Editing Conservative Party (UK) (section)

==== Justice, crime and security policy ====
In 2010 the Conservatives campaigned to cut the perceived bureaucracy of the modern police force and pledged greater legal protection to people convicted of defending themselves against intruders.

The party has also campaigned for the creation of a UK Bill of Rights to replace the [[Human Rights Act 1998]], but this was vetoed by their coalition partners the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Klug |first=Francesca |date=2010-04-14 |title=Why Lib Dems reject bill of rights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/apr/14/human-rights-reform-manifestos |access-date=2024-07-02 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Conservatives' 2017 manifesto pledged to create a national infrastructure police force, subsuming the existing [[British Transport Police]]; [[Civil Nuclear Constabulary]]; and [[Ministry of Defence Police]] "to improve the protection of critical infrastructure such as nuclear sites, railways and the strategic road network".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Andy |title=Labour slams PM for failure to create national infrastructure police force |url=http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/apr-2018/labour-slams-pm-failure-create-national-infrastructure-police-force |website=Infrastructure Intelligence |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128033224/http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/apr-2018/labour-slams-pm-failure-create-national-infrastructure-police-force |url-status=live }}</ref>