26 published positions, by topic, each with the date it was published and the date we fetched it. Their own site: www.conservatives.com/.
Money and cost of living
Manifesto · Conservative Party · last checked 2026-09-18
Introducing a First Job Bonus a £5,000 tax cut for young people entering work for the first time, paid into a savings account
The Conservative Party's current plan says it would introduce a First Job Bonus, a £5,000 tax cut for young people entering work for the first time, paid into a savings account (relevant to under-25s).
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
We will improve PIP assessments to provide a more objective consideration of people’s needs and stop the number of claims from rising unsustainably.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged to change PIP assessments to make them more objective and to stop claims rising unsustainably (relevant to households with a disabled member).
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Pip
Personal Independence Payment: a benefit for extra costs caused by long-term illness or disability. It is not means-tested and does not depend on working.
Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Give working parents 30 hours of free childcare a week from when their child is nine months old to when they start school, saving eligible families an average of £6,900 per year.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged 30 hours of free childcare a week from nine months old to school age (relevant to households with young children).
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Cut tax for pensioners with the new Triple Lock Plus, guaranteeing that both the State Pension and the tax free allowance for pensioners always rise with the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5%
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged a Triple Lock Plus so that the State Pension and the pensioners' tax-free allowance rise together (relevant to pensioners).
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Cut tax for workers by taking another 2p off employee National Insurance so that we will have halved it from 12% at the beginning of this year to 6% by April 2027, a total tax cut of £1,350 for the average worker on £35,000
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged another 2p off employee National Insurance, halving it from 12% to 6% by April 2027 (relevant to employees).
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National Insurance
A tax on earnings paid by workers and employers, which also builds entitlement to the state pension.
Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Deliver 1.6 million well-designed homes in the right places while protecting our countryside, permanently abolish Stamp Duty for homes up to £425,000 for first time buyers and introduce a new Help to Buy scheme.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged 1.6 million homes, permanent abolition of Stamp Duty up to £425,000 for first-time buyers, and a new Help to Buy scheme.
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Stamp Duty
A tax paid when buying a property above a certain price in England and Northern Ireland.
Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Increase NHS spending above inflation every year, recruiting 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors, driving up productivity in the NHS and moving care closer to people’s homes through Pharmacy First, new and modernised GP surgeries and more Community Diagnostic Centres.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged NHS spending rising above inflation every year, 92,000 more nurses and 28,000 more doctors.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Fund 100,000 high-quality apprenticeships for young people, paid for by curbing the number of poor-quality university degrees that leave young people worse off.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged 100,000 apprenticeships for young people, paid for by curbing poor-quality university degrees.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party · last checked 2026-09-18
Repeal the Climate Change Act and axe the Carbon Tax entirely (with the associated Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) to stop the deindustrialisation of Britain and cut bills
The Conservative Party's current plan says it would repeal the Climate Change Act and axe the Carbon Tax, to stop deindustrialisation and cut bills.
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Carbon Tax
A charge on emitting carbon dioxide, intended to make polluting activities more expensive.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Introduce a legal cap on migration to guarantee that numbers will fall every year, so public services are protected while bringing in the skills our businesses and NHS needs.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged a legal cap on migration so that numbers fall every year.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party · last checked 2026-09-18
Once Britain has left the European Court of Human Rights, we will be able to implement our BORDERS plan a tougher and more detailed strategy than anything proposed by other parties.
The Conservative Party's current plan says Britain must leave the European Convention on Human Rights, after which it would implement its BORDERS plan on illegal immigration.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Boost defence spending to our new NATO standard of 2.5% of GDP by 2030, so we can protect British interests at home and abroad in an increasingly hostile world.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged defence spending of 2.5% of GDP by 2030.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
Protect female-only spaces and competitiveness in sport by making clear that sex means biological sex in the Equality Act.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto pledged to make clear in the Equality Act that sex means biological sex, to protect female-only spaces and sport.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Equality Act
The 2010 law that brings together protection from discrimination, covering characteristics such as age, disability, race, religion, sex and sexual orientation.
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Manifesto · Conservative Party, published 2024-06-11 · last checked 2026-09-18
It is right that we have in place provisions and protections for those whose sense of self does not match their biological sex.
The Conservatives' 2024 manifesto said provisions and protections should be in place for those whose sense of self does not match their biological sex.
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Manifesto
A party's published programme for an election, setting out what it says it would do.
Plain-English definitions of what the term means, not whether the policy is a good idea.
Conservative and Unionist Party