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Originally Posted by Damien
Would be quite interested to see a list of achievements. I suppose successfully seeing though the NI peace process, increased rights for gay couples, modern apprenticeships seem to have been a success, NHS Direct and walk-in centres, The EMA allowance, Were the Child Tax Credits/Trust fund their idea? if so that, I still remember when Museums were not free, Minimum wage?, also I not sure if they did the free bus passes/tv licences for the elderly I think they did.
I wouldn't vote for them for the reasons mentioned before (I.E Massive erosion of Civil Liberties).
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How about
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* Introduced a smoking ban in all enclosed spaces including pubs, restaurants and offices.
* Abolition of section 28.
* Relative Peace in Northern Ireland.
* A vastly improved NHS service
* Lowest UK murder rate for over 20 years
* Civil partnerships
* 14,000 more police officers on the streets
* Free bus travel nationwide for the over 60s
* Free NHS prescriptions and eye sight tests for the over 60s
* Scrapped the majority of hereditary peers in the House of Lords
* Debt of poor countries written off
* Matrons are back !
* Cancer death rates down by 14 per cent
* Devolved power to Scotland
* Paid paternity leave for dads for the first time
* Abolition of anti-discrimination legisilation.
* Ban on fox hunting and hunting with hounds of deer, hares, mink and organised hare coursing.
* 24 hour drinking laws, sale of alcohol on a Sunday
* Tax-free Winter Fuel Payment to every pensioner household.
* Free central heating for everyone receiving Pension Credit. Environmental legisilation.
* 36,000 more teachers than in 1997, 172,000 more classroom assistants
* Restored London Government
* Introduced statutory rights for union recognition. Part-time workers have the same rights as full-time workers thanks to Labour.
* Free TV licenses for over 75s
* Fur farming banned
* Free breast cancer screening for those 50-70
* The cleanest beaches, rivers, drinking water and air than at any time since before the industrial revolution.
* Paid maternity leave increased to 52 weeks
* Number of apprenticeships doubled
* 1,100 new schools built or old schools rebuilt good
* Record numbers in further and higher education
* Fewer working days lost due to industrial action than under the previous government
* Equal rights for agency workers (pay, holidays etc)
* Everyone over 60 free access to local swimming pools
* Devolved power to Wales
* There are more police on our streets than ever before, up 14,000 since 1997
* Gay adoption
* Child Benefit increased by 26% since 1997
* Everyone now has the legal right to four week’s paid holiday.
* The largest hospital building programme since the NHS began: 149 hospitals built or being built, the Tories built one.
* Police pay up 27% in real terms
* Changes to Vehicle Excise Duty - sales of low-emission cars now outstrips gas guzzlers
* Tax free personal allowances for pensioners now at least £9,030.
* There are 85,000 more nurses and 32,000 more doctors in the NHS than in 1997.
* Nurses pay increased by 58%
* Record number of NHS operations
* Free bus travel for disabled people.
* The minimum wage.
Now I am sure there are many self-interested people who will not agree that all these things have been a success, but not a bad list really.