Conservative Examples

• Encouraged role of the state and government intervention - paternalism

  • Improving underperforming schools
  • Expansion of home ownership (right to buy)
  • Devolving wide ranging powers to Wales and Scotland
• Supported regulation of the economy

  • Decrease in overall poverty rates
  • Consumer Price Index fell 4.5% - period of deflation not seen since 1960s
  • Increasing provision of free childcare
• Pragmatic approaches to policy

  • Cut income tax for 30 million to help with cost of living
  • Pledge to reduce migration (not fulfilled) - 332,000
• Welfare state, concern over those vulnerable in society

  • Promise to legislate in the interests of everyone in the country
  • Hate crimes reduced
  • Regional control of the NHS
  • Northern Powerhouse Scheme - mayors in northern towns to reduce high rates of poverty after deindustrialisation
  • Welfare cut by £12bn to not have to raise taxes