The Economy
Lower taxes on workers, cheaper business costs, a leaner state.
Reform UK's economic pitch centres on cutting taxes for workers and small businesses, slimming the civil service, and reshoring manufacturing behind cheaper energy. The 2024 Contract with You set out the headline tax numbers; policy statements since then have added a 'lean state' theme.
Personal allowance
£20,000
from £12,570
Corporation tax
15%
from 25%
People taken out of income tax
~7m
Reform estimate
Immigration
Leave the ECHR, stop the boats, and deport illegal migrants.
Immigration is Reform UK's flagship area. The party proposes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, ending Indefinite Leave to Remain for arrivals under the 2021-24 'Boriswave', and running a five-year deportation programme it calls Operation Restoring Justice.
Boriswave arrivals (2021-24)
3.8m
96% non-EU (Reform)
Projected ILR grants 2026-30
800,000
Reform estimate
Claimed 10-yr net saving
£42bn
Reform estimate
Health & the NHS
Free at the point of use, funded by tax, with more money on the front line.
Reform UK commits to keeping the NHS free at the point of use and funded by general taxation, while redirecting spending from 'back-office bloat' to front-line care. The 2024 Contract also proposed tax relief for people using private healthcare or insurance to reduce NHS demand.
NHS satisfaction (2024)
21%
record low — NatCen/King's Fund
Elective waiting list (Eng.)
~7.4m
NHS England, 2025
Private-care tax relief (proposed)
20%
on premiums & fees
Crime & Justice
Visible policing, tougher sentences, more prison places.
Reform UK's justice pitch is 'the first duty of the state is to protect its citizens'. It combines visible neighbourhood policing, mandatory minimum sentences for serious and repeat offenders, expanded stop-and-search, and a rapid prison-building programme so violent offenders are not released early.
Additional officers (pledge)
40,000
over 5 years
Prison population (Eng. & Wales)
~87,900
MoJ, 2025
Charge rate (all offences)
5.7%
Home Office, 2024
Education
Core academic standards, skills for work, and free-speech guarantees.
Reform UK proposes a return to what it calls 'core academic standards' in schools, an expansion of vocational and apprenticeship routes for young people, and legal free-speech protection in universities. It also opposes what it terms 'ideological' teaching in schools.
Students in higher ed (UK)
~2.9m
HESA, 2023/24
Apprenticeship starts (Eng.)
339k
DfE, 2023/24
16-18 not in education
13.2%
DfE, 2024
Housing & Planning
Faster planning, incentives to build, and priority for local people.
Reform UK argues Britain has a housing shortage driven by planning delays and high demand. Its proposals combine planning reform, tax incentives for developers who build quickly, and giving councils priority to house local people first.
Net new homes (Eng., 2023/24)
221,070
DLUHC
Government target
300,000/yr
not met since 1970s
Average house-price / earnings
8.6x
ONS, 2023
Energy
Scrap net-zero levies, expand domestic gas and nuclear.
Reform UK proposes to abandon the UK's 2050 net-zero target, scrap green levies on household bills, and expand domestic gas, small modular reactors and North Sea licensing. The party argues this is the fastest route to lower bills and greater energy security.
Avg. dual-fuel bill (Oct 2025)
£1,755
Ofgem price cap
Policy costs in bill
~£200
Ofgem breakdown
Gas share of electricity (2024)
26%
DESNZ
Defence
Peace through strength — bigger budget, higher readiness.
Reform UK proposes raising defence spending well above the NATO 2% floor, rebuilding recruitment and retention, and modernising equipment programmes. It frames the threat environment around Russia and China and wants what it calls 'woke' initiatives removed from the services.
UK defence spend (2024)
2.3% GDP
SIPRI
Regular Armed Forces
132,570
MoD, 2024
Army trained strength
~73,000
MoD, 2024
Environment & Farming
Back British farmers, clean up water companies, common-sense conservation.
Reform UK's environment offer runs through farming and water. It proposes ending inheritance-tax charges on family farms, cutting paperwork on producers, tougher enforcement on water companies, and reversing some net-zero measures affecting farmland use.
Sewage spills (Eng., 2024)
3.61m hours
EA data
UK farms affected by IHT change
~70,000
NFU estimate
Rivers in good ecological status
14%
EA, England