Title: Conservative Party manifesto 2019: 13 key policies explained - BBC News
Headings: Conservative Party manifesto 2019: 13 key policies explained
Conservative Party manifesto 2019: 13 key policies explained
The Conservative Party launched its 2019 election manifesto, with the slogan Get Brexit Done, Unleash Britain's Potential. It sets out the policies the party aimed to introduce should it win the election, which it has now done by a huge majority.
1. Increase the number of nurses by 50,000
Reintroduce maintenance grants for nursing students.
2. Leave the EU in January
Get Brexit "done" early in 2020.
3. No income tax, VAT or National Insurance rises
A little bit more spending - and a bit more tax.
4. Pensions will rise by at least 2.5% per year
Keep the so-called triple lock on the state pension.
5. No-one will sell their home to pay for care
A cross-party consensus on care will be built.
6. Reach net zero by 2050
Meet the pledge to cut emissions to virtually zero.
7. Spend £6.3bn on 2.2 million disadvantaged homes
Improve the energy efficiency of social housing.
8. Introduce a points-based immigration system
Fewer lower-skilled migrants will be allowed into the UK.
9. Continue the roll out of universal credit
Reduce poverty through changes to tax and benefits.
10. Create 250,000 extra childcare places
Help parents by making childcare available in the holidays.
11. Student finances
Freeze of tuition fees at £9,250 likely to continue.
12. A new Manchester to Leeds rail line
And there's £2bn to fill potholes.
13. Launch a democracy commission
It will look into the constitutional power balance.
What do the other parties offer?
What are the parties promising you?

Content: The scrapping of these grants in 2017 was controversial and was followed by a fall in applicants. So, it is something of a U-turn. However, the policy will not involve a return to the pre-2017 policy of free tuition for nursing students. The 50,000 figure is reached by including foreign recruitment and policies for better retention of nurses. Labour promised to recruit 24,000 nurses - based on higher numbers in training - and introduce free tuition fees and maintenance grants. Healthcare is devolved so these policies would apply to England only, but Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales would benefit from the funding. 11 charts on why the NHS matters in this election
Is the NHS the best health service possible? 2.42.4.a5b3b2a
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Boris Johnson launches the party's manifesto
2. Leave the EU in January
Get Brexit "done" early in 2020. In the least surprising promise in this manifesto, Boris Johnson made a personal guarantee that he would get Brexit "done" in January if he won a majority.