These are the key policies outlined by Conservative leader William Hague at the party conference in Bournemouth:

Three pence off fuel duties

A restoration of the married couple's tax allowance

Giving some money direct to schools instead of through local education authorities

Matching Labour "penny for penny" on health spending

Getting rid of Labour's "dogmatic" opposition to private health care

Increasing police numbers

Stepping up "the war against drugs" with a zero tolerance policy

Attempting to rejuvenate inner cities by bulldozing the worst tower blocks

A commitment at the next election to keep the pound for the life of the Parliament

Increasing pensions by up to �10 a week by scrapping special payments like the winter fuel allowance

Supporting the rural way of life

Reducing the number of ministers, cutting the size of the House of Commons and halving the number of special advisers

Halting the "march of political correctness" in government, local councils and schools.