Three Conservative pledges - FactChecked.
The Conservatives have launched their general election manifesto, with promises including a target to cut net migration, recruit thousands more police officers and reintroduce Help to Buy.The Conservatives have pledged to recruit 8,000 “full time, fully warranted” police officers in England and Wales. We understand the plan covers the next three years.
The Conservatives then made a 2019 manifesto pledge to recruit 20,000 more police officers – which they met. But even so – as of September 2023, that still only brought numbers back up to around 242 police officers per 100,000 of the population.And if they do recruit a further 8,000 officers by 2027 as they’ve promised, this won’t make the ratio much better.
In 2010, David Cameron was elected on a promise to take net migration down to “tens of thousands” – but under his coalition government, it rose to over 300,000. As lockdowns eased, net migration soared – even though the UK had finally ended free movement with the EU. In 2022, it reached its highest ever level: 764,000. It’s fallen slightly in the last year, but remains far higher than previous years and well above the ambition of Rishi Sunak’s predecessors.
It offered buyers an equity loan that they could use to help to buy a new-build home, allowing them to purchase a property with a 5 per cent deposit and receive a loan for up to 20 per cent of the property value – interest free for 5 years.
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