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General election 2019: Brexit Party to unveil policies General election 2019: Brexit 'should bring fundamental change' - Farage
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The Brexit Party will unveil its policies for the general election at a launch event on Friday. Nigel Farage will unveil the Brexit Party's general election policies later, promising "fundamental change" for the UK after it leaves the EU.
Leader Nigel Farage has said he will not publish a manifesto, but make a "contract with the British people". The party leader has said he will not publish a manifesto, but instead make a "contract with the British people".
The party will be standing in 275 seats - after deciding to stand down in the 317 held by the Tories in 2017 to help prevent a split in the Leave vote. The Brexit Party is running in 275 seats, after deciding to stand down in the 317 won by the Tories in 2017.
Although leaving the EU is the party's focus, Mr Farage has already pointed to other policies he may pursue. Its main focus is on leaving the EU, but it is also promising action on immigration and the environment.
They include a cap on migration of 50,000 a year, abolishing the House of Lords and a large-scale tree planting programme across the UK. Among policies already announced, the Brexit Party is offering a cap on permanent immigration of 50,000 a year, the abolition of the House of Lords and a large-scale tree planting programme across the UK.
Writing in the Telegraph ahead of the event, Mr Farage said his party would be "the new radicals" in Parliament. Mr Farage has also indicated his party will campaign for postal voting to be limited to elderly, infirm and overseas voters, citing "many examples of intimidation and fraud".
He said he wanted the UK to return to "post-war norms", repeating his migration pledge - conceding there may be a need for work permits to enable people from outside the UK to fill jobs - and his desire to tackle illegal immigration. He has pledged a £10,000 allowance for every UK company before they have to pay corporation tax, and said the party would continue to campaign for a "clean break from all EU institutions" after Brexit - with Brexit Party MPs "vital in holding Johnson to his word" in Parliament.
'Restore faith' "We see Brexit as the beginning of a real fundamental change, not the end," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Mr Farage also pledged a £10,000 allowance for every UK company before they have to pay corporation tax, and said the party would continue to campaign for a "clean break from all EU institutions" after Brexit, with his MPs "vital in holding Johnson to his word" in Parliament. Several other political parties have launched traditional manifestos - outlining policy commitments for government - this week, but Mr Farage and his colleagues have declined to do so.
"One of the least trusted terms in the English language is 'manifesto'," wrote Mr Farage. "In a word association test, many people equate it with 'lie'. "The word manifesto - I think in a word association test, most people would say 'lie'," Mr Farage said. "I think it's now a defunct word".
"This is because politics has become so cynical in recent years. Parties make promises in their manifestos which they think voters want to hear, yet have no intention of keeping them. "We are used to, in this modern era of career politics, parties saying things in manifestos that they think the electorate want to hear but without the slightest intention of delivering them," he added.
"For these reasons, The Brexit Party is instead launching a contract with the British people. We trust that this word speaks for itself." "I'm going for a different idea, which is a contract with the people - I think it makes more sense."
Mr Farage claimed his new party - launched in April this year - was about "much more" than Brexit, as they wanted "to restore faith and trust in our institutions and political system". He said his migration cap would return the UK to a "post-war norm" which had "completely gone out of the window".
He added: "No other established party wants to do this. As a political force, we are here to stay." "What I think is very real is that we now have in many ways a population crisis in this country. Nobody could possibly have foreseen the massive growth in our population," he said.
He conceded that temporary work permits could be used to fill job vacancies in professions where there are "genuine shortages".
He also told LBC his party would propose that the BBC licence fee should be "phased out over time".
Led By DonkeysLed By Donkeys
The event comes after an anti-Brexit campaign group bought the website thebrexitparty.com and offered to sell it to Mr Farage for over £1m. The publication of election policies comes after an anti-Brexit campaign group bought the website thebrexitparty.com and offered to sell it to Mr Farage for over £1m.
Led by Donkeys - known for its posters and stunts - says it will increase the price by £50,000 a day, and if Mr Farage buys it, it will donate the money to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.Led by Donkeys - known for its posters and stunts - says it will increase the price by £50,000 a day, and if Mr Farage buys it, it will donate the money to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
A statement from the Brexit Party said it had issued a legal letter to the group "requesting they cease and desist from using the Brexit Party logo and Brexit Party materials on posters, document download site and via their website at thebrexitparty.com".A statement from the Brexit Party said it had issued a legal letter to the group "requesting they cease and desist from using the Brexit Party logo and Brexit Party materials on posters, document download site and via their website at thebrexitparty.com".
The manifestosThe manifestos
Unlike the Brexit Party, a number of other parties have already launched their traditional manifestos: In manifestos launched this week:
Plaid Cymru is also set to launch its plans for the election later on Friday. Plaid Cymru is also launching its plans for the election on Friday.