My General Election

Politics

Let me list the political issues I want from the new UK government, not all are from one party! I am going to have my own personal general election.

D - Liberal Democrats
C - Conservatives
L - Labour

Health

D Improving access to GPs around the clock
D Encouraging dentists back into the NHS
C Scrapping all politically-motivated targets
C Giving anyone the power to choose any healthcare provider that meets NHS standards
C Putting patients in charge of their own health records
C Linking GPs' pay to the quality of results they deliver

Education

D £2.5B to cut class sizes and offer more one-to-one tuition
D Scrap tuition fees for students on first degrees
L Rebuilding or refurbishing every secondary school and half of all primary schools in the coming years
C Raising the entry requirement for teacher training
C Giving heads the power to pay good teachers more
C Making it easier for teachers to use reasonable force to combat violence in the classroom
C Establishing a simple reading test at the age of six
C Reforming the National Curriculum
C Overhauling Key Stage 2 tests
C Setting up technical Academies across England

Tax

D Raising the threshold of income tax to £10,000
D Restoring link between state pension and earnings
C Freezing council tax for two years
C Taking first-time buyers out of Stamp Duty
C Abolishing tax on new jobs
C Cutting the main rate of Corporation Tax
C Reducing tax on small businesses
C Stopping tax credits to high earners
C Ensuring only millionaires pay Inheritance Tax

Europe

D&L Radical transformation of the CAP
L Developing an EU-wide strategy for energy policy


Defence

D Working towards the global elimination of nuclear weapons
L Campaigning for an International Arms Trade Treaty
C Launching a Strategic Defence Review
C Maximising efficiency in the Ministry of Defence

Environment

D Insulating all homes to a good standard within 10 years
L Make all new homes zero-carbon from 2016
C Offering every household a Green Deal
C Transforming electricity networks
C Expanding offshore, wind and marine power
C Requiring every energy company to offer social tariffs

Foreign

D Immediately halving the UK's stockpile of nuclear warheads
C Creating a National Security Council
C Committing to the transatlantic alliance
C Deepening of alliances beyond Europe and North America
C Reforming older institutions such as the UN and making effective use of new ones such as G20
C Upholding our own values abroad

Transport

D Charging road freight on motorways on a pay-per-mile basis
D Creating a non-profit making toll scheme on motorways and trunk roads
D Scrapping Vehicle Excise Duty
L Simplifying rail fares and ticket types
C Building a high-speed rail link connecting London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds with the Continent
C Blocking moves for a third runway at Heathrow Airport
C Improving Britain's railways
C Making local transport greener

Business

C Abolishing tax on new jobs
C Cutting the main rate of Corporation Tax
C Making Britain Europe's leading hi-tech exporter
C Simplifying employment law
C Increasing government procurement from small firms

Votes overall

D 13 Quite impressive thinkers
L 5 Stupifyingly awful, they have no idea. Far to many benchmark targets
C 38 Overwhelming, but rather a lot of genrealisations

Easy to see who wins.