Labour+Party

=Manifesto: =

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The Future of Britain Currently, Britain is facing troubles with the economy, the society, and the politics of this country. We will help people with every type of income feel inspired to get jobs. Every penny will be used wisely and we will free ourselves from this economic instability. We will get our society back on its feet to strengthen our nationalism. Finally, we will bring back the sense of trust in the politics of our country. One of the many causes of this distrust lies within the expenses scandal; when the faith of the people in the government decreased because Members of Parliament misused allowances and expenses. We will succeed in putting our government back on top and trusted by its people. 

Foreign Affairs //Moving Forward and Taking Control// The foreign policy proposed by the Conservative party calls for Britain to take a back seat in foreign affairs and hide in behind our border. They firmly believe that the Britain should withdraw all ties with the EU. Their goals to Britons must prepare to watch the world evolve and prosper, as we sulk by ourselves in its shadows. For example, passing a referendum to end any future transfer of power from Britain to the EU would move Britain backwards. In the modern world, standing alone is not enough to achieve prosperity. From 2011 to 2012 Briton’s economy is projected to grow by a staggering .3%! In a time of economic crisis it is clear the cutting budget spending and retreating behind our boarders will do a whole lot of nothing. Britain needs to stop battling against our biggest market, Europe. As the saying goes; if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

As Britain’s fate becomes increasingly dependent on the world around us, let’s not just join ‘em, let’s lead ‘em. The European Union gives us this opportunity. The EU consists of 27 member states (primarily European) that forged this union in 1933 to provide economic and political stability and unity within the member’s borders. For the majority of the EU’s existence, Britain has reluctantly gravitated towards the EU. Harold MacMillion could not be convinced by JFK to join the EU. Margaret Thatcher refused any cooperation or collaboration with the EU. Now David Cameron is following in the footsteps of those who lead 30 and 40 years ago. The Labour Party is far from stuck in the past. Britain must lead the EU [CT5]  in order to protect the interest of this country. As leaders of the EU, we would ensure that solutions to problems such as //**crime,**// //employment//  and //climate change//  would be in Britain’s best interest. With advancements such as the enactment of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, Britain has been presented the opportunity to claim our rightful place as a leader in this world. Are we just going to stand back like MacMillian and Thatcher, blinded by stubbornness and “pride”, or take control and prosper.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">One step that Britain must take to ensure stability and prosperity as a world leader is to change our currency to the Euro. 70% of British trade is within the Euro Zone. The pound has lost 1/3 of its value against the euro. In light of economic recession, transitioning to the euro is crucial.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Britain needs to start playing the global game on our terms. A strong Britain that has ceded power to the EU in return for justice and economic prosperity is much more favorable than a backwards thinking Britain scared of “handing” over our country to our “evil” neighbors. Britain’s membership in the EU is not a sign of surrender. Britain’s leadership of the EU will empower our country, much more so than if we stood alone. Also, there is simply more to being a Briton than the pound. If we stay in our old ways, and Britain continues to fail, ask yourself what will it mean to be British then? While the Tories are stuck in the past, we, the Labour Party can lead the way to Britons prosperous future. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Key Points:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Pro Euro <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> WHY: to benefit our economy in this recession <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> - Pro EU involvement >
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 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f6b26b; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Become a world leader

<span style="color: lime; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Immigration //<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Molding Our Policy to Fit Our Needs // <span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As Britain grows, the Labour Party wants to ensure that wages and employment grow not immigration. Our Immigration policy should benefit Britain’s economy. It is a privilege, not a right, to enjoy the benefits of being a British citizen. This is why we adamantly support the Australian-style points-based system to solve immigration problems. In this system Britain sets the point value that migrants must achieve in order to qualify for a visa. Currently some of the qualifications that earn points are if you are a highly skilled worker, college student, or speak **//fluent//** English. The points-based system ensures that only those who will benefit Britain will be able to become citizens. The flexibility of the points-based system allows Britain to change its requirements to correspond with our current economic state. As our economy continues to grow with this system we will be able to strengthen our boarders.

<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Britain needs to be in control of our borders. The Labour Party supports measures such as the New Board Agency, biometric visas, and electronic boarder controls in order to ensure our control. The Labour Party is confident that these systems will strengthen our borders and consequently strengthen Britain. <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Key Points: <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Strengthen Borders <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Australian-Style Points-Base System <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Allow the amount of migrants that our economy NEEDS and NO MORE <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ EARN citizenship <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● New Border Agency <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Biometric visas <span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Electronic border controls (tracks the traffic across the border)

<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">The Electoral System //<span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Trusted Elected Representatives // <span style="color: #e06666; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Currently there is a lack of trust in our elected representatives, giving us the desire for a change in the electoral system. Leaving the system of first-past-the-post, elections will turn us towards an Alternative Voting system giving the voter the opportunity to rank their desires for the winner of the election. This system of voting will represent the desires of the majority of the people, and give a fair electoral system. The voting age needs to be decreased to the age of sixteen to better show the desires of the people. This is a system fair for all that will provide the best way to elect the future representatives.

<span style="color: fuchsia; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Constitutional Reform //<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A New Type of Politics // <span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a serious but necessary need for change inside Parliament and the government system that will benefit the needs and desires of the people. We must bring a new yet more desirable type of politics into Britain. The House of Lords must gradually become a house of elected representatives and the hereditary requirement must be dismissed. We must slowly lean towards the completion of a written constitution to increase democracy and equality in the country. The Youth Parliament will give stronger inspiration for young people to succeed in politics to stabilize the future of Britain. These constitutional changes are a way to increase the prosperity and equality of our country.

<span style="color: aqua; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Devolution <span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will be given the opportunity and freedom to manage their own affairs with little influence from Britain. Also, law making power will be given to the Welsh Assembly. We are not interested in a completely Federalist approach to this important issue, but we will give power to these areas.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;">The Continuation of a Welfare State We all know these are hard times for Britain. We face a growing deficit, which will require major cuts in our spending. The area that will be hit hardest is the welfare state. While some cuts must be made, the Labour Party’s plan balances cuts and spending to preserve the traditional British welfare state and ensure fairness. Britain needs to raise standards of education, provide more jobs with high pay, widen access to home ownership, protect the NHS, and return Britain to its greatness with full employment. The Tories want to cut spending in ways that will led to more unfairness and which will widen inequality. We propose an alternative approach. We must incentivize work, make the programs in place more efficient, and put the people in control. Families who work hard to provide and succeed should be rewarded. Citizens need more legal guarantees with binding rights that provides them with welfare. Reform brings improvement, so the continuation of reform to advance efficiency will bring us through these tough times.

<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Health: The NHS is the epitome of Britain’s welfare state. If we cut spending from it, we leave our under privileged citizens hanging high and dry. To maintain the essence of a traditional British welfare state we must protect NHS spending, while reforming to make more efficient. <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">Protection of NHS spending <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">Everyone offered 40-75 free, 5 yearly, health check-ups <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Clear Patient Guarantees <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">Bound legally: patients have the right to receive cancer results within 1 week of referral and can only wait a max of 18 weeks for treatment or the offer to go private <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">Patients needing elective care get the legal right to choose from any provider meeting NHS standards at NHS expense <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Expansion <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">All diagnostic testing <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">Free personal care for those in highest need from 2011 <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">● <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif;">“National Care Service” is free for all adults with an “eligible care need”

<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Education: The Tories unjustly want to cut spending in the education sector thinking it will save big money. However, they are quick to cut. By making everyone pay to go to universities during rough economic times, will result in no attendance leading to greater negative effects. The way to succeeding as a nation in the 21st century is through universal free education. Education allows for our citizens to succeed and in turn put that money back into the state. We must push for greater standards and a continuation of universal education. <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Guarantees <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Every young person receives education or training until 18 <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ 75% go on to education or completion of an advanced apprenticeship by age 30 <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Every child leaves primary school having learned the basics <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Quality education for all <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Teach First program extended to not just secondary schools, but primary schools as well <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Accredited School Groups by 2015 <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Parents have the power to bring in new leadership if they are unhappy with a school’s performance <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● “Mergers and Takeovers” to form this <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-School “Report Cards” <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Rate schools based on <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ exam performance <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ behavior <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ parents’ and children’s views of the school <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Grade each school <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Expansion of Apprenticeships and Nursery Education <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Expand apprenticeships by 70,000 a year <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Free nursery schools for 2-year-olds <span style="color: #45818e; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● 15 hours a week of flexible, free nursery education for 3 and 4-year-olds

<span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Housing: We need to put more wealth into the hands of our people. Cutting down on the amount the working poor has to spending on housing will do just that. We want everyone to have the benefits of home ownership. Full access to decent, affordable homes is the Labour Party’s central housing goal. <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Continuations <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Home Information Packs <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Home ownership schemes that helps people buy homes <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Stamp Duty threshold remains the same at 250,000 <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ People in home ownership schemes would no longer get this <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ 1st time home owners on homes up to 250,000 after 2 years no longer receive this <span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Investment of £7.5 billion to 2011 to build 110,000 extra affordable homes

<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Family: To be fair, all working parents will receive help. In order to have successful producers in our nation, we must take away the burdens that wouldn’t allow for them to work. <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Child Tax Credit <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Parents of 1 and 2-year-olds get an extra £4 a week for every child <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Protect the Child Trust Fund <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Childcare <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Guarenteed from 8am- 6pm at school to help working parents <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Provide 20,000 nursery places for 2-year-olds in the most deprived places by 2012 <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Paternity/Maternity Leave <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Double pay for paternity leave up to 4 weeks <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Mothers share maternity leave with fathers after 6 months <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Continue 9 months paid maternity leave <span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ No extensions to 12 months

<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Welfare and Jobs: The way to full employment is through education and training. Britons cannot get a job without it; therefore our nation should provide it. To making the working force fair to all, we must provide training, reward hard work, and provide incentives. <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-Future Jobs Fund <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Provide 200,000 jobs <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Guaranteed job placement or training for young people out of work for 6 months <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Benefits are cut after 10 months if pupils refuse to participate <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ After 2 years of unemployment, pupils are guaranteed work <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ■ There’s no option for life on benefits <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-National Minimum Wage <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Rise to at least match with average earnings <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● New £40-a-week Better Off in Work guarantee <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">-People’s Bank at the Post Office <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Universal Service Obligation <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">○ Banks are required to serve every community <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: 'Arial Black',sans-serif; line-height: 115%; margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">● Crackdown on interest rates and payday loans <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fair for One, Fair for All

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #92d050; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Future of Britain <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #c2d69b; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Currently, Britain is facing troubles with the economy, the society, and the politics of this country. We will help people with every type of income feel inspired to get jobs. Every penny will be used wisely and we will free ourselves from this economic instability. We will get our society back on its feet to strengthen our nationalism. Finally, we will bring back the sense of trust in the politics of our country. One of the many causes of this distrust lies within the expenses scandal; when the faith of the people in the government decreased because Members of Parliament misused allowances and expenses. We will succeed in putting our government back on top and trusted by its people.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Spending** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Our response to the deficits// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In order for the United Kingdom to prosper, the government must invest in the future. Unlike the Tories, who believe cutting spending on welfare, education, and the arts will save our economic future, we believe that first we must spend money to make money in the future. Cutting off all aid to citizens will create further job loss and further economic demise. We need to continue to support education, healthcare, and growing business to boost the economy. We must stimulate our economy by investing strategically in various businesses and industries. We suggest the creation of the UK Finance for Growth that would control 4 billion pounds of money to be invested strategically into growing sectors in the economy. To create these growth sectors we propose that our industry become more diverse by boosting our technological advances. Our Strategic Investment Fund should support nuclear and renewable industries to encourage work in this field. Technological advancements such as high speed broadband nationwide and a new High Speed Rail will aid our country in many ways but will also help to diversify our economy. Diversity in our economy will make us more competitive in world markets. The Labour Party is also dedicated to supporting growing businesses and entrepreneurs. Not only will the creation of business stimulate our economy, but it will provide several job openings for skilled workers. We believe that our support of education, technology, health care, and growing business will help these industries to open up 1 million jobs for skilled workers by 2015. To make up for the deficits in spending we do propose higher taxes on the wealthy. In order to close the gap and aid poor citizens we must put some of the burden on those who are able to withstand it.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> //Our version of spending cuts// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">While we do believe that stimulation of the economy is key to rebuilding our economy, there must be some minor cuts made to government spending. We suggest cuts on spending in government offices, especially on consulting and marketing. The rate of pay for government workers should be monitored. All salaries above 150,000 pounds must be approved by MPs. Government spending will be cut off from unnecessary nongovernmental bodies. All in all, we suggest minor cuts in low-priority spending, like PM David Cameron’s government salary for his personal photographer. We believe that these small, but important cuts will save us 20 billion pounds by 2013.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Regulation of banks// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial Black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">UK’s banks helped to cause our worst recession since WWII. For this reason, as we rebuild our economy, stricter regulations should be put on banks. We must reform our rules to ensure that no future damage can be caused by bank irresponsibility. We propose the creation of a levy on all financial services. We must also require banks to support businesses and entrepreneurs by giving out mortgages and lending money. Our Council for Financial Stability should watch over imbalance in finances. Furthermore, the government must review their stake in the country’s banks. Those controlled by the government will be dissolved. It is important that our country be owned by its citizens and not by its government.