The phrase "a core policy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a fundamental principle or guideline that is central to an organization or system.
Example: "The company has established a core policy that emphasizes sustainability in all its operations."
Alternatives: "a fundamental policy" or "a key policy".
But Labour sought to capitalise, saying that Tories were split on a core policy.
South Korea sees reunification as a core policy, with a special government ministry and programmes to assist defectors.
Last month over 120 global companies issued a communiqué urging politicians to make carbon pricing "a core policy objective".
The push comes amid White House efforts to elevate Internet freedom as a core policy, actively opposing efforts to limit Internet access in the Middle East and elsewhere.
This is a difference about a policy — a core policy — but it's not a departure from longstanding American or Israeli policy, just a matter of emphasis.
Laos, like many other developing countries dependent on agriculture and natural resources for the subsistence of a mostly rural population, has used land use planning (LUP) as a core policy instrument to achieve sustainable development.
For example, the Smart Chicago civic collaborative brings together diverse stakeholders to apply technology and innovation to a set of core policy areas for urban vitality.
A disciplined electoral strategy will be built around communicating a few core policies effectively much as Labour did before 1997.The centre holdsQuestions, however, remain.
Yet they often read different scripts, even when defending the same core policy — a dedication to so-called broken windows policing — that Mr. Bratton's critics contend is at the heart of the divide between the police and minority communities.
The (A) case raises the core policy issue of how government should weight the promise of greater efficiency and budget savings offered by the private sector against the institutional knowledge, and potential for crisis response, emobdied in the publicly-operated depot system.
How is taxing hedge funds, mansions and tobacco giants to protect the NHS, used by the vast majority, a core vote policy exactly?
