UK General Election 2010

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: UKIP is committed to an increase of 40% in defence spending, around 1% of UK GDP. For illustration, a 40% increase on 2007/08 figures of £32.6 billion (source: MOD), would equate to […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: DU408 The Green Party would seek to establish independent committees to oversee the structure of regulation for raves / pay parties / free festivals. These committees would ideally be made […]

According to the UK Labour Party website the Labour Party will try to achieve the following if they retain power at the 2010 general election: Gordon Brown has launched a new ten-year drug strategy which aims to provide a “comprehensive approach” to tackling drug problems. At a Downing Street event the Prime Minister was joined […]

According to the UK Independence Party website UKIP will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: We would restore the county as a key government unit and respect unitaries where local people prefer these. We will abolish regional government, the 9 Regional Ministers and Regional Development Agencies, and […]

According to the Conservative Party website the Conservative Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Our goal is simple: to make Britain the easiest and best place in the world to set up and grow a business. Under Labour, business has become increasingly burdened by corporate […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: DU400 Tobacco smoking is the principal cause of premature death in the United Kingdom. In view of the considerable dangers to the health of both smoker and non-smoker, the Green […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: DU405 Cannabis would be removed from the 1971 Misuse of drugs act. The possession, trade and cultivation of cannabis would be immediately decriminalised, roughly following the Dutch model. The trade […]

According to the UK Green Party website the Green Party will try to achieve the following if they gain power at the 2010 general election: Disabled Terms used DY100 For the purposes of this policy base, the term ‘disability’ refers not to the situation of having a physical, mental or other impairment. Instead it refers […]