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Explore Reform UK’s detailed proposals across nine policy areas — with statistics, timelines, expandable proposals, and links to original sources.

CHAPTER 01

The Economy

Lower taxes on workers, cheaper business costs, a leaner state.

Reform UK's economic pitch centres on cutting taxes for workers and small businesses, slimming the civil service, and reshoring manufacturing behind cheaper energy. The 2024 Contract with You set out the headline tax numbers; policy statements since then have added a 'lean state' theme.

Personal allowance

£20,000

from £12,570

Corporation tax

15%

from 25%

People taken out of income tax

~7m

Reform estimate

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CHAPTER 02

Immigration

Leave the ECHR, stop the boats, and deport illegal migrants.

Immigration is Reform UK's flagship area. The party proposes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, ending Indefinite Leave to Remain for arrivals under the 2021-24 'Boriswave', and running a five-year deportation programme it calls Operation Restoring Justice.

Boriswave arrivals (2021-24)

3.8m

96% non-EU (Reform)

Projected ILR grants 2026-30

800,000

Reform estimate

Claimed 10-yr net saving

£42bn

Reform estimate

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CHAPTER 03

Health & the NHS

Free at the point of use, funded by tax, with more money on the front line.

Reform UK commits to keeping the NHS free at the point of use and funded by general taxation, while redirecting spending from 'back-office bloat' to front-line care. The 2024 Contract also proposed tax relief for people using private healthcare or insurance to reduce NHS demand.

NHS satisfaction (2024)

21%

record low — NatCen/King's Fund

Elective waiting list (Eng.)

~7.4m

NHS England, 2025

Private-care tax relief (proposed)

20%

on premiums & fees

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CHAPTER 04

Crime & Justice

Visible policing, tougher sentences, more prison places.

Reform UK's justice pitch is 'the first duty of the state is to protect its citizens'. It combines visible neighbourhood policing, mandatory minimum sentences for serious and repeat offenders, expanded stop-and-search, and a rapid prison-building programme so violent offenders are not released early.

Additional officers (pledge)

40,000

over 5 years

Prison population (Eng. & Wales)

~87,900

MoJ, 2025

Charge rate (all offences)

5.7%

Home Office, 2024

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CHAPTER 05

Education

Core academic standards, skills for work, and free-speech guarantees.

Reform UK proposes a return to what it calls 'core academic standards' in schools, an expansion of vocational and apprenticeship routes for young people, and legal free-speech protection in universities. It also opposes what it terms 'ideological' teaching in schools.

Students in higher ed (UK)

~2.9m

HESA, 2023/24

Apprenticeship starts (Eng.)

339k

DfE, 2023/24

16-18 not in education

13.2%

DfE, 2024

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CHAPTER 06

Housing & Planning

Faster planning, incentives to build, and priority for local people.

Reform UK argues Britain has a housing shortage driven by planning delays and high demand. Its proposals combine planning reform, tax incentives for developers who build quickly, and giving councils priority to house local people first.

Net new homes (Eng., 2023/24)

221,070

DLUHC

Government target

300,000/yr

not met since 1970s

Average house-price / earnings

8.6x

ONS, 2023

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CHAPTER 07

Energy

Scrap net-zero levies, expand domestic gas and nuclear.

Reform UK proposes to abandon the UK's 2050 net-zero target, scrap green levies on household bills, and expand domestic gas, small modular reactors and North Sea licensing. The party argues this is the fastest route to lower bills and greater energy security.

Avg. dual-fuel bill (Oct 2025)

£1,755

Ofgem price cap

Policy costs in bill

~£200

Ofgem breakdown

Gas share of electricity (2024)

26%

DESNZ

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CHAPTER 08

Defence

Peace through strength — bigger budget, higher readiness.

Reform UK proposes raising defence spending well above the NATO 2% floor, rebuilding recruitment and retention, and modernising equipment programmes. It frames the threat environment around Russia and China and wants what it calls 'woke' initiatives removed from the services.

UK defence spend (2024)

2.3% GDP

SIPRI

Regular Armed Forces

132,570

MoD, 2024

Army trained strength

~73,000

MoD, 2024

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CHAPTER 09

Environment & Farming

Back British farmers, clean up water companies, common-sense conservation.

Reform UK's environment offer runs through farming and water. It proposes ending inheritance-tax charges on family farms, cutting paperwork on producers, tougher enforcement on water companies, and reversing some net-zero measures affecting farmland use.

Sewage spills (Eng., 2024)

3.61m hours

EA data

UK farms affected by IHT change

~70,000

NFU estimate

Rivers in good ecological status

14%

EA, England

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