.
2. Wasteful spending. Cut the politically correct non-jobs at the council that cost money but do no good.
3. Prioritise spending. Put important services into first place such as Meals on Wheels, Fire, Police, Health, Schooling etc.
4. Harassment. End the Council's unfair hounding of the motorist. Create more fair car parking spaces.
5. Over-development. Put a stop to ill-conceived tower block projects that bring inner city urban problems into our neighbourhoods.
6. Tax. Replace unfair local council tax with local sales tax.
7. Environment. Maintain the re-cycling, cleanliness, green programmes and parks, and actually improve them - not just talk about it.
8. Civility. Crack down on nuisance neighbours. Praise good neighbourhoods and community groups.
9. Community. Restore priorities to established citizens' needs.
10. Standing up for Croydon. End payment of the Olympics precept and Greather London Assembly charges that spend your money for no local benefit.
