Common Sense Party UK Manifesto

HEALTH

Scrap Targets
NHS data online
More investment to Cancer and Heart and survival rates
Freedom to move around country for operations
Open to natural medicine
GP's pay to results
Open GP surgery on Saturday and Sunday
Cut Middle Management in half
Increase Nurses pay
Introduce Matrons
Foreigners to pay
Immigrants to pay until nationalized

EDUCATION

Universities for British students to reduce fees
University fees for Foreign students to double
Scotland Universities to apply same fees as UK
Improve teacher training
Heads to have power control teachers and salaries by performance
Re-Introduce reasonable punishments for students without teacher being penalized
Children can be removed from schools for incessant violence and Parents penalized (unless medical grounds)
Re-introduce the 3 R's
Introduce regular reading tests
Introduce classes for brighter pupils who need more challenges

TAX

Increase tax by Stg 300 per person for 5 years to improve National debt
Freeze Council tax
First time buyers out of Stamp Duty
Cut Corporation tax
Reduce small and medium sized business tax
Stop tax credits to high earners
Millionaires to pay Inheritance Tax
Increase tax on Alcohol and cigarettes
VaT to 20%



IMMIGRATION

All immigrants MUST speak English
All Immigrants must have sponsors.Either employment or family
All Immigrants to show proof of payment of tax and N.I. for 3+ years before receiving free NHS or social benefits
Elderly immigrants must be sponsored by family
Any immigrant with no job after 6 months must leave
All immigrants must have a return ticket which is non-cancellable
No social benefits to be paid for families of non British people to be paid
Reduce numbers of immigration per year

EUROPE

Cancel Human Rights agreement
More protection against EU rules
Restore National control on social and employment legislation
Cut expenses for MEP's

DEFENCE

Increase hardware
Cut Nuclear spending
Improve armed force salaries and bonuses
Improve forces and veterans care
Investigate mental health after conflict or service in war zones
Review all strategic defense plans
Re-Introduce National service for ages between 16-20 for a 2-3 year period include training for jobs

ENVIRONMENT

Introduce rebates for re-usable energy
Introduce an investigation into Solar power in Africa and bringing to the National Grid
Introduce more electric car power points
Introduce more bicycling and cycling paths

FOREIGN

Re view all Embassy processes
Create a National Security Council

TRANSPORT

Build high speed links to UK cities and Europe
Nationalize railways and buses
Introduce non-fee workers committees rather than Unions
A new Airport in the Thames Estuary near Thurrock

BUSINESS

Cut N.I. contributions
Cut Corporation tax
Provide funding for re-usable energy
Tax Foreign companies who make excessive profits
Promote Foreign companies to invest in UK with incentives
Promote Government procurement from small to medium sized businesses
Bonuses to be part cash with a cap and part bonus certificates which are valued at company performance.
All bonuses must be performance related and proven
All banks provided with help must repay the funding from profits and until repaid no bonuses for management.

ECONOMY

Every home owner should have mortgage protection
More council homes to be built
Stop benefits for people out of work for more than 18 months or they must have volunteer/community work of 30 hours a week
Savings limits to be increased

SPORT & ARTS

More money from the Lottery to be used
More sports facilities to be built
Promote family sport events

FOREIGN INVESTMENT

To be cut until debt is reduced to pre-credit crunch
Foreign donations will be cut back significantly

SPACE PROGRAMME

To be abolished as a waste of expenditure

GOVERNMENT

Cut civil service
Cut Bonuses
Cut Mp's expenses
Cut MEP's expenses
Cut benefits
Cap salary rises

COUNCILS

Improve services
Tenders to be electronic
Cut waste
Review expenditure

PENSIONERS

Increase pensions
Increase heating funding for winter