Lib-Dem and Conservative Blueprint for UK Proposals

Cutting the deficit
THEY agreed to "significantly accelerated reduction" in £163billion deficit.
Public spending cuts main weapon, not new taxes.
Emergency budget within 50 days and £6bn cuts in spending this year.
Review on spending

SPENDING

review to be held in autumn.
50 days is before Autumn!

"Real" rise in NHS funding.
How will this be monitored to not spend on middle management?

Overseas aid to hit 0.7 per cent of UK's wealth.
This should be slashed. What is the actual amount?

Extra cash for poor pupils.
For what? Please spell out

New Trident nuclear deterrent to be "scrutinised" for value.
What defenses do we have now? A depleted armed forces!

Tax breaks and hikes

NATIONAL Insurance WILL rise 1p for 20million workers, but not employers.
So what happened to the comment that Public spending is the main weapon and not taxes?

Tax-free earnings to reach £10,000 in long term.
How long term?

Lib Dems can abstain on married tax breaks.
I bet they don’t mind receiving them unless most are unmarried!

Capital gains tax rises to match income tax.
This is an extra tax again!

Reform of the banks

NEW banking levy plus "robust" action on bonuses.
This will impose charges again to the customer and banks to move out of the UK!

Moves to make banks lend more, including loan guarantees.
How will they do this and when?

Independent commission to look at splitting banks.
Another commission. The FSA is ineffective they are saying!

Bank of England gets control over regulation.
Again FSA is ineffective! And may be disbanded

A cap on migrants

ANNUAL limit set on non-EU immigrants.
How many and how will they do this?

The deal will also stop migrant kids being locked up. But a Lib Dem plan for an amnesty for a million illegals is ditched.
Why can’t migrant kids be locked up? Are they different from UK kids? If a 15 year old murders someone he can’t be locked up for the crime but a UK kid can?

Parties will talk further on how to impose limits.
When and any deliverables?

Big voting shake-up

ELECTIONS every five years. Parliament disolved only if 55 per cent of MPs agree.
Not sure of the purpose on this and will need to see the reasons and the solutions

Referendum on a new voting system, but parties can be for or against. Voters can "recall" MPs. Committee to plan elected Lords.
What happened to a referendum?

Pensions and welfare

RETIREMENT age to be phased out. State pension age rises to 66, with basic rate linked to earnings.
Does this mean we can never retire?

Rewards for private welfare-to-work firms more closely linked to success.
Rewards for what?

Handouts only for those willing to work.
This doesn’t make sense to me.

New-look education

CHARITIES or firms can set up schools.
Back to old style schools and not a bad idea

More freedom over what kids learn.
Freedom for who and who will decide?

On universities, parties will wait for a report by Lord Browne.
Lib Dems can abstain if they oppose the Government's policy.
Not sure that this is democratic? Seems like a bail out!

Relations in Europe

NO more transfer of power to the EU, with any changes put to referendum.
Agreed and if possible pull out. France threatening UK now is not an EU policy!
The Government will not oppose Brussels increasing criminal justice powers.
This is a nightmare and should not be allowed. They can impose laws on us that are not beneficial.
i.e. you will imprison our criminals!

Parties ruled out joining Euro while this deal is in place.
explain ‘this deal’

Civil liberties

"FREEDOM Bill" to scrap ID cards, kids' database and new biometric passports.
Precisely

Freedom of Information extended.
Agreed and this should be ALL information

Safeguards on DNA database.
How? So far the experience has not proven the case and the government is the biggest problem with hundreds of laptops going missing and some found on trains and taxis etc

Moves to stop anti-terror laws being misused and protect trial by jury.
Mis-used or not implemented. Please clarify

A greener country

"LIVE" readings on home electricity meters.
This is tax based

No new runways at Heathrow, Gatwick or Stansted.
No should be in the empty thousands of acres in the Thames Estuary where jobs are needed.

Duty on planes, not passengers, to stop airlines flying empty jets.
Eventually will go to passengers of course. Are they deluded?

Lib Dems can abstain on plans for more nuclear power.
Lib Dems don’t seem to want to vote for much do they!!! What are their solutions?