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General Principles
 * Government responsibility with public finances - plan for economic recovery and growth
 * Belief that a successful nation is built on a strong society
 * Britain needs radical political reform - build political system where people have more power and control over their lives

Goals regarding Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan
 * Support the UK's Armed Forces in Afghanistan
 * Push for peace in the Middle East
 * Support international efforts to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons

International Goals-EU
 * Have Britain play a leading role in an enlarged EU
 * Do not let any more powers be transferred to Brussels without a referendum
 * Have the British Government play a strong and positive role with their partners in the EU to help all of its nations face the challenges of the 21st century
 * Have the EU budget focus only on the areas where the EU can add value
 * Do not want to adopt the euro
 * No further transfer of sovereignty or powers
 * Limit the sales of arms to dangerous regimes
 * Support pro-development trade deals
 * Support reform of global financial institutions to increase the involvement of developing nations

Policies for the Economic Crisis
 * Have the Government spend taxpayer's money responsibly
 * Ensure economic recovery and deficit reduction by reducing spending, not increasing taxes
 * Help people on low incomes from spending constraints
 * Reduce the number and cost of quangos
 * Have strong financial discipline at all levels of government

Goals for Health Care and the NHS
 * Committed to an NHS that is free and available to all
 * Want to free NHS staff from political micromanagement and increase democratic participation in the NHS
 * Make the NHS more accountable to the patients it serves and drive up standards
 * Increase health spending and significantly cut the number of health quangos
 * Cut the cost of NHS administration and transfer resources to support doctors and nurses on the front line
 * Allow every patient to register with the GP they want, without restrictions based on where they live
 * Develop 24/7 urgent care service in every area of England
 * Stop foreign healthcare professionals from working in the NHS unless they pass language and competence of tests
 * Establish an independent NHS board to allocate resources and provide commissioning guidelines
 * Let patients rate hospitals and doctors based on the care they receive
 * Publish detailed information about the performance of healthcare providers onlikne
 * Put patients in charge of making decisions about their care
 * Move to a system of value-priced pricing
 * Encourage NHS organizations to work better with local police forces

Policies for Immigration
 * Think immigration is good for enriching Britain's culture and strengthening the economy
 * Introduce a cap on immigration and reduce the number of non-EU immigrants
 * End the detention of children for immigration purposes
 * Reintroduce exit checks at border
 * Minimize abuse of the immigration systems

Policies for Education
 * Reform the school system to tackle the increasing educational inequality
 * Give people the chance to set up new schools in response to parental demand
 * Give greater powers to parents and pupils to choose a good school
 * Ensure high standards of discipline in the classroom and high quality teaching
 * Reduce spending so they can help disadvantaged pupils
 * Improve the quality of the teaching profession
 * Protect against false accusations
 * Attract more top science and math graduates to be teachers
 * Publish performance daa of educational providers
 * Create more flexibility in the exams systems
 * Improve the quality of vocational education

Policies for the Environment and Global Warming
 * Make the economy more environmentally sustainable
 * Support the farming industry, protect biodiversity, and encourage sustainable food production
 * Increase local accountability
 * Improve flood defenses
 * Encourage councils to pay people to recycle
 * Cut carbon emissions, decarbonize the economy, and support the creation of new green jobs and technologies
 * Push for the EU to demonstrate leadership in tackling international climate change
 * Increase the target for energy from renewable sources
 * Continue public sector investment in carbon capture and storage technology
 * Create a green investment bank
 * Establish an emissions performance standard
 * Encourage home energy efficiency improvements
 * Reform energy markets
 * Explore the creation of new international sources of funding for the purpose of climate change adaptation and mitigation

Position on Democracy - Devolution et al
 * Promote decentralization and democratic engagement
 * Give new powers and greater financial control to local governments, communities, and individuals
 * Create efficient and "democratically accountable" system for major infrastructure projects
 * Abolish Labor Party's regional governments and transfer power back to local councils
 * Directly elect mayors in 12 largest English cities



David Cameron, Leader of Conservative Party