Tuesday, April 14, 2015

CONSERVATIVES, GREENS, LAUNCH UK MANIFESTOS

Britain's Conservative Party is launching its election manifesto with a promise that more social housing tenants will be helped to buy their homes at a discount.

The opposition Labour Party, which revealed its manifesto on Monday, says the scheme is 'unfunded'.

The Conservatives and Labour remain closely matched in polls - with many analysts predicting one of them will have to form a coalition government with smaller parties after May 7th's vote.

Political reporter Theo Usherwood says the Conservative right-to-buy push is reminiscent of the party's success in the 1970s and 80s.

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Robert Gordon-Clark, politics communications expert, says the Conservatives are trying to return to a policy that brought them success in the 1970s and 80s.

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Conservative London MP Nick de Bois says the manifesto is aspirational and positive.

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Conservative London MP Nick de Bois says the manifesto is forward-looking.

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The Green Party, which currently has one MP but has been polling strongly, is also launching its manifesto, promising to 'take back' Britain's National Health Service.

And Molly Scott Cato, Green Party MEP, says spending in the right places will also boost the economy.

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