Tony Hawes

Security staff protect our hospitals, shops and public venues. As such, their licences must provide genuine assurance of competence and integrity. Yet increasingly, security professionals are not British nationals, do not speak proper English, and do not appear to be physically fit enough to do their job. This is now everywhere. Supermarkets guarded by Indian men with no grasp of our language. How has this been allowed to happen? It is a scam, and a Restore Britain Government will end it. British nationals accounted for just 54.0% of recorded security licence holders in September 2026, down from 68.1% in September 2021. After British nationals (241,851), the five largest groups of SIA licence holders are nationals of Pakistan (69,663), Nigeria (28,770), India (20,567), Ghana (8,000) and Nepal (6,436) - countries whose cultures are, in our view, largely incompatible with our own. The demographic replacement of security guards. This is unacceptable. A Restore Britain Government will fix the security industry. How? - We will root out fraud and corruption, hold security companies accountable, and recruit more British workers, reducing reliance on cheap foreign labour. - We will commission an independent audit of the regulator, the Security Industry Authority, and launch a nationwide review of all SIA licences. Recheck identity, qualifications, criminal records, and the right to work. Strengthen overseas background checks, investigate failures to act on intelligence and conflicts of interest, and protect whistleblowers. The senior leadership will be replaced - such failure must have consequences. - We will require every frontline licence holder to retake independently supervised competence tests and pass a separate English-language examination covering speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Introduce physical fitness tests appropriate to each licensed role. Withdraw licences from those who fail or refuse to meet the required standards within a prescribed period - requiring former holders and their families to leave Britain. - We will introduce compulsory business licensing, with fit-and-proper checks on directors and beneficial owners. Require firms to assess subcontractors, verify staff identities and licences, and retain auditable employment records - preventing banned operators returning through replacement companies. - We will direct joint SIA and Home Office teams to investigate sham sponsorship, falsely described jobs, and unlawful employment. Check actual duties against visa conditions. - We will introduce legislation requiring foreign-national licence holders to financially support themselves and their dependants without social housing or welfare benefits. Where this condition is not met, withdraw licences and require former holders and their families to leave the UK. - We will pursue criminal investigations and prosecutions against company owners, recruiters, training providers, assessors, and officials who knowingly facilitate fraudulent qualifications, false identities, sham sponsorship or illegal working. Seek prison sentences for serious offending, confiscation of criminal proceeds, director disqualification and exclusion from public contracts. - We will launch a domestic recruitment drive through Jobcentres, college apprenticeships, and veterans’ organisations, with funded training and licence-fee support for British recruits. By the end of our first Parliament, we aim to have a 100% British security workforce. Relying on foreign nationals to do such important work is not acceptable. Our people deserve to feel properly protected in hospitals, in shops, at nightclubs, and everywhere else where security personnel are required. The British lads who provide me with protection when I need it are dedicated, serious, and competent - this should be the case everywhere. We should not have Pakistani, Sudanese, and Eritrean nationals taking job opportunities away from British nationals, especially if they are not even doing the job but using it to commit fraud to obtain a visa. The farce of millions of British people being ‘protected’ across our country by illiterate and incompetent foreign men will end.

I’m fortunate. I’ve been successful in business, I have money, I don’t have to worry about our financial future. I donate my entire MP salary to local charities, to show that I’m in politics for the right reasons. I’ll be honest. I don’t have to worry about paying the mortgage each month, or having enough money to buy the children what they want for their birthday, or even being able to put food on the table. I don’t, but I know millions of Brits do. That’s the brutal reality. Hardworking British men and women should not have to live like that. If you work hard, put the hours in and live honestly? You should be rewarded for it, properly. That means lower tax, MUCH lower tax and higher thresholds, but it also means a state that can keep inflation under control so that the cost of living does not outstrip your wage. Fuel, food shop, clothes, electricity. Everything. It all gets more expensive whilst so many earn the same. Inflation. All driven up by the decisions of politicians who will never have to live with the consequences of their actions. Our economy is completely broken. It works for the international corporates, the bureaucrats, the London managers. It does NOT work for the plumber, the entrepreneur, the farmer, the construction worker, the hairdresser, the nurse, the sole trader, the HGV driver, the police officer. We must aim to entirely reshape how the economy works so that vast profits made from British workers are not shifted offshore through complex corporate structures whilst working families are bled dry by our corrupt state. I want family businesses to thrive, entrepreneurs to succeed, risk-takers to flourish. Those who contribute, protect and enhance our society rewarded. I want the shirkers and piss-takers crushed. That’s what I want. That’s what Restore Britain wants. I don’t want the parasitic global corporations or our rotten state profiting off the ingenuity and sweat of the British risk-taker. Rotten monopolies that have no respect for the individual will end. In short - an economy that provides for our people. There is ONE way out. A Britain that lives within it means. Just as we all have to, our state must do the same. Spend less than it earns. It’s that simple. That is how we make Britain affordable again, make Britain ambitious again and make Britain work again. That’s what a Restore Britain Government will deliver. Release the innate brilliance and tenacity of the British people. Our entrepreneurial spirit conquered the world before and we can do it again.

Restore Britain’s approach to SEND - ensuring the right support, for the right child, in the right environment. We propose a fundamental overhaul of SEND provision. The current system is simply not working for British families. Our basic principle is as follows. Not every child learns in the same way, and certainly not every difference needs a diagnosis. Importantly - not every child can thrive in a traditional classroom environment. How a Restore Britain Government will fix it... Diagnosis. We will ensure children with genuine additional needs receive timely assessments and appropriate support. Don’t leave children to struggle for years in the classroom, it’s not fair on the child, the family, other pupils and staff. It disrupts everyone. Crucially, we will tackle over-diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Restore Britain will commission an independent review of diagnostic pathways, assessment standards and the evidence surrounding overdiagnosis, underdiagnosis and inconsistent practice. We are very, very clear - not every difference is a disorder. Medicalisation is an absolute last resort. Ordinary differences in personality and behaviour should not automatically be treated as medical conditions. Assessments must be thorough, evidence-based and consider a child's wider circumstances. There must be more rigorous diagnostic standards. Ensure assessments are conducted by appropriately qualified professionals using consistent, clinically recognised criteria. Children should receive appropriate assistance based on their individual needs, without being forced to obtain a medical diagnosis simply to access help. That is forcing children through a diagnostic system unnecessarily just so they can get support. It’s wrong. Different children have different ways of learning. Restore Britain will recognise those different learning styles and environments. Some children thrive academically, others through practical, technical, creative or hands-on learning. Schools will offer varied teaching approaches based on what helps pupils make progress. Struggling with maths is not a medical disorder requiring medication. For me this is hugely important - we will massively expand vocational and technical education. We will provide greater access to workshops, engineering, construction, agriculture, mechanics, computing and other practical subjects. All at a younger age. That means giving schools proper funding to invest in these facilities. Children getting frustrated because they struggle in a classroom will be given the opportunity to do what they are good at, and what they enjoy. Restore Britain will develop supported and funded apprenticeship pathways, meaningful work experience and real partnerships with local employers for young people with additional needs. Through my companies, we have developed thousands of apprentices - for young people, this is exactly what they need. Not nonsense degrees, but genuine skills. I've seen the good this can do. We will avoid a ‘one-size-fits-all system’. Ensure children are not unnecessarily confined to unsuitable teaching environments or shoved towards an academic journey which does not suit their skills. That has been a total nightmare for millions of children. Separately, outdoor education, sport and physical activity is vital. Let’s put physical activity back at the heart of education. Expand access to proper daily movement, PE, sport and structured outdoor activities, adapted to individual abilities and needs. We will increase outdoor learning. Encourage practical activities involving nature, gardening, farming and more to connect children with the outdoors. Let’s ensure children have opportunities for exercise and competitive sport. That means improving access to school sports, swimming, athletics and more. A Restore Britain Government will end the EHCP postcode lottery - there must be consistent national standards and timely delivery of legally required support. It should not depend on where you live. It’s simply unfair and unreasonable. We will expand specialist provision so it’s there for those who genuinely need it. Invest in specialist schools and units within mainstream schools, and properly trained support staff. British children who need the support must have access to it - improve SEND training, classroom resources and access to specialist advice, without expecting teachers to manage complex situations without adequate support. That is not fair on the teachers, and the whole classroom struggles. We will put parents in control through simplifying appeals, improving transparency and ensuring families are meaningfully involved in every decision about their children's education. But parents must also take responsibility. This matters. - Ensuring regular school attendance wherever reasonably possible. - Establishing sensible routines around sleep, nutrition, exercise and screen time. - Supporting appropriate standards of behaviour, discipline and respect at home. - Encouraging reading, learning, outdoor activities, sport and practical skills beyond the classroom. - Engaging constructively with the school. Central to everything - we must prepare children for adulthood and work. As discussed, we must create genuine routes into employment - expand supported internships, apprenticeships, vocational qualifications and employer partnerships. Where appropriate, teach practical skills such as cooking, budgeting, travel, communication and managing everyday responsibilities. A Restore Britain Government will help parents prepare their children for working life. But we will stop treating every childhood difference as a disorder, whilst ensuring that British children with genuine disabilities and additional needs receive the specialist help they deserve. More practical education. More apprenticeships. More opportunities to develop real skills. In short - better and more tailored help for those children who genuinely need it. That’s what Restore Britain will deliver.

What happened in Gosport is a humiliation for the British people, again. The police implemented a dispersal order to cover the town of Gosport. It is astonishing the levels of our establishment go to in order to import these men. These third world invaders will now be spread around the country - housed, fed, accommodated, cared for. It is treason. I want to be abundantly clear over what a Restore Britain Government will do. If a civil servant or politician has knowingly placed unvetted dangerous criminals in our communities? They will be prosecuted, and where appropriate, sent to prison. I am sick of it. The British people are sick of it. We need to deport millions, and send those responsible to prison. It's that simple.

Listening to these civil servants in Parliament, what strikes me most is the utter disconnect from what millions of people are going through in the private sector. It is a completely different world. For millions of workers and small business owners, there is no guaranteed pay rise. No automatic progression. No cosy pension. No comfortable assumption that your job will still exist next year. If the company you work for runs out of money, that's it. It’s over. Done. If your small business cannot pay its bills, that's it. If customers disappear, costs rise, or things go south? There are consequences. People lose their jobs. Salaries are cut. Businesses go bust. It’s tough. Always is. I have been there and done that. Every month, businesses have to find the money for wages, rent, energy, tax. A plumber has to find customers. A farmer has to make the numbers work. A factory has to remain competitive. A pub has to somehow survive another year of rising costs. An entrepreneur can work every hour of the day and still end up with nothing. There is no rest, it goes on and on and on. Sunday mornings, and every other hour of the week. That’s the reality. It’s one I’ve lived in for decades, along with millions of others. Then you listen to the state bureaucracy and it sounds as though none of this exists. Four day weeks. No accountability. Phone off at the weekend. Impossible to get sacked. The bureaucrats chuck these numbers around with ZERO appreciation of where it comes from - it is insulting arrogance. That is OUR money. Every pound government spends first has to come from somewhere. Ultimately, it comes from the productive economy, productive Britain. From the people working, trading, investing and taking risks. They are the ones who have my respect. There are good people in the civil service. But the system is just so broken. Government, and the people working within it, has become too insulated from the economic reality experienced by the people who actually have to fund it. A Restore Britain Government will expect the state to understand something that every small-business owner already knows through brutal first-hand experience. Money is finite, performance matters and failure MUST have consequences. Departments should have clear objectives. Lines of accountability. Not endless silos where nobody takes responsibility. Senior officials should be accountable for delivering them. Poor performance should not disappear into yet another bullshit review. They should be sacked. In fact, for the very worst offenders the punishment should be more severe and we will aim to pursue prosecutions where the loss of taxpayer money has been so vast. And we should bring FAR more private-sector experience into government. I want people who have built businesses, worked on building sites, run farms and actually had to deliver results directly involved in reshaping and restoring the British state. On one side are millions of people being told to work harder, pay more tax, accept worse services and lower their expectations - all to fund a life of luxury for the endless conveyor belt of freeloading Somalis and Afghans. On the other is a state that permanently demands more of OUR money while accepting remarkably little responsibility for its own failures. The system is bent, broken and corrupt. The state is funded by the people. It works for the people. And under Restore Britain, it will finally be expected to deliver for the people.

For decades, millions of working-class men and women have been told to shut up and accept low wages, decaying infrastructure, failing public services and an establishment that treats their concerns with utter contempt. They have watched their communities rapidly transform in front of their eyes, changing beyond ANY recognition. They have witnessed successive governments lose control of Britain's borders, while being told that objecting to that somehow makes them racist, bigoted, ‘disgusting’… One of ‘that lot’. Following the Dover protest against illegal immigration today, that vile contempt was on display once again. The local Labour MP dismissed the protestors as ‘idiots’, and to ‘get a job’. Farage called the protest ‘disgusting’, his contempt for these concerned patriots was quite incredible. That attitude from the political class is EXACTLY why so many working-class people feel politically abandoned. Why millions simply do not engage with the political process, at all. You can dissuade disruption without sneering at the underlying concerns of people who believe their borders, communities and country have been utterly failed. Broken and betrayed. For too long, Westminster has demanded that working class communities absorb the consequences of its decisions - particularly on immigration. Labour, Conservative, Reform politicians. They opened the floodgates, they enabled the invasion. May, Jenrick, Patel, Mahmood, Sunak, Braverman, Starmer, Burnham, Boris Johnson. They are ALL to blame. Our rotten political class should spend less time abusing those who are angry and considerably more time asking itself why they are so furious in the first place. But there is finally a serious political party that will fight for the working class. Unapologetically and without fear. Restore Britain. And I am proud to lead it. I will not lecture you. I will listen to you, stand with you and fight for you. We will restore control of our borders, rebuild your communities and put the interests of the British people first. Each and EVERY time. Restore Britain is now the political voice of the working class - and we are going to take our country back.