To What Extent Do the Three Major Parties Differ on Policies and Ideas?

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The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal democrats are the three major parties within the UK. All three Parties agree and disagree with each other on many issues. For example all three parties subscribe to a post Thatcherite agenda. Which is a commitment to a free market. And on the other hand all parties disagree on the issue on trident, e.g. how many submarines should Britain have. One of the big issues on which the parties disagree on is Taxation. The conservatives believe that people who have worked hard for their money should get to keep most of it and be taxed less; this Is why the conservatives propose keeping the 20p and 40p tax bracket, while labour want to introduce new tax brackets which are the 50p and 10 p rate of tax. Where the 50p tax rate will apply to people who earn over £150,000. The liberal democrats also want the 50p tax rate but do not want a 10p tax rate like labour. Another way the parties disagree on taxation is through the introduction of mansion tax, both Labour and the lib Dems are for taxing people who own high value properties over £2 million, But the conservatives are strongly against the introduction of mansion tax. Another issue the parties disagree on is Education. This is because they all disagree on tuition fees. Labour wants to cut the tuition fees from £9,000 a year to £6,000 a year although labour have said they will not help subsidise the other £3,000 to the universities. The conservatives on the other hand believe that tuition fees should remain at £9,000 so there is no need to subsidise university fees, however the Liberal democrats completely disagree with both parties on tuition fees, as they believe they should be scrapped, and universities should be free to students. Another issue the three parties disagree on is foreign policy and defence. This is through trident, which is Britain’s nuclear storage’s name. The
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