Paul Nuttall’s Powerful UKIP Conference
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Like he says in his Conference speech, last week was tough for UKIP leader Paul Nuttall but the success of this event would have most likely lifted his spirits. The event, which was held in Bolton, was the Party’s National Spring Conference and it gave Nuttall the opportunity to directly address his supporters and discuss the post-Brexit goals and objectives of his party.
He began by mentioning what a successful year 2016 was and how it would not have been possible without UKIP – the party that asked David Cameron to hold a referendum in 2013. Nuttall discussed the need for a “clean” and “swift” Brexit and what we can achieve now that we have decided to leave the EU.
Some of his goals include removing VAT (value-added tax) from many areas such as domestic energy bills, women’s sanitary products and takeaway food.
He claims, “for too long, the rich have told poor people how to live their lives and how and when to pay their taxes without, in some cases, paying their own way” and UKIP are committed to tackling corporate tax avoidance. The money saved from this would be “ploughed into the NHS”.
To “counter Labour Party claims”, Nuttall says that UKIP want to keep the NHS free at the point of delivery and in public hands. UKIP say they would give the NHS an extra £3 billion per year and they would also pay an extra £1.2 billion into social care and this money would come from the Foreign Aid Budget which currently gives money to countries such as Brazil, China and India.
On the topic of Foreign Aid, Nuttall says that UKIP would only give money to countries with health or humanitarian crisis instead of countries with more millionaires and a larger middle class than the UK – he believes that charity begins at home.
Finally, he explains that we have a housing crisis in the UK because of uncontrolled immigration and a failure to build new housing and that the crisis happened under Theresa May when she was Home Secretary.
The full speech is available to watch below: