General Election 2024

Quite good on the whole.

But I guess it depends how you interpret some of them.

5 pledges

• cut class sizes to 30 or under for 5, 6 and 7 year-olds by using money from the assisted places scheme
  
• fast-track punishment for persistent young offenders by halving the time from arrest to sentencing
  
• cut NHS waiting lists by treating an extra 100,000 patients as a first step by releasing £100 million saved from NHS red tape
  
• get 250,000 under-25 year-olds off benefit and into work by using money from a windfall levy on the privatised utilities
  
• no rise in income tax rates, cut VAT on heating to 5 per cent and inflation and interest rates as low as possible
  

Biggest thing is that they made BoE interest rate independent in the first week but you wouldn't have known that was the plan from the manifesto. They kept things cagey.