Education and family

DUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

  • Tackle underachievement by through support for early-years interventions
  • Increase shared education across all sectors
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Economy and taxes

DUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

  • Create 50,000 new jobs in NI by 2021
  • Reduce NI’s corporation tax rate to at least 12.5
  • Ensure that measures to control household energy bills are implemented in NI
  • Increase the National Living Wage and take action against firms that fail to pay it to staff
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Health and care

DUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

  • Implement recommendations in Bengoa Report on NI's healthcare services
  • Eliminate a "layer of bureaucracy" by abolishing Health and Social Care Board
  • Fund a plan to reduce hospital waiting lists
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Transport and environment

DUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

  • Not addressed in the manifesto
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Key priorities

DUP

Main pledges

  • Protect Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom
  • Restore devolution at Stormont as quickly as possible
  • Draw up a national reform plan for NI, which would see civil service reorganised
  • Resist attempts to "rewrite" NI's troubled past and assist innocent victims in obtaining justice
  • Create 50,000 new jobs in NI by 2021
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Brexit

DUP

Main pledges

  • Get the best possible Brexit deal for NI
  • Strengthen relations with rest of UK and ensure there are no internal borders
  • Ensure there is a "frictionless" border between NI and the Republic of Ireland
  • Ensure NI has ability to opt in to EU funding when it is proven to add value
  • End jurisdiction of European Court of Justice and increase control over UK laws
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