Reform UK published its Scottish Parliament Election Manifesto on Thursday 19th March

This is what it says about the issues that students, apprentices and young people care about. Use the NUS Scotland Vote Matcher to see which parties you agree with most.

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What the Reform UK Manifesto says on...

Universities and funding

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    • Review university funding to ensure degrees are grounded in academic merit over ‘EDI or sustainability metrics’.
    • Direct more school-leavers away from university and into trades via technical college
Colleges, Apprenticeships and Skills

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    • ‘First Job Passport’ for young people to move from school into further education, apprenticeships, training or employment
    • Establish an Adult Re-Skilling Taskforce focussed on life-long learning and helping out-of-work adults into jobs
    • Guarantee every penny of the Apprenticeship Levy is invested into apprenticeships linked to colleges
International students and migration

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    • Oppose accepting ‘uncontrolled’ immigration
    • Oppose ‘woke’ policies on immigration
    • Require a local connection in Scotland to be able to apply for council housing
Cost of Living, Employment and the Economy

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    • Reduce Scotland’s income tax bands from six to three, and set each tax rate at 1p below the UK rate
    • Abolish ‘cliff edges’ in the tax system that cause people to lose out on benefits
    • Cancel planned increases to council tax
The NHS, Health and Wellbeing

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    • Establish a Scottish Healthcare Reform Commission, while committing to keeping the NHS free at the point of need
    • Expand frontline services in the community and in GP surgeries
    • Embrace tech including AI and the NHS England App
Housing and Renting

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    • Repeal regulations for all new private tenancies, while keeping the terms of existing tenancies
    • Introduce a rent-to-buy model for young people, first-time buyers and working families
    • Build a 15,000 new homes a year for the next five years
Transport and Travel

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    • Abolish low emission zones
    • Support and invest in bus corridors in major cities
    • 10-year plan to upgrade major trunk roads
Climate, the Environment and Energy

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    • Scrap all net zero related targets and subsidies
    • Use North Sea gas as Scotland’s primary energy source
    • Stop building offshore wind farms and ‘massive’ solar and battery farms
Rights, Equality and Liberation

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    • Scrap hate crime legislation to ‘restore freedom of speech’ and allow police to focus on ‘real crime’
    • Oppose ‘woke policies’ on gender
Society, Democracy and Young People

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    • Reduce constituency MSP numbers from 73 to 57
    • 10-year reviews of devolved and reserved powers between the Scottish and UK parliaments
    • Department of government efficiency to cut waste and duplication and taxpayer funded ‘lobbyist’ charities