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| Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker: Economy | Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker: Economy |
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| Welcome to the Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker. As the name suggests, it tracks the progress the government is making - or not - in achieving the promises made by the Conservatives in their 2015 general election manifesto and major policy announcements. | Welcome to the Daily and Sunday Politics manifesto tracker. As the name suggests, it tracks the progress the government is making - or not - in achieving the promises made by the Conservatives in their 2015 general election manifesto and major policy announcements. |
| The traffic light scorecard above shows the current status of all of the policies. The tracker will be updated over the course of this parliament. | |
| The tracker has been broken down into policy areas, which can be explored by clicking on each of the links below. | The tracker has been broken down into policy areas, which can be explored by clicking on each of the links below. |
| Manifesto tracker by theme | Manifesto tracker by theme |
| This section deals with the economy. | This section deals with the economy. |
| Work to eliminate child poverty and introduce better measures to drive real change in children's lives | Work to eliminate child poverty and introduce better measures to drive real change in children's lives |
| - Manifesto, page 28 | - Manifesto, page 28 |
| Britain to become the most prosperous major economy in the world by the 2030s | Britain to become the most prosperous major economy in the world by the 2030s |
| - Manifesto, page 8 | - Manifesto, page 8 |
| Eliminate the deficit entirely and start running a surplus in 2018-19 | Eliminate the deficit entirely and start running a surplus in 2018-19 |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| Find £13bn from departmental savings | Find £13bn from departmental savings |
| - Manifesto, page 8 | - Manifesto, page 8 |
| Raise at least £5bn from continuing to tackle tax evasion, and aggressive tax avoidance and tax planning | Raise at least £5bn from continuing to tackle tax evasion, and aggressive tax avoidance and tax planning |
| - Manifesto, page 8 | - Manifesto, page 8 |
| Find £12bn from welfare savings | Find £12bn from welfare savings |
| - Manifesto, page 8 | - Manifesto, page 8 |
| Continue to control government spending in 2018-19, no longer cutting it in real terms, but instead growing it in line with inflation. From 2019-20, after a surplus has been achieved, spending will grow in line with GDP | Continue to control government spending in 2018-19, no longer cutting it in real terms, but instead growing it in line with inflation. From 2019-20, after a surplus has been achieved, spending will grow in line with GDP |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| A new fundamental principle of fiscal policy, monitored by the independent OBR, will ensure that in normal economic times, when the economy is growing, the government will always run a surplus | A new fundamental principle of fiscal policy, monitored by the independent OBR, will ensure that in normal economic times, when the economy is growing, the government will always run a surplus |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| Treble our successful Start Up Loans programme during the next Parliament so that 75,000 entrepreneurs get the chance to borrow money to set up their own business | Treble our successful Start Up Loans programme during the next Parliament so that 75,000 entrepreneurs get the chance to borrow money to set up their own business |
| - Manifesto, page 19 | - Manifesto, page 19 |
| Roll-out 'Help to Grow' scheme | Roll-out 'Help to Grow' scheme |
| - Manifesto, page 11 | - Manifesto, page 11 |
| Create another two million jobs over the next Parliament | Create another two million jobs over the next Parliament |
| - Manifesto, page 17 | - Manifesto, page 17 |
| Abolish long-term youth unemployment | Abolish long-term youth unemployment |
| - Manifesto, page 17 | - Manifesto, page 17 |
| What's happening in the UK economy? | What's happening in the UK economy? |
| Aim to be number one in Europe and in the top five worldwide in the World Bank's Doing Business rankings by 2020 | Aim to be number one in Europe and in the top five worldwide in the World Bank's Doing Business rankings by 2020 |
| - Manifesto, page 17 | - Manifesto, page 17 |
| Aim to achieve full employment in the UK | Aim to achieve full employment in the UK |
| - Manifesto, page 18 | - Manifesto, page 18 |
| Aim to achieve the highest employment rate in the G7 | Aim to achieve the highest employment rate in the G7 |
| - Manifesto, page 18 | - Manifesto, page 18 |
| A new workplace entitlement to Volunteering Leave for three days a year, on full pay | A new workplace entitlement to Volunteering Leave for three days a year, on full pay |
| - Manifesto, page 45 | - Manifesto, page 45 |
| Use fines imposed on Deutsche Bank for its involvement in rigging interest rates to fund 50,000 apprenticeships | Use fines imposed on Deutsche Bank for its involvement in rigging interest rates to fund 50,000 apprenticeships |
| - David Cameron speaking on 28 April 2015 | - David Cameron speaking on 28 April 2015 |
| The state pension will rise to £7,000 by the end of the Parliament | The state pension will rise to £7,000 by the end of the Parliament |
| - David Cameron speaking on 2 May 2015 | - David Cameron speaking on 2 May 2015 |
| Finish the process of ring-fencing banks' high street branches from their investment arms by 2019 at the latest | Finish the process of ring-fencing banks' high street branches from their investment arms by 2019 at the latest |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| Continue to sell the government's stakes in the bailed-out banks and building societies | Continue to sell the government's stakes in the bailed-out banks and building societies |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| Keep the bank levy in place | Keep the bank levy in place |
| - Manifesto, page 9 | - Manifesto, page 9 |
| Continue the funding for lending scheme into 2016 | Continue the funding for lending scheme into 2016 |
| - Manifesto, page 11 | - Manifesto, page 11 |
| Make it a crime if companies fail to put in place measures to stop economic crime, such as tax evasion | Make it a crime if companies fail to put in place measures to stop economic crime, such as tax evasion |
| - Manifesto, page 11 | - Manifesto, page 11 |
| Have 100,000 more UK companies exporting in 2020 than in 2010 and reach target of £1 trillion in exports | Have 100,000 more UK companies exporting in 2020 than in 2010 and reach target of £1 trillion in exports |
| - Manifesto, page 19 | - Manifesto, page 19 |
| The gender pay gap is the lowest on record, but we want to reduce it further | The gender pay gap is the lowest on record, but we want to reduce it further |
| - Manifesto, page 19 | - Manifesto, page 19 |
| Require companies with more than 250 employees to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees | Require companies with more than 250 employees to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees |
| - Manifesto, page 19 | - Manifesto, page 19 |
| Aim to halve the disability employment gap | Aim to halve the disability employment gap |
| - Manifesto, page 19 | - Manifesto, page 19 |
| Accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission that the National Minimum Wage should rise to £6.70 this autumn, on course for a Minimum Wage that will be over £8 by the end of the decade | Accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission that the National Minimum Wage should rise to £6.70 this autumn, on course for a Minimum Wage that will be over £8 by the end of the decade |
| - Manifesto, page 21 | - Manifesto, page 21 |
| Support the Living Wage and continue to encourage businesses and other organisations to pay it whenever they can afford it | Support the Living Wage and continue to encourage businesses and other organisations to pay it whenever they can afford it |
| - Manifesto, page 21 | - Manifesto, page 21 |
| Cut government waste; plan a further £10bn annual savings by 2017-18 and £15-20bn in 2019-20 | Cut government waste; plan a further £10bn annual savings by 2017-18 and £15-20bn in 2019-20 |
| - Manifesto, page 47 | - Manifesto, page 47 |
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