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The Common Party — Complete Platform

The platform,
at a glance.

Every major policy commitment, the fiscal architecture, and the economic trajectory — in a single document.
Twenty-one briefings · Three flagship documents · One coherent programme
The Platform, in One Paragraph

A British reform platform that fixes the housing market, rebuilds British industry, nationalises water and the grid, delivers net zero through British manufacturing, restores European partnership on British terms through leadership of European defence, funds the NHS and armed forces properly, and conducts itself with restraint, evidence, and seriousness. Fiscally sound. Politically unifying. Built to last.

§ 01Pillar One
Housing & the productive land economy.The root cause fix, and the prerequisite for everything else.
Land Value Tax2% on investment properties, primary residence exempt. Phased. Revenue ~£28bn/year by Y5.
Government construction300,000 new homes per year by Y5. Direct public construction as market backstop.
Shared-equity programmeEnabling current renters to transition to ownership without exposing them to full market price volatility.
Foreign ownership restrictionsLex Koller-style restrictions on non-UK residential property acquisition. Protects housing supply.
Bank guarantee on transitionCentral commitment from day one of reform to prevent price-correction credit crunch.
Planning reformZoning-based system, by-right development on designated land, community consultation streamlined.
Housing benefit reformLHA linked to 30th percentile of local rents; savings as rents stabilise under programme.
Commercial property LSTLocal Services Tax replacing business rates. Progressive, revenue-stable, locally-retained.
§ 02Pillar Two
Reindustrialisation & productive capital.Redirecting capital from rent extraction to production.
Zero CGT on productive investmentUK-incorporated firms, UK tangible assets, 5-year minimum hold, listed sectors.
20% flat corporation taxSimple, predictable. Replaces current marginal-rate complexity.
Productive Investment Visa£2m qualifying threshold, residency tied to ongoing investment maintenance.
British Business Bank restructuredGenuine national investment bank. Scale, mandate, and capability.
Sovereign Capability programmeSemiconductors, lithography, materials. Defence-anchored, civil-transferable.
Airbus Broughton conversionWind turbine manufacturing at industrial scale. Welsh industrial anchor.
UK battery manufacturing100 GWh/year by Y10. Nissan Sunderland, Jaguar Somerset, new facilities.
Pension capital mobilisation25% UK Productive Investment allocation for DC defaults by 2035. Restores historical norms.
Sovereign Investment FundNorway GPFG model. £250bn by Y10. Manages FX reserves productively.
Tradeable Sector Stability FrameworkTreasury-Bank coordination preventing sterling appreciation killing manufacturing.
HMRC enforcement doubledDedicated corporate avoidance unit. Revenue +£2-3bn/year.
CBAM implementationCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism aligned with EU. Protects UK industry.
§ 03Pillar Three
Energy, environment & sovereign capability.Industrial competitiveness, environmental stewardship, strategic independence.
National Grid nationalised£20bn one-off capital. Grid as public infrastructure, not profit centre.
Electricity market decouplingRenewable pricing separated from gas. Closes 40-55% UK industrial electricity gap.
SMR programme at Rolls-Royce DerbySmall Modular Reactor fleet deployment. UK sovereign nuclear capability.
Water industry nationalisedStrict no-pollution standards. Criminal liability. £20bn sewage infrastructure programme.
Net zero through British manufacturingUK turbines, batteries, heat pumps. No more importing the transition.
Sovereign semiconductor capabilityMature nodes Y5, advanced nodes Y8, lithography research Y10+. UK-Japan partnership.
Strategic reservoir programme3 major reservoirs by Y5. Addressing 30-year new-build gap.
ELM properly funded£3bn/year. Nature recovery, peatland restoration, hedgerow network.
Marine Protected Areas10% UK waters by Y10. Bottom trawling banned. Enforcement properly resourced.
Fisheries co-managementJoint UK-EU-Norway-Faroes North Sea authority under ESEP.
Managed fossil fuel declineNo new licensing, existing production runs its economic life.
Air quality programmeClean Air Zones supported, diesel scrappage, urban emissions.
§ 04Pillar Four
European Security & Economic Partnership.Britain leads European defence. In exchange: market access on British terms.
Franco-British nuclear umbrellaAnglo-French Nuclear Planning Group. European nuclear deterrence independent of US.
ESEP framework negotiatedFull Single Market + Customs Union + financial services passport. No Euro, no Schengen.
Northern Ireland Protocol dissolvedCustoms Union membership structurally resolves the problem. Not by derogation — by architecture.
Trans-European rail integrationSleeper network, Manchester-Paris direct, rail freight through Channel Tunnel at scale.
HS2 completion + auditPhase 2a and 2b resumed. Honest audit of cost escalation.
CEF funding accessedConnecting Europe Facility access via ESEP. ~£3bn for UK cross-border infrastructure.
CANZUK defence partnershipCombined sustainment, refit and resupply, defence industrial cooperation with Canada, Australia, New Zealand. No mobility, no trade bloc: the single market is the economic direction. Strengthens Britain's negotiating position ahead of ESEP.
US: friend not vassalAUKUS retained. Subordinate foreign policy ended. Independent strategic judgment.
India strategic partnershipUK-India trade agreement. Technology, defence, education cooperation.
ODA restored to 0.7% GNIGenuine development assistance. Asylum costs funded separately. Dedicated Development Agency.
BBC World Service expandedSoft power asset protected and invested in. Language services extended.
Defence 3% of GDP by Y10AUKUS, ammunition at wartime scale, laser defence, counter-drone, Tempest.
§ 05Pillar Five
Public services & the people who depend on them.The state doing fewer things, better — funded properly.
NHS £14bn revenue uplift by Y10Workforce pay restored. Procurement reformed. Consultancy purged. Medical education free (service tie).
Social care integration£4bn/year additional. NHS-aligned, properly funded, workforce reformed.
Universal childcareProperly funded entitlement. Workforce pay to £25k. 1,000 Family Hubs. Parental leave reform.
Teacher pay restoredAbove-inflation rises 4 years. £35k starting salary. Shortage-subject supplements.
SEND fundamental reformHigh Needs Block +£2bn/year. Historic LA deficits written off. Assessment process reformed.
Universal Free School Meals primaryExtended from current targeted to universal primary.
Apprenticeship Levy reformGenuine apprenticeships, not MBA rebranding. 600k starts/year by Y5.
FE college funding restored£3bn/year. Industrial specialisation. Capital programme £500m/year.
Youth GuaranteeEvery 16-24 NEET receives paid training, apprenticeship, work, or education offer.
Universal Credit reformTaper rate 55% → 45%. Work allowance increased. Sanctions restricted. 5-week wait abolished.
Two-child limit removed£2.5bn/year. Child poverty addressed structurally.
Pension double lockCPI or earnings, no 2.5% floor. £10bn/year Y10 saving vs triple lock trajectory.
§ 06Pillar Six
Justice, institutions & decency.Rehabilitative where evidence supports it. Severe where necessary. Restrained always.
Norwegian rehabilitative frameworkFirst offences. 5/10 year reset. Evidence-led. Severe for repeats and exempt categories.
Portuguese-model drug reformPossession decriminalised. Supply offences remain severe. Treatment over punishment.
Cannabis legalised by referendumUK greenhouse-grown, controlled THC, heavy sin taxes.
Police restored £3bn/yearPay, numbers, specialist capability. Stop and search reformed under senior officer authorisation.
Legal aid restored £1.8bn/yearAccess to justice rebuilt. Court reform addresses backlog.
Prison capacity £8bn over 10 yearsRehabilitative design. Private prison contracts run to expiry, not renewed.
Joint enterprise statutory reformCurrent doctrine reformed. No more guilt by association.
Age of criminal responsibility 12Raised from 10. Aligned with international norms.
OSA repealedAge verification architecture ended. Adults treated as adults.
Non-Crime Hate Incidents abolishedPolice stop recording lawful speech. Free expression restored.
Devolution frameworkReferendum architecture for Scotland/Wales/NI. 55% polling threshold. Confirmatory vote.
Local Services TaxProgressive property tax replacing council tax + business rates. Locally retained.
Register of Members' and Spouses' InterestsTwo-layer database. Private complete record, public categorical summary. Spouse and dependent household in scope. Pattern visible, detail private.
Director-standard conduct for MPsCompanies Act §§ 170–177 fiduciary duties applied to Members, Peers, Ministers, senior civil service. Mandatory recusal on material conflict.
Dual-citizen recusalNo bar on standing. Declare all citizenships. Mandatory recusal from votes of national interest affecting other state.
Party finance audit + foreign-capture closure£500 declaration threshold. UK-shell-company loophole closed: non-UK beneficial ownership above 25% makes a donation foreign-origin regardless of wrapper.
Foreign-linked think tanks and lobbyistsThree-tier disclosure regime. AML/KYC on donors. Tier 3 foreign-state funded: no APPG secretariats, no classified briefings, no charitable-status auto-eligibility.
Office of the Ethics CommissionerIndependent statutory office on Electoral Commission model. ~£45m/year. Removes member-conduct enforcement from parliamentary self-policing.
Foreign Influence in Public Life offenceUndisclosed foreign payroll in office: whole life order, ambassador recalled. Knowing misrepresentation of register: lifetime disqualification. Friend or foe is irrelevant.
§ 07The Economics
The fiscal architecture, in summary.Headline numbers, modelled honestly, including dynamic growth effects.
£68bn
Additional revenue by Year 10
3.5%
Total spend uplift vs UK baseline
+5.7%
GDP uplift by Y10 vs baseline
86.5%
Debt-to-GDP Y10 (vs baseline 91.5%)
Platform fiscal position Year 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10
Additional revenue (£bn) 3.7 22.8 42.8 68
Additional revenue spending (£bn) 18 48 60.1 59.2
Additional capital investment (£bn) 16 36 40 44.5
Current-budget impact (£bn) −14.3 −25.2 −17.3 +8.8
Current budget Deficit peaks Y3, balance by Y8, surplus Y10.
§ 08The Trajectory
Projected GDP and debt trajectory.The platform produces a better debt ratio than the baseline it replaces.
Real GDP trajectory, indexed Y0 = 100
OBR central forecast vs. Common platform with dynamic growth modelling
OBR baseline
Common platform
125 120 115 110 105 100 GDP Index Y0 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 116.2 122.8 +5.7%
Growth uplift derived across six channels — public capital multiplier, energy reform, housing efficiency, industrial policy, ESEP market access, workforce participation — scored to OBR methodology. Central estimate within a 30% uncertainty band.
Public Sector Net Debt as % of GDP
OBR baseline vs. Common platform — after dynamic growth applied
OBR baseline
Common platform
100% 96% 92% 88% 84% 82% Debt / GDP Y0 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 91.5% 86.5% −5pp baseline peak 96.2%
The decisive fiscal result: with growth channels properly modelled, platform debt-to-GDP peaks below baseline at Y3 and ends Y10 materially lower. The platform, properly measured, produces a better debt ratio than the baseline it replaces.

The fiscal case, stated plainly.

The platform is not a choice between ambition and affordability. Properly modelled, it delivers both. We borrow more in absolute terms, we invest more, we grow the economy faster — and the debt-to-GDP ratio falls further than the baseline.

This is how successful industrial economies have always operated. It is absent from recent UK policy not because it doesn't work, but because nobody has been willing to propose it.

Serious reform through restrained politics.
Productive-capitalist European social democracy with strong institutional conservatism — the distinctive Common proposition, unifying rather than factional, built for the whole country.
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