New Conservatives (UK)

The New Conservatives are a parliamentary group of predominantly red wall Conservative MPs who aimed to shape the Conservative Party's policies ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election. Politico described the group as having 25 members in July 2023.

History
The group was created on Sunday, 21 May 2023, and has no official leader, although the co-founders, the former Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Miriam Cates and the former Devizes MP Danny Kruger are the chairs behind the initiative.

In October 2023, the group proposed banning "gender ideology" within state schools as one of their platforms.

In November 2023, it was reported by Sky News that the group had met to discuss Suella Braverman potentially "making a play" for a Conservative party leadership.

Policies
The group describes itself as wishing to return to the Conservative Party's 2019 manifesto. Politico by cutting immigration to below 226,000, as well as focusing on law and order and to tackle perceived bias in education.

10-point policy
The New Conservatives' primary goals are listed in their 10-point plan, which consists of the following:


 * 1) Closing temporary schemes that grant work visa eligibility for care workers and senior care workers.
 * 2) Raising the minimum income required to gain a skilled work visa.
 * 3) Extending the closure of the student dependant route.
 * 4) Closing the graduate route to students.
 * 5) Reserving university Study Visas for the brightest international students.
 * 6) Monitoring the reduction in visa applications under the humanitarian schemes.
 * 7) Implementing the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill rapidly.
 * 8) Capping the number of refugees legally accepted for resettlement in the UK.
 * 9) Raising the minimum combined income threshold for sponsoring a spouse and raising the minimum language requirement.
 * 10) Capping the amount of social housing that councils may assign to non-UK nationals.

Membership
The group was originally made up of 24 Conservative MPs elected primarily after the Brexit referendum, however only three members have retained their seats.