UKIP-Party-Manifesto-2010

Recommendations

Info

“UKIP was thefirst party tobe scepticalabout globalwarmingclaims”five years. Currently, British benefits can beclaimed by EU citizens in their arrival year· Require those on benefits - starting with Housingand Council Tax Benefit recipients in privaterented homes - to take part in council-run localcommunity projects called ‘Workfare’ schemes.The schemes will be in addition to council jobsDownload the full Welfare to Workfare policyfrom the Policies section of www.ukip.org10 Foreign Affairs &International TradeWhile UKIP is realistic about the difficulteconomic and political challenges Britainfaces, we take a positive view of Britain’s placein the world - a stark contrast to the defeatistand apologetic stance taken by other parties.UKIP recognises Britain as a global player witha global destiny and not a regional state withina ‘United States of Europe’. UKIP will:· Withdraw from the political EU Superstate,and maintain a trade-based relationship withour European neighbours using a Swiss-stylefree trade agreement as the EU’s largest singletrading partner. This is the deal the Britishpeople signed up to in the 1970s. We do notwant or need to become a province in aEuropean Superstate but instead want friendlyand mutually beneficial trade and culturalcooperation with our EU neighbours· Improve the British economy by leaving theEU. Europhile propagandists say 60% of ourtrade and three million British jobs depend onour EU membership. This is untrue. Europeancompanies sell us more than we sell them; weare their largest client. So our trade and jobswould continue if we left the EU, and we wouldbenefit by escaping from its crippling overregulation· Regain Britain’s dormant seat at the WorldTrade Organisation. From here, a UKIPgovernment will be free to pursue Britain’snational interests. The current situation leavesBritain unable directly to negotiate its owntrade deals because vital national interests aresubsumed in a common EU position thatfrequently reflects the interests of Franceand Germany· Be the Party of the Commonwealth. UKIP willseek to establish a Commonwealth Free TradeArea (CFTA) with the 53 other Commonwealthcountries. The Commonwealth Business Councilestimates that a CFTA would account formore than 20% of all international trade andinvestment, facilitating annual trade exchangesworth more than $1.8 trillion and direct foreigninvestment worth about $100 billion. Yet theCommonwealth has been shamefully betrayedand neglected by previous governments. Commonwealthnations share a common language,legal and democratic systems, account for athird of the world’s population and a quarter ofits trade, with the average age of a citizen just25 years. India, for example, will soon becomethe second largest world economy and Britainshould not be tied to the dead political weightof the European Union, but retain its ownfriendly trading and cultural links· Actively pursue trade deals with trade blocssuch as the countries in the North AmericanFree Trade Agreement and the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations. This will secure tradebenefits for all countries concerned· Promote democracy, genuine human rights,and free determination around the world, supporting,for example, a free Tibet, a democraticBurma and an independent TaiwanDownload the full Foreign Affairs & InternationalTrade policy from the Policies section ofwww.ukip.org11 Energy & theEnvironmentUKIP accepts that the world’s climate changes,but we are the first party to take a scepticalstance on man-made global warming claims.We called for a rational, balanced approach tothe climate debate in 2008, before the extensivemanipulation of scientific data first becameclear. Polls now show a majority of the Britishpeople share this scepticism despite protestsfrom another LibLabCon-sensus. UKIP now callsfor an immediate halt to unjustified spendingon renewable sources that has led to massiveenergy price hikes and fuel poverty. UKIP will:· Increase nuclear power generation to provideup to 50% of our electricity needs. BecauseBritain’s domestic energy plants are ageingand renewable energy sources have been10 Straight talking.0800 587 6 587
shown to be unreliable, UKIP will pass hybridActs of Parliament to accelerate the planningprocess and allow old reactors to be replaced· Support the efficient extraction of indigenouscoal for use in cleaner, coal-fired electricitygeneration plants· Oppose wind farms in general and requirelarge new wind power schemes to be fundedby the market. Most current schemes haveproved uneconomic, often operating at lessthan a third of capacity - sometimes less thana tenth - thereby producing a derisory amountof power· Ensure any large new wind farms are constructedoffshore. UKIP regards onshore windturbines and the accompanying power lines aseyesores in beautiful countryside· Repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act andreturn to a Department of Energy· Immediately repeal disastrous EU Directivessuch as the Large Combustion Plant Directive.The Directive threatens to put the lights out byclosing a quarter of the UK’s domestic coaland energy plants by 2015 without providingany realistic, working alternatives. UKIP willpull out of EU Carbon Trading Schemes, theproposed EU Carbon Tax and binding targetson renewable and bio fuels· Stop funding the UN’s International Panelon Climate Change and the UN FrameworkConvention, and fund the Met Office accordingto forecast accuracy· Establish a Royal Commission under a HighCourt Judge that will allow scientists to reacha conclusion about the facts and economicimplications of global warming· Ban schools from using global warmingpropaganda such as Al Gore’s film ‘An InconvenientTruth’· Divert billions of pounds of funding fromwasteful global warming-related spending towardenvironmental improvements of real value· Encourage the reduction of waste andpromote effective methods of recycling· Incentivise and support electric road vehicles,the comprehensive electrification of rail linesand accompanying infrastructure· Reduce environmental bureaucracy to aminimum - consistent with good practice andinternational standards - while ensuringnecessary legislation is effectively enforced· Protect the environment by controlling immigrationand the associated building demand· Invest in more flood and coastal defencesDownload the full Energy & Environment policyfrom the Policies section of www.ukip.org12 TransportUKIP believes the British people have a right toa reliable public and private transport systemat an acceptable cost. UKIP will invest in atransport network that meets the needs of theBritish people and Britain’s economy. UKIP will:· Invest an extra £3 billion p.a. in the UK’stransport infrastructure, using money madeavailable by leaving the EU and saving the£6.4 billion net Britain pays every year in EUmembership contributions· Invest in an enhanced and safer road network,building new bypasses and wideningmajor roads· Offer a ‘Windfall Return’ on fuel duty abovea set world dollar oil price. When this level isreached, government receipts from oil dutieswill be returned to motorists as fuel tax cuts· Be fair to motorists by subjecting parkingcharges and revenue-raising devices, includingspeed cameras, to greater democratic control· Repeal EU-generated road directives thatimpose unnecessary and expensive burdens,such as the new Road Transport Directive· Introduce a ‘Britdisc’ which foreign lorries willhave to pay for using major British roads.Currently, many of these lorries pay nothing forthe wear and tear they cause· Veto EU attempts to force the UK into acceptingEU lorries that are a third longer and athird heavier than currently allowed - up to anunacceptable 60 tonnes· Invest in three new 200mph plus high-speedrail lines including a new line between London“We have aright to areliable publicand privatetransportsystem”ukip.org Straight talking. 11
Page 1: UKIP ManifestoApril 2010Empowering
Page 13: 14 The Constitution &How We Are Gov
Page 16: Straight talking.Vote UKIP0800 587

UKIP-Party-Manifesto-2010

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?