Conservative Party moved away from thatcher

• economic policy

  tax cuts - reduce corp tax of 19% - similar to thatcher tax cut from 88% to 40% over a period of time

  • encourages business investment
  • Sunak portray a more thatcher approach - allow more economic growth
• economic policy counter

  public investment: large scale investment in infrastructure, health and education

  • £14 billion in education - one - nation approach
  • regulation and intervention: pragmatic approach to energy price caps and measures to tackle consumer rip offs
  • cap at £1690 in 2024
  • diverges from laissez faire approche
• social policy

  reducing immigration

  • illegal immigration act
  • rwanda bill
  • government is pursuing a safety of Rwanda bill - misapplies some provisions of human right
  • similar to British nationality act 1981 - tightened citizenship requirements
• social policy counter

  modern conservatives embraced a more socially liberal view

  • equal marriage rights for lgbtq - during Cameron - party had 20 lgbtq members
  • they also want controlled migration recognising the economic benefits of legal migration for business and public sector
• law and order

  • increase police powers
  • police and criminal evidence act of 1984
  • similar to police crime and sentencing act
  • restricting civil liberties - public order act
  • British bill of rights
• law and order counter

  • community payback inmiatives - the introduction of high visibility - " community payback" schemes where offenders perform unpaid work
  • focusing on prevention and rehabilitation