8 April 2024, 22:01
By Henry Riley
Richard Tice’s Party used a seemingly rushed, last-minute press conference in Westminster to attack the Labour Party, and urged his party’s candidates not to tweet when drunk.
With Parliament in recess and most MPs in their constituencies, Reform UK used a quieter political agenda to announce two major policies - and firmly park their tanks on Labour’s lawn.
The party’s leader Richard Tice outlined the first new commitment as he set out a bold, yet controversial, healthcare policy. The idea would see the net zero target, which the party “conservatively” estimate costs around £30 billion a year, scrapped and the money diverted towards the NHS.
Mr Tice pledged that such a move will see waiting lists eliminated within two years as he also incentivised people to use private healthcare to take the strain off of the NHS.
He told LBC “we’re offering those who can pay, a........