Ukip manifesto for General Election 2017: Key points, policies and summary

Ukip has pledged to introduce a "one in, one out" immigration system and to ban the wearing of the burka in public places in its General Election manifesto.

Paul Nuttall launched the party's vision for government at an event in London as he also committed Ukip to banning the practice of Sharia law in the UK and to placing a moratorium on new Islamic faith schools.

The party has also promised to cut the UK's foreign aid budget.

Here are the key points in Ukip's manifesto:

Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader, launches the party's election manifesto on Thursday Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images Europe

Immigration

To introduce a "one in, one out" immigration system and set a target to reduce net migration to zero over a five-year period.
Place a moratorium on unskilled and low-skilled immigration for five years after the UK leaves the EU.
No amnesty for illegal immigrants.
To introduce a "social attitudes" test as part of a points-based immigration system which would stop people who believe women or gay people are "second-class citizens" from entering the country.

Foreign aid

To scrap the existing commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid and reduce the aid budget to 0.2 per cent of GDP instead.
To close the Department for International Development with the £10 billion saved every year put into the NHS.
Commission a Naval Ocean-Going Surgical Hospital (Nosh) ship to ensure Britain can help in times of global crises.

Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader, launches the party's manifesto on Thursday Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images Europe

Religion

To introduce a ban on the wearing of the "dehumanising" burka and full face coverings in public places partially on the grounds that they "prevent intake of essential vitamin D from sunlight".
To put in place a moratorium on new Islamic faith schools.
To ban the practice of Sharia law in the UK.

Justice

Make failure to report a known instance of female genital mutilation a criminal offence.
Implement a screening programme for girls identified to be at risk of FGM from birth to age sixteen, consisting of annual non-invasive physical check-ups.
Repeal the 2003 Licensing Act to "reduce the density of alcohol outlets" and to restrict trading times to protect emergency service staff from abuse.

NHS

To invest an extra £11 billion every year into the NHS and social care by the end of the next parliament.
To give NHS England an additional £9 billion a year by 2021/22 and an additional £2 billion for social care, paid for through cuts to the foreign aid budget.
Lift the cap on medical school training places from 7,500 to 10,000.
Increase the number of nurse training placements, reinstate funding for bursaries to cover nursing, midwifery and allied health professions’ tuition and accommodation costs, and cover the cost of re-training for nurses who have taken career breaks.
Scrap the one per cent pay increase cap for frontline NHS workers earning less than £35,000.
Increase spending on mental health services by at least £500 million every year.

Tax

Raise the threshold for paying income tax to £13,500, cut taxes for middle earners, abolish the TV licence and cut VAT on household bills.
No tax rises.
The 40 per cent income tax threshold to be increased to £55,000.
To restore the personal allowance to those earning over £100,000.
Raise the inheritance tax threshold to £500,000 per individual, transferable for married couples or those in civil partnerships, so up to £1 million in total with proposals to eventually scrap inheritance tax altogether.

Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA

Education

Scrap tuition fees for science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine students.
Open a grammar school in every town.
Stop tuition fees being paid for courses which do not lead at least two thirds of students into into a graduate level job, or a job corresponding to their degree, within five years after graduation.

Housing

Provide up to 100,000 new homes for younger people every year by rolling out high quality, low cost factory built modular homes, affordable on the national average wage of £26,000.

Paul Nuttall, the Ukip leader, (centre) at the launch of the party's manifesto Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA

Pensions and welfare

Maintain all pensioner benefits including the winter fuel allowance and free bus passes as well as the pensions Triple Lock.
Protect disability and carer’s benefits.
A flexible state pension age with people able to retire earlier on a slightly lower state pension.

Jobs

To bring forward new laws to require employers to advertise jobs to British citizens before they offer them overseas.

Defence, crime and security

Spend a genuine two per cent of GDP on defence plus £1 billion extra for the defence budget every year.
Fund 20,000 more police officers, 7,000 more prison officers, and 4,000 more border force staff.
Keep all existing prisons open and continue existing building plan.
Send as many as possible of the 13,000 foreign nationals in UK jails back to their home countries to serve sentences.
Keep the Trident nuclear deterrent.

Brexit

An EU flag flying in front of the Houses of Parliament Credit: Victoria Jones/PA

All EU flags to be banned from being flown from public buildings in the UK post-Brexit.
June 23 to be named Independence Day and made a bank holiday.
Government must not pay a Brexit divorce bill.
To restore the blue British passport.