Foreign and defence

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid
Commit to spending 2% of GDP on defence
Control arms exports to countries listed as human rights priority countries and suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent

Health and care

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Guaranteeing the rights of all NHS and social care service staff who are EU nationals to stay in the UK after Brexit
Using the extra resources from a 1p increase in dividend taxation to help deliver a step change in mental health in Scotland
End the public sector pay freeze for NHS workers and social care staff
Urge the Scottish government to produce a national workforce strategy to prevent shortages of doctors and nurses

Housing

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Ensure more houses to meet local needs as well as good local services and community facilities such as schools, public transport, local shops, cultural venues and pubs

Future of the UK

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Home rule for each nation within a federal United Kingdom
Keep the Barnett formula for Scotland and Wales but seek to increase the Welsh block grant
'Devolution on demand' for regions of England
Oppose Scottish independence

Economy and taxes

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Reform the business rates system, "prioritising reforms that recognise the development of the digital economy"
Support the creation of a Welsh Development Bank
Give additional funding to bring more private investment into renewable energy, such as the creation of the world's first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay
Put a penny in the pound on income tax, enabling Wales to spend an extra £300m on the NHS and social services

Education and family

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Increase school budgets and the Welsh Pupil Premium to protect against rising costs and pupil numbers, and investing in cutting infant class sizes
Introduce new accreditation standards for teacher training courses to attract the best talent to the profession
Introduce a new curriculum for Wales
Increase the statutory duty on local authorities to provide a funded early education place for three-to-four year olds to 15 hours a week

Transport and environment

Lib Dems

Main pledges

An Air Quality Plan to prevent deaths by reducing air pollution
Ensuring British farming remains competitive and doesn't lose out in the event of Britain leaving the EU
A diesel scrappage scheme, and a ban on the sale of diesel cars and small vans in the UK by 2025
Ensure that new rail franchises include a stronger focus on customers

Health and care

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Add 1p onto each rate of income tax and ring-fence the money for NHS and social care
Ensuring mental health care waiting time standards match those in physical health care
Ensure that there are more nurses on hospital wards and in the community
Introduce a Welsh NHS whistle-blowing hotline

Economy and taxes

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Propose adding a penny on income tax in Scotland in order to invest additional money in education and mental health
End the 1% pay cap in the public sector to enable the lifting of the pay for 540,000 public sector workers in Scotland
Exempt Police Scotland and the fire service from VAT, which will give them £35m to spend on services. (VAT is a reserved matter)
Initiate a major £100bn programme of capital spending across the UK, that will have a share spent in Scotland

Key priorities

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Hold a referendum on the final Brexit deal, with the option to remain in the EU
Add 1p to income tax to fund the NHS and social care
Rule out coalitions with the Conservatives or Labour – but want to make the Liberal Democrats the official opposition
Increase spending on early years, schools and colleges in England
Reverse some benefits cuts

Housing

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Set target to build 300,000 new homes a year
Create 10 new garden cities in England
Stop right to buy for housing association tenants
Allow councils to charge 200% council tax on foreign-owned empty homes

Brexit

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Maintain membership of the single market and support the principle of freedom of movement
Oppose any moves that risk making Wales a less prosperous nation or will see powers more concentrated in Westminster
Ensure any powers in devolved areas of responsibility that are repatriated following Brexit be "appropriately devolved"

Key priorities

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Strongly oppose "another divisive referendum" on independence
Wants a referendum on the final terms of the Brexit deal
Propose adding a penny on income tax in Scotland in order to invest additional money in education and mental health
Pledge to keep the triple-lock on the state pension

Economy and taxes

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Balance day-to-day spending while reducing national debt as a proportion of GDP
Add 1p onto each rate of income tax and ring-fence the money for NHS and social care
Borrow £100bn to invest in infrastructure, including housebuilding, broadband, schools, hospitals and transport
Reverse some planned cuts to corporation tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax

Foreign and defence

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Commit to spending 2% of GDP on defence
Maintain 0.7% GDP commitment for international aid
Suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent

Welfare and pensions

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Keep the triple lock on pensions and free bus passes
Withdraw winter fuel payments for wealthy pensioners
Reverse cuts to Universal Credit
Uprate working age benefits in line with inflation

Future of the UK

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Deliver more powers to Wales by implementing the remaining Silk Commission part one proposals on financial powers and the Silk part two proposals
Raise the status of the National Assembly, strengthening its capacity to scrutinise legislation and to hold the Welsh Government to account
Allow the Welsh Government to set its own bank holidays
Seek to increase the Welsh block grant to an "equitable level" over the five years of a parliament

Brexit

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Hold a referendum on the final Brexit deal, with the option to remain in the EU
Unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals in the UK
Stay in the single market and customs union
Support the principle of freedom of movement between the UK and EU - the right to work, travel, study and retire abroad

Welfare and pensions

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Maintain the 'triple lock' of increasing the State Pension each year by the highest of earnings growth, prices growth or 2.5% for the next parliament
Pledge to scrap the two-child rule for tax credits - including the controversial "rape clause"
Uprate working-age benefits at least in line with inflation
Extend free childcare and encourage new fathers to take time off with an additional month's paid paternity leave

Transport and environment

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Introduce a diesel scrappage scheme
Extend ultra-low emission zones to 10 more towns and cities
Set legally binding target of zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Oppose fracking

Immigration

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Continue to allow high-skilled immigration to support key sectors of the economy
Offer safe and legal routes to the UK for refugees, expanding the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme
Reopening the Dubs scheme to take 3,000 unaccompanied refugee children from Europe
Reinstate post-study work visas for graduates in STEM subjects who find suitable employment within six months of graduating

Health and care

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Put a penny in the pound on income tax, enabling Wales to spend an extra £300m on the NHS and social services
End the public sector pay freeze for NHS workers

Housing

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

New direct spending on house-building to help build 300,000 homes a year across the UK by 2022
£5bn of initial capital for a new British Housing and Infrastructure Development Bank, using public money to attract private investment
Help young people in need by reversing cuts to housing benefit for 18-21-year-olds
Scrap the 'bedroom tax' across the UK, while seeking to achieve the aim of making best use of the housing supply through incentivising local authorities to help tenants 'downsize

Brexit

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Wants a referendum on the final terms of the Brexit deal, with the alternative option of staying in the EU on the ballot paper
The UK must maintain membership of the European Single Market
Press for the UK to unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals in the UK
Any deal negotiated for the UK outside the EU must protect the right to work, travel, study and retire across the EU

Immigration

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Support the principle of freedom of movement between the UK and EU
Allow high-skilled immigration to support key sectors of the economy
Remove students from official migration statistics
Welcome 50,000 Syrian refugees over five years and re-establish the "Dubs" child refugee scheme

Education and family

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Spend £7bn extra on education, increasing school budgets and the Pupil Premium
Oppose grammar schools
End the 1% cap on teachers' pay rises
Reinstate maintenance grants for the poorest students

Key priorities

Lib Dems

Main pledges

A second referendum on the Brexit deal before the UK leaves the EU, with the option to remain voters reject it
Give more financial powers to Welsh ministers and increase their funding
Seek to increase the Welsh Government's funding from the UK Treasury
Transfer powers over transport, all Welsh ports, energy, broadcasting, air passenger duty, youth justice, policing and other justice powers from Westminster to Cardiff Bay
An additional £7.5m for community policing across Wales
Add a penny in the pound to income tax, enabling Wales to spend an extra £300m on the NHS and social services

Education and family

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Make the case for a "Penny for Education", putting 1p on the income tax rate to generate £500m for education
Work to secure the extension of early education and childcare to three and four-year-olds, all two-year-olds and the most vulnerable families with children of an earlier age
Support the establishment of a properly funded Pupil Premium
Protect universities from the impact of a hard Brexit and ensure that they are open to all

Transport and environment

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Devolve funding of Network Rail in relation to the Wales railway network
Electrify the north Wales main rail line and funding for a feasibility study into re-opening rail links between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen
Abolish tolls on the Severn Bridge, after the costs have been recouped in 2018
Invest in the South Wales Metro

Future of the UK

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Strongly oppose "another divisive referendum" on independence
Create a better democracy with a fair voting system in local government and Westminster
Introduce votes at 16 for all elections and referendums across the UK
Develop federalism with Devolution on Demand, letting local areas take control of the services that matter most to them