For England

England should be governed by clear laws, clear responsibilities and clear loyalties: English law in England, Britons in charge of Britain, and the interests of citizens put first by the elected Parliament that represents them. This vision rests on the UK’s existing constitutional principle of parliamentary sovereignty, under which Parliament can remake immigration, welfare, constitutional and rights law through ordinary legislation.

The pledge

Put England and its people first in law, policy and public priorities.
Restore clear democratic control so no foreign court or outside body can have any say in Parliament or English life.
Apply English law in England, while the other nations determine their own path in their own jurisdictions.
Treat everyone fairly and above basic human-rights minima, while making the state’s first duty to its own citizens.

Borders and migration

There should be no new immigration until housing, public services, wages and social order are repaired, with policy aimed at a period of negative net migration instead of continual inflow. Illegal entrants and those with no right to remain can already be removed under UK law, including to safe third countries where legal standards are met, and governments have repeatedly shown that visa and settlement rules can be tightened quickly when they choose to do so.

Temporary visas only, with no automatic path to settlement or citizenship.
No visa for any job that an English or British worker can do with proper training.
As migrant labour is reduced, employers must recruit and train domestic workers instead of importing replacement labour.
British citizens abroad should be actively encouraged and assisted to return home.

Law, order and removal

The legal framework already allows deportation of foreign national offenders and removal on public-good grounds, and Parliament can strengthen those powers further by statute. Anyone breaking immigration law during a transition period could face fines or imprisonment, and non-citizens can be deported after sentence or penalty where removal is safe in law.

Real penalties for breaching immigration law.
Automatic removal of foreign offenders and illegal entrants wherever the receiving country is genuinely safe.
Narrow exceptions only where removal would breach non-refoulement or basic human-rights minima.

Citizens first

UK law already distinguishes between citizens and non-citizens in access to status, removal protection and some forms of public support, and migrants with indefinite leave currently have wider access to benefits than those with temporary or no status. Parliament can lawfully prioritise citizens in welfare, housing and state protection while still maintaining minimum protections for everyone within the country’s jurisdiction.

No access to housing, welfare and key public support apart from for Britons.
No Long-term settlement and citizenship.
A legal framework that states clearly that the government’s first duty is to its own people.

England, Britain and identity

The UK constitution already recognises historic nations, separate legal systems and nationality rules that rely in part on parentage and status, so Parliament can create clearer statutory definitions of national identity if it chooses. The UK also already operates with three legal systems: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, while Scotland has its own devolved legislature over a wide range of domestic matters.

English law in England.
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland decide their own path in their own jurisdictions.
Clear legal definitions of national identity and belonging, written into statute rather than left vague.
Only Britons in the highest positions of state authority and public power.

Sovereignty and the constitution

Under the UK’s uncodified constitution, Parliament can repeal or amend constitutional statutes, including rights legislation and treaty-giving statutes, by ordinary legislation. The ECHR itself contains a withdrawal mechanism under Article 58, and legal analysis indicates that a government with parliamentary approval could leave it and replace the Human Rights Act with a domestic rights framework.

Parliament must be the final word on law.
Any treaty or court that tries to override democratic law-making can be left or stripped of domestic effect through legislation.
Rights should be protected by a home-grown constitutional settlement, not by distant institutions.

Less government, clearer government

The UK constitution allows wide discretion over how power is organised inside the state, including whether functions sit in departments or arm’s-length bodies. A simpler arrangement would bring functions back into accountable departments, led by ministers answerable to Parliament, rather than dispersing authority through overlapping boards and outside bodies.

No quangos or outside bodies exercising hidden power.
Each department to have its own in-house team, directly accountable to ministers and Parliament.
Less interference, fewer overlapping rules, and clearer responsibility throughout government.

Closing statement

For England means simple law, democratic control, fair treatment, secure borders, and a state that remembers who it exists to serve. It means England governed under English law, And Parliament trusted to act in the interests of its own people first.

“This is a vision, not the last word. Detailed policy papers on crime and justice, health and social care, digital safety, utilities and infrastructure will follow, so every part of England’s future can be debated in full.”