Housing

SNP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

  • Continue housing policy in Scotland, which has the highest house building rate in the UK
  • Continue Rural Housing Fund
  • Change the system for housing asylum seekers, addressing the “disgraceful condition” of housing provided

Foreign and defence

SNP

Main pledges

  • Build a cross-party coalition to scrap the Trident nuclear missile system as quickly and safely as possible
  • Oppose bombing in Syria and press the UK government to take “meaningful action to bring about a political solution”
  • Keep UK aid spending at 0.7% of national income
  • Ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia, pending investigation

Immigration

SNP

Main pledges

  • Immediately guarantee rights of EU citizens living in UK
  • Devolve immigration powers so Scotland can attract EU citizens
  • Campaign to restore the post-study work visa so students can stay in Scotland after graduation.
  • Restore the “Dubs scheme” to let unaccompanied migrant children into UK

Key priorities

SNP

Main pledges

  • End austerity and release £120bn for UK-wide public spending over next parliament
  • Hold a second independence referendum “at the end of the Brexit process”
  • Protect Scotland’s place in the EU single market
  • Raise the minimum wage to more than £10 per hour by 2021/22
  • Call on the new UK government to increase health spending per head of population in England to the current Scottish level, which is 7% higher
  • Support an increase across the UK in the Additional Rate of income tax - for those earning more than £150,000 - from 45p to 50p

Education and family

SNP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

  • Expand early years education and childcare to 30 hours a week for 3 and 4 year olds and vulnerable 2 year olds in Scotland
  • Will not follow the Tories' market-driven education reforms in Scotland
  • There will be no selective grammar schools in Scotland
  • Continue to guarantee no tuition fees for university education

Brexit

SNP

Main pledges

  • Demand a seat at the table for the Scottish government in Brexit negotiations
  • Protect Scotland’s place in the EU single market
  • Oppose any attempt by the UK government to treat the fishing industry as a bargaining chip in the Brexit negotiations
  • Ensure that the rights and protections currently safeguarded by EU membership are not diminished after the UK leaves

Welfare and pensions

SNP

Main pledges

  • Keep the pensions triple lock across the UK
  • End the freeze on working age benefits and halt further cuts
  • Protect universal winter fuel payments, which the Conservatives want to means test
  • Support the WASPI campaign, so women born in the 1950s receive the pensions they are due

Future of the UK

SNP

Main pledges

  • Hold a second independence referendum “at the end of the Brexit process”
  • Bring forward proposals to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds in all UK elections
  • Replace the first-past-the-post electoral system with proportional representation for general elections
  • Abolish the House of Lords

Health and care

SNP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

  • Increase NHS spending across the UK by £11bn, meaning an extra £1bn for the NHS Scotland budget on top of existing plans
  • Implement recommendations of independent pay review for NHS staff in Scotland
  • Vote to protect the health service in all parts of the UK from privatisation
  • Maintain and always protect free personal and nursing care in Scotland

Economy and taxes

SNP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

  • Balance the UK budget for day-to-day spending by 2021/22
  • No increase in tax on the low paid, in National Insurance or in VAT across UK
  • Support a UK-wide increase in the top rate of tax from 45p to 50p
  • Increase the minimum wage to £10 per hour by 2021/22

Transport and environment

SNP

Main pledges

  • Keep EU environmental rules
  • Set up a new Independent Aviation Noise Authority
  • Keep cutting carbon emissions and push UK government to do the same
  • Continue to invest in new roads