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DIFFERENCE
On the NHS
We'll scrap top-down targets and trust the professionals in the NHS,
replacing targets with measurable outcomes. We've got to make the NHS
and doctors answerable to the patients, not the politicians.
On the
Police
We'll make police responsible to localy elected Mayors rather than the
Home Office.
On Family
Britain has the worst rate of family breakdown in Europe. Two million
people live apart because the benefit system pays out more than if they
were living together. One in four children are brought up with an absent
father and children from broken homes have a 70 per cent greater chance
of failure at school. We will remove the bias
in the tax system against two-parent families where only one adult works.
We will re-introduce a recognition of marriage into the tax system.
On Unemployment
Our policy is simple: if someone is offered a fair job that they can
do but they refuse it, they shouldn't receive welfare. There
are over one million young people not in work, training or education,
much higher than ten years ago.
On Pensions
We'll set-up a liefboat fund to help the victims of Gordon Brown's pensions
crisis. There are 125,000 people in Britain who have little or nothing
from their pensions and have no income.
On Schools
- Schools should use tried and tested methods, not experimental teaching.
Schools should introduce proper discipline.
- We'll give headteachers complete command of their schools. If a headteacher
wants to exclude a pupil because their behaviour is wrecking the education
of others, they should be able to do so. The appeals panels have got
to go.
- We'll allow churches, voluntary organisations and private companies
to set up state schools.
On Immigration
Britain has benefited immeasurably from immigration but we do have to
recognise the pressures that are placed on public services if immigration
is unlimited. We'll bring in a proper border police force and we'll
scrap ID cards.
On
the Environment
Climate change is a clear and present danger to this county. How will
we be able to convince China to act unless we act here at home. We are
the party of sensible green leadership."
On
the EU Treaty
It is one of the most blatant breaches of trust in modern politics.
Labour's 2005 manifesto promised a referendum on the treaty, 95% of
which still exists in the revised document.
There is a clear difference between voting Labour or Conservative...
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