Better public services, better value

Document outlining Conservative public spending plans for 2005-08, and how Conservatives will deliver better value for money and lower taxes.

Tax on savings: A new direction

Consultation document on how the the tax system should encourage people to save for the future – and not penalise saving (January 2005).

Small business taxes: A new direction

Consultation proposals to make taxation simpler and fairer for small businesses (January 2005).

Capital gains tax: a new direction

Consultation paper on proposals to encourage saving and enterprise by reforming capital gains tax, which has become a bafflingly complex and distorted system under Labour (December 2004).

Inheritance tax: a new direction

Ordinary families are increasingly being caught by inheritance tax, which was originally designed to tax only the most wealthy. This consultation paper outlines plans for reform (December 2004).

Reversing the Drivers of Regulation - Big Government

Policy paper outlining radical plans to cut back on the red tape rules strangling British business (December 2004).

Stamp duty on property: a new direction

Labour have used stamp duty to raise taxes by stealth. This consultation paper contains five options for making stamp duty fairer for house buyers (November 2004).

A new direction on Income Tax and National Insurance

Consultation paper on proposals to help those on lower incomes who have been dragged into paying income tax under Labour, and those on middle incomes now paying top-rate tax (November 2004).

Action on housing

Policy document on making housing more affordable and the market more flexible, to help people fulfil their dream of home ownership (October 2004).

Timetable for action

Michael Howard's plans for action within the first day, first week and first month of a Conservative Government (October 2004).

Towards a lower tax economy

Policy paper setting out Conservative plans for fairer and simpler taxes (October 2004).

Funding the future

Conservative plans to boost university funding, scrap tuition fees, and reduce student debt (September 2004).

Reversing the Drivers of Regulation - The European Union

Pamphlet outlining Conservative plans to end the deluge of red-tape and regulation coming from the European Union.

Masts: You decide where they go

Policy consultation paper on reforming planning regulations on mobile phone masts in England, to give local communities a stronger say on the best location for new masts.

Fair Deal for Country Sports

Consultation paper on Conservative policies on issues affecting shooting, fishing and horses.

Towards a lifetime of saving

Policy document outlining Conservative plans for a Lifetime Savings Account - a simple and flexible savings vehicle, which would allow and encourage people to use short-tem savings to build long-term capital.

Right to Choose - Education

Conservatives believe that parents and teachers know what is best for children. Find out how we will give parents the Right to Choose the school that is best for their children, and how we will give teachers real freedom to teach them.

The Right to Choose - Health

Find out how Conservatives will transform the NHS from the bottom up – according to the needs and wishes of the patients who use it and the professional judgement of those who work in it.

Let councils decide

Welsh Conservatives' manifesto for the Welsh local elections in June 2004.

Local Conservatives deliver better services and lower taxes

Conservatives manifesto for the English local government elections in June 2004, showing how Conservative councils deliver better public services whilst still charging lower council taxes.

Putting Britain First

The Conservative manifesto for the European Parliamentary Elections 2004, calling for a fresh approach and more flexibility to ensure Europe's institutions work effectively.

The Drivers of Regulation

Pamphlet outlining the red tape culture that is today strangling British business and setting out a course to reverse these drivers to regulation (April 2004).

Unskilled Labour

Policy document outlining plans for reform of vocational education, with skills learning introduced into schools from the age of 13 (October 2003).

Trusting People

Policy document launched at Conservative Party Conference 2003 outlining Conservative policies and the fair deal for everyone campaign (October 2003).

A fair deal for everyone on pensions

Consultation paper on Conservative plans to increase the state pension, reduce unfair means testing and boost incentives to save (October 2003).

Localisation of the Police Service

Consultation paper outlining plans to make local police forces more accountable, including introducing directly elected police authorities (October 2003).

Total Politics: Labour's Command State

Pamphlet outlining how now almost no aspect of people's lives is free from the intrusion of government, with a road map to undo the vicious cycle of escalating central control (September 2003).

Before it's too late: A new agenda for public health

Consultation paper setting out the Conservative agenda to deal innovatively and constructively with public health problems and infectious diseases (August 2003).

Free to travel

Pamphlet setting out the means by which Conservatives will deliver a Fair Deal on transport (July 2003).

Setting patients free

Conservative policy consultation paper setting out the reforms that would allow Britain to move towards an NHS where the patient as a consumer is sovereign for the first time (June 2003).

Sixty million citizens

A Conservative Party Green Paper on unlocking Britain's social capital and helping the voluntary and community sector (May 2003).

Time to do something about it

Conservative manifesto for the 2003 Scottish Parliamentary elections.

Winning for Wales – fighting for the vulnerable

Conservative manifesto for the 2003 Welsh Assembly elections.

Setting the NHS free

Consultation paper on how Conservatives will take politicians out of the day-to-day running of the NHS and create a new framework for public health (March 2003).

Local Conservatives, Local Issues, Local Action

Conservative manifesto for the 2003 English local elections, highlighting how Conservative councils deliver better local services without charging higher taxes.

The Right Track

Policy paper outlining Conservative proposals to ensure a stable future for Britain's railways (December 2002).

A Home of Our Own

Consultation paper outlining policies on social housing and helping more people to home ownership (December 2002).

No Child Left Behind

Consultation document on Conservative policies on increasing parental choice and turning around failing schools (December 2002).

The Conveyor Belt to Crime (consultation paper)

Consultation paper outlining Conservative policies on addressing youth crime, including tackling drug addicts, troubled children and persistent young offenders (November 2002).

Leadership with a purpose

Policy document launched at Conservative Party Conference in October 2002. The policy document outlines five key goals.

The Conveyor Belt to Crime (pamphlet)

Pamphlet highlighting how cutting youth crime should be at the top of the law and order agenda (September 2002).

The Care Crisis

Pamphlet assessing the crisis in Britain's care of the elderly, calling for a care system which can win confidence among senior citizens (September 2002).

Children Left Behind

Pamphlet on the state of inner-city education, uncovering how tens of thousands of our children are being left behind, leaving school with no qualifications (September 2002).

Alternative Prescriptions

Pamphlet laying out the structure and funding of health systems in twenty other countries, calling on the Government to learn the lessons from abroad (April 2002).

The Wrong Prescription

Pamphlet highlighting Labour's failings in the NHS, as a basis for the Conservative Party's health policy review (March 2002).