The Conservative Party and Labour Party are very different, especially through their beliefs and ideologies. However, these two Parties are similar through their key pledges of the 2015 General Election.
The Conservative Party is different to the Labour Party because their ideologies are concerned with Thatcherism, and David Cameron, along with Osborne, believe in leading modernisers, and that a smaller state is ideologically desirable. Spending cuts rather than tax rises (Tori pledge) reflected this idea of a decreasing state, and the welfare cuts showed Thatcherism, as welfare creates a 'culture of dependency' which hampers the economy. Also, privatisation is opposite Labour's policies because Labour are more left wing, believing in the state helping the public, by owning its public services, whereas the Conservatives are more right wing. The 'big society philosophy' is Cameron's ideological flagship in 2010, which was the idea of the 'big society' seen as a way of resurrecting the core Thatcherite goal, of 'rolling back the state'. In comparison, when Ed Miliband became leader of the Labour Party, he was more Brownite wing, than Blairite wing, saying that 'New Labour is dead.' This is different to the Conservatives because their policies on welfare reform, is more Blairite wing, but Ed Miliband is the opposite. Also, the 'One Nation Labour' suggests that Labour, rather than the Conservatives, was the true heir of the One Nation tradition.
However, the Conservatives and the Labour Party have some similarities, through their key pledges. Both parties want to cut the deficit and provide extra funding for the NHS, despite the different amounts pledges by the two parties. Also Labour and Conservatives want to prevent EU migrants from claiming benefits for a certain amount of time. In the key pledges of 2015, of the two parties, the 'in/out' referendum on the EU, has been mentioned, to reduce the transferring powers from the UK to the EU.
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