Some good questions for the Conservatives to answer
Security
- 1. Why are the Conservatives insisting on a Brexit negotiation strategy that will automatically prevent access to the vital EU Schengen Information System - used 16 times a second by UK police forces to track terrorists and criminals?
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2. Why has only one individual out of hundreds who have travelled to fight for ISIS in Syria been subject to the Temporary Exclusion Order powers introduced by the Coalition?
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3. How will the Conservatives 'ban encryption' without weakening internet banking security for millions of British citizens?
Schools
- 4. How many children will lose their free school lunches?
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5. How much money will the Conservatives spend on providing free school breakfasts instead of lunches?
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6. Exactly how much money will the Conservatives give to schools to plug the hole in their budgets, and why is their pledge unfunded?
Health and social care
- 7. How many people risk losing their house as a result of their social care policy?
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8. At what level will losses be capped for people with long-term degenerative conditions like dementia?
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9. How will the NHS cope with the loss of 26,000 EU staff who are planning to leave because of Brexit?
Welfare
- 10. How many people will lose their winter fuel payments?
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11. How many lives will be lost as a result?
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12. Will the coldest areas of England and Wales be exempted, as Scotland has been?
How will they pay for their manifesto policies?
- 13. Why should anyone vote for a manifesto without costings?
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14. How many billions will be lost to the public finances as a result of the Conservatives' plan to reduce net immigration to the tens of thousands?
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15. How much will they raise taxes and national insurance by in order to pay for their pledges?