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Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats

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The three main parties (consisting of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats) do agree on a few different policies however due to their completely different ideology’s they disagree on the majority of policies. It could be said that this is not necessarily a negative thing as in the House of Commons it is the opposition’s job to criticize the government's policies. One policy that all parties have strong views on, is fracking. Both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party who both strongly disagree with fracking, and the Labour party have even said if they are elected into power the United Kingdom will become the first country to ban fracking. However the Conservatives who are currently in power have the complete opposite view on this topic, evidence of this is a Conservative cabinet minister has claimed drilling for shale gas could make the "single biggest difference to the cost of living" for people in Britain. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, said he believes the controversial process known as fracking is the "solution" to the problem of high energy bills. There are some policies in which all three main parties agree on is that the future growth of the economy must be increasingly green not just to reduce climate change and global warming but to also guarantee a more sustainable affluence. However in the more recent years both the Conservatives and the Labour party agree that without nuclear power “we will never keep the lights on” labour have set out to build 10 new nuclear power plant if/when they gain power they also plan on building more wind turbines across the United Kingdom. The Tories match Labour on green policies, although many of the details are different. The party promised loans to help people insulate their homes and to invest in renewables, although they are more cautious about onshore wind power over concerns on how much energy wind power can actually generate. Another controversial po

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