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British nationality

UKIP believes in British civic nationalism which it believes can be defined as belief in democracy, fair play and liberty along with traits such as politeness; rejecting the "blood and soil" views of Ethnic nationalism.

UKIP has also stated that it would replace the May Day bank holiday in England with a St George’s Day bank holiday. It would also restore imperial measures with All media, businesses, schools and colleges being required to use imperial alongside metric measurements, metric would be retained only for use alongside imperial measurements.

Direct democracy and Referenda

UKIP would introduce direct democracy whereby if a fixed proportion of the electorate depending on each constituency (normally 5 per cent) signs a petition demanding a referendum on any major issue which is of concern to them, it shall be granted a referendum within three months for local petitions and six months for national petitions.

Economic policies

UKIP's economic stance is based on what it claims to be the need for much lower taxation in order to compete internationally. It proposes combining income tax and national insurance into a single flat tax at 33 per cent, it would also raise the tax free allowance to £9,000, it claims this would take 4.5 million lower-paid workers out of the income tax system. UKIP also proposes cuts in corporation taxes and the abolition of inheritance taxes. UKIP states that it will aim to cap government expenditure at around £500 billion.

UKIP also opposes the takeover of major British companies such as the recent takeover of Cadbury's by Kraft and would create a new parliamentary committee that would be given powers to block the sale or merger of companies and to attach conditions, including requiring a UK Government “Golden Share”. [34]

The party also advocates closer economic ties with the Commonwealth of Nations.

Education policy

UKIP's policy paper on education says it regards the aim of education as being to bring out the talents and abilities of every child. The party wants to give schools more freedom to determine their own direction so parents can have a more meaningful choice. It supports education vouchers for parents; would reform the national curriculum to give schools a greater say over subjects taught; and would abolish nationwide testing of children before the age of 11. UKIP supports grammar schools equally with the other kinds of state-funded schools. Lord Pearson, on becoming leader, would go onto propose the introduction of a school voucher system. UKIP believes would make teaching of British history in schools mandatory and try to ensure factual analysis teaching of the British Empire in terms of democracy, laws, freedoms and trade. It would also require schools to teach British values and reflect these in their lessons. UKIP states that it will also enthusiastically support teaching of the various Gaelic languages and histories within the UK, in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Cornwall. ic languages and histories in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Cornwall, and support local and area heritage across the UK.

UKIP has condemned the Badman Review, which recommends greater regulation of home educators in England, and it supports home education as a parental choice.