The UK needs 300,000 new homes every year to fix the housing crisis.
The Conservatives’ manifesto relies on efficiency savings, welfare cuts and a crackdown on tax evasion.
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Tax evasion crackdowns, efficiency savings and welfare cuts are easy political sells – but getting these measures to deliver large amounts of revenue is much more difficult.
The Conservatives want to keep drilling for new oil and gas in the North Sea.
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Both the Conservatives and Labour have promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT should they win the election – but most voters don’t believe them.
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
The triple lock plus would guarantee that the UK state pension remains below the threshold for income tax.
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The prime minister is being optimistic at best with his reading – but these results to suggest Labour’s win might not be as decisive as polls currently suggest.