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The Conservatives will "get Brexit done" and "forge a new Britain", Boris Johnson has said as he launched the party's election manifesto.
He vowed to train 50,000 new nurses and create 50 million more GP appointments.
Other "guarantees" include tighter immigration controls, more money to fix potholes, zero-net carbon emissions by 2050 and no increases in income tax and VAT rates.
The 59-page manifesto comes 18 days before the general election.
Speaking at its launch in Telford, Shropshire, the prime minister said the choice facing the country in this "closely fought" contest had "never been starker".
"Get Brexit done and we can focus our hearts and minds on the priorities of the British people," he added.
The manifesto, which the PM described as a "partial blueprint" for the future of the country, promises 20,000 more police officers and to "level up" schools funding.
The major new announcement is a plan to recruit and train 50,000 more nurses, through a mixture of new university places, apprenticeships and hiring from overseas.
Student nursing bursaries scrapped in 2016 will be restored, at an estimated cost of £760m in 2020-21, rising to £880m in 2023-4.
Other policies include:
- Building "Northern Powerhouse Rail" between Leeds and Manchester and investing £28.8bn in strategic and local roads
- A "triple tax lock", ruling out increases in the headline rate of income tax and National Insurance, as well as VAT, for five years
- Raising the National Insurance threshold to £9,500 in 2020, with an ambition to raise it further to £12,500
- Childcare: £250m a year, for at least three years, plus a £250m capital spending boost, for "wraparound" childcare - meaning after school or during holidays
- Environment: £6.3bn for upgrades to homes, such as grants for improving boilers and insulation
- £500m a year for four years for filling potholes - almost 10 times the amount promised by the party in an announcement in March
- A new National Skills Fund of £600m a year for five years. Labour and the Liberal Democrats have announced similar plans
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said it was a pared-back, "take-no-chances" manifesto.
It rules out any changes to the Hunting Act, which bans the hunting of foxes and others wild mammals with dogs in England and Wales.
A plan to lift income tax thresholds for middle-earners to £80,000, announced during the Tory leadership campaign, has been dropped, with Mr Johnson saying this "was not the time" for such a move.
Brexit
The prime minister promised to bring back the Withdrawal Agreement Bill to Parliament before 25 December.
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The Conservatives want MPs to ratify the prime minister's Brexit deal before the UK is due to leave the EU on 31 January. After this there would be a "transition period" - during which the UK would continue to follow EU rules while the two sides try to work out a permanent trade deal.
The manifesto rules out extending the transition period beyond the 31 December 2020 deadline.
The House of Commons approved the Withdrawal Agreement Bill in principle in October. But it has to be reintroduced because Parliament was dissolved ahead of the election on 12 December.
Parking
The manifesto promises free hospital parking in England for people with disabilities, frequent patients, the gravely ill, families of long-stay patients, carers and NHS staff working night shifts.
The Conservative Party says £78m per year will be provided, which it claims is new funding for extra parking capacity, or compensation for lost fees.
Labour wants to make hospital parking free for everyone in England, in line with Wales and Scotland.
'Care consensus'
The manifesto promises £1bn per year in extra funding for care for the elderly over the next five years.
The PM said he was willing to talk to other parties to come up with a long-term solution for funding the system.
Pensions
The Conservative Party is promising to maintain the so-called "triple lock" on the UK state pension - meaning it will rise the by the rate of average earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is higher - and continuing the older person's free bus pass.
Chancellor Sajid Javid told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday show on Sky News the manifesto had the "most detailed and most transparent costings ever published in British electoral history".
But Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, said the Conservatives' position on taxes could "come back to bite" the party, as it could limit the ability to deal with costs to the NHS from an ageing society.
What are the parties promising you?
Here's a concise guide to where the parties stand on key issues like Brexit, education and the NHS.
What are other parties pledging on Brexit, taxes and childcare?
Brexit: Labour is promising to negotiate a new Brexit deal within three months, based on close alignment with the EU. This would then be put to the public in a legally binding referendum, alongside the option of staying in the EU.
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to cancel Brexit if elected as a majority government, or otherwise campaign for a referendum with the option of staying in the EU.
The SNP wants Scotland to stay in the EU and the Brexit Party says the UK should leave immediately without an exit deal, but negotiate a free trade agreement with the EU.
Taxes: Labour has set out plans to raise income tax for the top 5% of earners and reverse cuts to corporation tax in order to increase public spending.
The Liberal Democrats would bring in a 1p rise in income tax to spend on health and social care.
The Brexit Party wants to scrap corporation tax for companies earning less than £10,000 a year, ditch VAT for fuel bills and abolish inheritance tax.
Childcare: Labour has pledged that within five years two, three and four-year-olds will be entitled to 30 hours of free pre-school education per week.
The Lib Dems are offering to fund 35 hours of childcare, 48 weeks a year for children aged two to four.
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