A Labour-produced satirical version of the manifesto, entitled The Tories Have No Plan, pokes fun at May

Theresa May has dropped or shelved 40% of her party’s 2017 election manifesto, prompting accusations that she has become the “do nothing” prime minister.

Analysis by the Labour Party reveals that of the 447 commitments in the Tory manifesto, 181 have been ditched or kicked into the long grass — the equivalent of four promises a week since it was published last May.

The abandoned commitments cover almost every area of policy, including health and social care, home affairs, transport, justice and the environment.

The disclosure comes days after the government faced criticism for squandering taxpayers’ money on public consultations that have come to nothing. Ministers have commissioned more than 1,600 reviews since the Conservative Party’s 2015 election victory, an average of more than two