Social Reform
- University Tuition Fee caps to be abolished:
- UK students to pay the same as overseas students.
- All wealthy households will pay the full amount: at present, families that sent their children to private schools are being subsidised by the taxpayer!
- Students from very low income families will not pay ANY tuition fees at all: universities and government will pay ALL the Tuition fees for them and provide full grants.
- A sliding means tested scale will be introduced that will reduce the amount of tuition fees for all but the highest earners, including maintenance grants.
- UK to become the research, creative, scientific, literary, musical, drama and artistic Capital of the World.
- The reason for living is more than just healthcare and possessions: mankind’s duty is about discovering more about the universe and pushing the capabilities of our creativity.
- Expand and exploit one of the UK's greatest success stories: our world leading education and knowledge sector.
- Pour private and public investment into R&D and creativity: government to be responsible for essential basic science and humanities that have no tangible return on investment.
- UK to attract top creative, science, musical, literary, drama, artistic, and research talent from around the world.
- At least 10% of all R&D expenditure to be on basic research (inc. science, history, literature) that will probably have no measurable return on investment (ROI).
- Businesses to be encouraged to vastly increase UK based research and development via the proposed corporation tax elimination, and because of their proximity to world leading UK research establishments.
- Abolish ALL Faith Schools and selection by faith
- A major cause of intolerance and lack of social cohesion in society.
- Encouraging ghettoisation leads to a fear of outsiders that has been at the root of wars, nationalism and extremism.
- The liberal values of tolerance, understanding and community integration supersede any individual's freedom to choose isolation, separation and prejudice.
- Integration in ALL schools, including Northern Island, to be compulsory.
- All religious services to be taken out of schools.
- Religious education will be removed from the curriculum, and instead the world's religions will be discussed as a general part of a compulsory Moral Philosophy module.
- State Education:
- Equality of opportunity means that EVERYONE should have access to high class education, and the provider of these services (private or public) is irrelevant.
- Expand the successful parts of the Private Sector, and make available to ALL talented state school children.
- State schools to encourage the promotion of elites in all fields and challenge the hegemony of the private education establishments.
- Stop the unfair and unjust advantages of privilege by making the state sector AS GOOD as the private sector.
- Emphasis on creating special elite schools for Academic, Creative and Sporting success.
- Elite Technical Schools for trades and vocational training.
- Sport to be expanded for everyone as a foundation to encourage teamwork and competitiveness, for psychological enhancement, and healthy happy living (especially the problems of obesity in society).
