The launch of the program comes shortly after Sunak was forced to deny rumors that he could resign before election day.
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakhas promised to cut taxes and reduce immigration if his presidential candidacy Conservative Party is the winner in the general elections on July 4.
Sunak presented his program at the Silverstone circuit, in central England, where the British Grand Prix is held, and it could be one of his last great opportunities to relaunch his faltering campaign.
Its central argument is that a government led by the labor Keir Starmer would raise taxes, while a conservative would lower them. In its program, the party promised 20,000 million euros in tax cuts by 2030, which would be largely offset by reducing social services.
The main tax cut is a two percentage point reduction in Social Security, a tax that workers pay to qualify for a pension public at the time of retirement. The conservative government has already discounted twicefrom 12% to the current 8%.
Sunak also pledged to increase defense investment to 2.5% of GDP by 2030, and promised that the first flights that expel illegal immigrants They will take off in July.
Some surprise elections
The surprising decision of Rishi Sunak to summon elections in summer, several months earlier than most expected, was partly intended to catch the opposition off guard. But with the conservatives behind the Labor Partycenter-left, in opinion polls, Sunak was forced to acknowledge that “people are frustrated with our party and frustrated with me.”
Still, he argued that the Conservatives are “the only party with big ideas to make this country a better place to live.” Opponents said Sunak was making unrealistic and unachievable promises in a desperate attempt to avoid defeat.
The party’s prospects also worsened last week, when the populist Nigel Faragepromoter and defender of Brexitannounced that he would run for Parliament as head of the right-wing Reform UK party Farage has been campaigning across the country to drum up support with his usual anti-establishment, anti-European and anti-immigration rhetoric.
