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We’re just days away from a general election which the Tories are tipped to win.

But despite all her strong and stable talk, Theresa May has left some enormous questions unanswered.

Unlike Labour and the Lib Dems, the Conservatives haven’t detailed how much all their policies will cost.

On issue after issue, you'll only find out the damage to you and your family AFTER, and if, Theresa May resumes her stint in Number 10.

Labour campaign manager Andrew Gwynne says voting Tory "is a dangerous roll of the dice for working people and pensioners."

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says there's so much wriggle room that "this is not a manifesto - it’s a license to U-turn."

So if you vote Tory, what are the gambles you'll just have to take?

We've rounded them up into one handy list here.

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1. Will your taxes go up?

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Theresa May has repeatedly failed to rule out a hike to income tax or, probably more importantly, National Insurance (NICs).

In March, the Tory leader was forced to furiously backtrack after her first budget tried to raise NI for self employed people.

Why? Well, because it would break a promise made in the 2015 manifesto not to raise NICs.

So all eyes were on the Tory manifesto to see if they would be including the same promise again - they haven’t.

After the manifesto launch Mrs May was asked if she planned to raise NICs.

“I’m not going to make any tax commitments that we’re not absolutely sure we can keep,” she replied.

2. What will your social care cost?

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After making her humiliating U-turn on the dementia tax - just four days after announcing it - Theresa May is refusing to say how much elderly will be forced to pay towards their own social care.

The Tory leader said the policy will now include an absolute cap on the amount people have to pay over their lifetime.

But she has refused to confirm what the level of that cap will be.

Instead the Tories would hold a consultation on how much a person will be expected to pay - after they win power.

That means the public will still be in the dark about her plans come polling day.

3. Which pensioners will get help with fuel bills?

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In a major raid on the incomes of millions of elderly people, Theresa May has said she will end Winter Fuel Payments for the wealthiest pensioners.

Instead the benefit will become means-tested, so it is paid only to the poorest who are most at risk of fuel poverty.

But Tory chiefs have not yet revealed where the threshold will be drawn.

That means it could provoke a major backlash by affecting people on modest incomes, not just the very rich.

More than 12million pensioners claimed the cash winter fuel payment of between £100 and £300 last year. It's thought around 10million will lose out.

4. Will the ban on fox hunting be lifted?

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If you vote Conservative on June 8, you are voting to hand over a decision about fox hunting directly to Tory MPs.

Despite 84% of the British opposing the reintroduction of dog based hunting. Theresa May supports it, and wants to give MPs a free vote on the issue.

A free vote means MPs can vote with their conscience.

So we don’t know what Tory MPs will do unless they declare it publicly beforehand.

Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP have all said they will vote against any attempt to repeal the Hunting Act. But if Mrs May won a landslide, that would mean little.

5. How much help will the NHS get?

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The Tory manifesto has promised to find an extra £8billion for the NHS - but won't say where it's coming from.

Grilled on the promise by the BBC’s Andrew Neil, Theresa May refused seven times to say where she plans to find the cash.

The Tory leader spoke in broad strokes, and even tried to attack Labour on their spending, but became evasive when pressed for detail on where she’d find the cash.

She replied without giving any specifics, saying: "Andrew, when I go around the country and talk to people about what we’re going to do in government, what people want to know is are we actually going to have the strong economy that enables us to pay for the NHS and pay for the public services that people want.”

Pressed repeatedly, she still didn’t answer.

6. How many new social homes will there be?

After a House of Commons report savaged Britain’s “broken” housing market in April, it isn’t surprising that Theresa May’s manifesto tried to address the issue.

The PM’s big promise is that she'll build "a generation of social housing" after the number of new affordable homes hit a 24-year low.

But the commitment has no new money and no target for the number of homes that'll actually be built.

The Defence Secretary has said the money is coming from £1.4bn earmarked last year.

The problem is, that pot was already earmarked to be split between three different things.

Labour has said it will build 100,000 new social homes a year - and costed it in their manifesto.

7. Brexit - deal or no deal?

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Perhaps the biggest risk in the Tory manifesto is its promise that when it comes to Brexit, “no deal is better than a bad deal”.

Theresa May is threatening to crash the country out of the European Union with no agreement rather than give parliament or the people the chance to force her to get a better deal.

But it’s not just Remoaners who are worried about the impact of no deal.

In March Brexit Secretary David Davis said he “could not quantify” the impact of failing to agree a deal.

The International Trade Secretary admitted that leaving without an agreement with the EU27 would be “bad” for Britain.

With two top Tory Brexiteers warning that we’d be worse off with no deal, why is the PM asking the public to take such a massive risk?

8. Will your energy bills go up?

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Theresa May veered her policy to the left when she announced a cap on two-thirds of household energy bills.

But odd though it may sound, bills could still go up.

The Conservatives plan to limit the amount fuel giants can charge for standard variable tariffs, the most common deals in Britain.

Because the cap will be set by regulator Ofgem, it will "be a reflection of the market" and "be possible for that cap to move", Theresa May said.

9. How big will the crackdown on companies be?

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The Lib Dems have pointed out some worryingly vague wording in the crackdown on corporate abuse.

The Tory manifesto pledges to "update the rules that govern mergers", but warns: "This will require careful deliberation".

And on corporate governance, it says: "We will consult on how we might strengthen the corporate governance of privately-owned businesses."

Plenty of room for watering down there.