Conservative manifesto 2024: what money policies are in it?

National Insurance will be cut again if Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party wins the general election. We look at what else is in their 2024 manifesto.

Conservative leader Rishi Sunak launches the Tory manifesto ahead of the 2024 general election (Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Rishi Sunak has launched the Conservative Party's general election 2024 manifesto.

The document contains plans to cut national insurance again during the next Parliament, after two separate 2p cuts so far this year. There are also plans to introduce a state pension triple lock plus and reform child benefit, if the Tories are re-elected at the national poll on 4 July.

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Henry Sandercock has spent more than eight years as a journalist covering a wide variety of beats. Having studied for an MA in journalism at the University of Kent, he started his career in the garden of England as a reporter for local TV channel KMTV.

Henry then worked at the BBC for three years as a radio producer - mostly on BBC Radio 2 with Jeremy Vine, but also on major BBC Radio 4 programmes like The World at One, PM and Broadcasting House. Switching to print media, he covered fresh foods for respected magazine The Grocer for two years.

After moving to NationalWorld.com - a national news site run by the publisher of The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post - Henry began reporting on the cost of living crisis, becoming the title’s money editor in early 2023. He covered everything from the energy crisis to scams, and inflation. He also has bylines in MoneyWeek.