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The Conservative Party said it would cut National Insurance (NI), scrap it for the self-employed, keep the pensioners’ triple lock and keep the Energy Price Cap.

The party also said it would lower green levies, reform standing charges, give 30 hours’ free childcare to some parents, let households earning less than £120,000 keep child benefits, and freeze income tax rates, VAT, stamp duty and council tax bands.

The Green Party said it would abolish the two-child benefit cap, raise Universal Credit by £40 a week, have an all-ages minimum wage of £15 an hour, cut NI for small businesses, make high-earners keep paying it and give all workers day one rights.

The party said it also planned to cut energy bills by spending £38bn on insulating homes and installing heat pumps, raise capital gains tax and impose a wealth tax on assets above £10m.

Labour said it would cut energy bills by upgrading five million homes, impose an all-ages real living wage, ban zero-hours contracts and fire-and-rehire and give workers day one rights.

The party also says it will introduce free breakfast clubs at every English primary school, create 3,000 school nurseries, preserve the pensioners’ triple-lock and freeze income tax, National Insurance and VAT.

The Liberal Democrats said it would launch a national food strategy to tackle costs, offer all parents affordable childcare, double maternity and shared parental pay and extend parental leave.

The party also said it would cut energy bills, upgrade homes, scrap the benefit cap and two-child limit and preserve the pensioners’ triple lock.

Reform UK said it would scrap income tax on earnings under £20,000, raise the 40% threshold to £70,000, let one half of a married couple earn £25,000 tax-free, cut fuel duty by 20p a litre and scrap green levies.

The party said it would scrap VAT on energy bills, cut stamp duty, front load child benefits for children under four and scrap inheritance tax on estates under £2m.