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Election 2015: David Cameron sets out plan for "First 100 days"
Legislation guaranteeing no-one on the minimum wage pays income tax will be among bills in the Queen's Speech if the Tories win outright, he announced.
Other measures would include a British Bill of Rights, a lower welfare cap and paving the way for an EU referendum.
Opinion polls have suggested no party will win enough seats to govern alone.
The Conservatives say they will devote the last full week of campaigning before the 7 May poll to hammering home their core message that their economic strategy is working and would be threatened by a Labour government, either governing on its own or with the support of other parties.
Labour are focusing on housing on Sunday, promising that annual rents in the private sector will not rise by more than inflation under its plan to introduce standard three year tenancy agreements.
'Right track'
Mr Cameron will set out his priorities for his first year in office in event of the Conservatives winning an outright victory, by detailing what would be included in the next Queen's Speech scheduled for 27 May.
Bills to set to feature include:
■ Guarantees that no-one working 30 hours a week on the minimum wage has to pay income tax by 2020
■ Increased protection for small businesses
■ Three million more apprenticeships
■ Cutting the benefit cap to £23,000 and introducing work requirements for young benefit claimants
■ New powers to force "coasting" schools to accept new leadership
■ Housing bill to give 1.3 million housing association tenants the chance to buy their homes at a discount
■ A doubling of free childcare for three and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week
■ A European Referendum Bill to pave the way for a public vote on the UK's membership of the EU by the end of 2017
■ A British Bill of Rights, a Communications Data Bill and legislation to deliver the Greater Manchester Devolution Agreement
■ Constitutional measures on Scottish and Welsh devolution and on English votes for English laws
In a speech on Sunday, Mr Cameron will say he will start work immediately on 8 May on implementing a programme to "secure a brighter future for Britain".
"The first 100 days of a majority Conservative government will continue to put working people front and centre of our economic plan - offering security at every stage of life."
"For the last five years, our priority has been clearing up the mess left by Ed Miliband's Labour Party, and now our country is on the right track with two million more people in work.
"For the next five years, we will turn our long-term economic plan into a plan for you and your family, cutting your tax bill, helping with childcare, creating more jobs, offering more young people the chance to own their own home, and guaranteeing security in retirement.
From BBC UK.
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