LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday set out a series of strict Brexit red lines in a Conservative election manifesto aimed squarely at working-class Britain that moves the party beyond the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.

Unveiling the party’s 2017 plan for government, May confirmed the U.K. would leave the European single market and customs union and would impose immigration controls on EU citizens after Brexit.

The manifesto for the June 8 general election also reiterates the prime minister's insistence that a bad Brexit deal for Britain is worse than no deal at all and commits to a review of the U.K.’s human rights laws after leaving the EU.

However, the manifesto also pledges to reach a “fair settlement of the U.K.’s rights and obligations as a departing member state" and makes no mention of the European Court of Justice.

The 84-page manifesto, unveiled in Halifax, West Yorkshire, is the clearest exposition yet of “Mayism” — a working-class conservatism openly critical of the "cult of individualism" and globalization, with stricter rules on foreign company takeovers and immigration, and sweeping commitments to redistribute wealth from London and the south-east to other parts of the country.

There are also promises to eliminate homelessness, increase the national minimum wage and give families struggling with debts “breathing space” to get their finances in order.

Asked whether measures such as a crackdown on energy prices and exploitative corporate practices made her a “Red Tory” — a reference to her pushing policies traditionally associated with the political left — May insisted the Conservatives had “always been on the center ground.”

The manifesto went further in an apparent re-casting of conservatism as a political philosophy: “Conservatism is not and never has been the philosophy described by caricaturists. We do not believe in untrammeled free markets. We reject the cult of individualism. We abhor social division, injustice, unfairness and inequality. We see rigid dogma and ideology not just as needless but dangerous.”

May pointedly declined to characterize herself as a Thatcherite, and witheringly dismissed any description of her new approach as embryonic “Mayism.”

“There is no Mayism, I know you journalists like to write about it,” she said. “There is good solid conservatism which puts the interests of the country and the interests of ordinary working people at the heart of everything we do in government.”

In keeping with the presidential tone of the Conservatives’ campaign, May’s speech placed heavy emphasis on her leadership. “I can get a deal that works for all,” she said of the Brexit negotiations, and concluded with a rallying call to “join me on this journey, come with me as I lead Britain, strengthen my hand as I fight for Britain, and stand with me as I deliver for Britain.”

Other major commitments in the manifesto include pledges to:

— Repeal the Fixed Terms Parliament Act;

— Go ahead with David Cameron's plan to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600;

— Introduce compulsory ID for voting;

— Change the law to get a "better definition" of foreign aid if the international community fails to change the rules.

Measures already announced include:

— A new formula to fund old-age care which will ensure no one has to sell their own home during their lifetime. Instead, the state will recover the cost of the care from a person’s estate if it’s worth more than £100,000 when they die;

— Ending winter fuel payments to wealthy pensioners;

— Ending the pensions “triple lock” which guarantees the weekly state pension rises each year by more than inflation, average earnings or 2.5 percent — whichever is highest. Instead, it will only match earnings or inflation;

— Scrapping free school lunches for primary school pupils;

— An extra £4 billion for schools in England by 2022;

— Doubling the so-called “skills charge" from £1,000 to £2,000, paid by companies for each employee they hire from outside the EU in skilled jobs each year;

— Ensuring that non-EU migrants contribute more to use the NHS.