Cameron targets Thatcher's blue-collar army

Conservatives are the party of working people, Cameron declares as ‘role reversal week’ continues

The Mole

David Cameron is making a shameless bid for Britain’s blue-collar working-class vote with two carefully targeted policies in the Tory manifesto launched today.

The Tory leader will promise an extension of the Right to Buy scheme to 1.3 million families in housing association homes, and offer a tax break for workers on the minimum wage.

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