More information: | BBC NEWS In Depth - Party policies at a glance
Overview of Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem's policies on Tax / Economy, Education, Pensions, Crime, Health, Europe, Iraq / Defence, Transport, Environment, Families and Asylum / Immigration
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| Labour | Conservatives | Lib Dems | BNP | Green Party |
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Cannabis / Drugs | ||||
| Relaxed view on cannabis, Tougher punishments for dealers and promises to double cash for increased treatment. EDIT: U turn, now looking to re-criminalise. | Want to revert cannabis back to Class B. Want "zero-tolerance". Hard drug users to choose between rehabilitation and criminal justice. Support random drug testing in schools. | Aim to "tackle drug dealers" rather than criminalise cannabis users with amounts for personal use. Want to keep cannabis class C but decriminalise the possesion and cultivation of cannabis for personal use and the "social supply" of cannabis.
Ref: 1 | Unkown - Death Penalty for importation/'large scale' drug dealing | Decriminalisation. |
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ID Cards | ||||
| Want to spend £5bn on a biometric ID scheme compulsory at some point in the future. | Support ID cards but want them "closely-monitored". | Want to scrap the ID card scheme and spend the money on 10,000 extra police officers "on the streets" (I assume they mean patroling not homeless). | Unknown - Against CCTV | Against |
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Tuition Fees / Student Funding | ||||
| Want higher education students to pay up to £3000 for tuition. | Want to scrap tuition fees. | Want to scrap tuition fees. Paid for by a 50% tax bracket for all high earners (+100,000). Some grants will be re-introduced to those from a lower income family. | Want a completely free university education for people who've done national service. No fees. No debts. | Want to abolish fees, reintroduce maintenance grants. |
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Defence | ||||
| Pro War on Iraq. | Pro War on Iraq. | Anti War on Iraq. | Anti War on Iraq. Withdraw from NATO, removal of foreign military bases, national service culminating in the right to store at home an assault rifle for people who successfully complete it. | Anti War on Iraq. |