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Old 14-04-2010, 14:45   #33
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 1

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Originally Posted by Flyboy View Post
How about:

* Introduced a smoking ban in all enclosed spaces including pubs, restaurants and offices.

* Abolition of section 28.

* Relative Peace in Northern Ireland.

* Civil partnerships

* Free bus travel nationwide for the over 60s

* Free NHS prescriptions and eye sight tests for the over 60s

* Devolved power to Scotland

* Paid paternity leave for dads for the first time

* Tax-free Winter Fuel Payment to every pensioner household.

* Free central heating for everyone receiving Pension Credit.

* Restored London Government

* Free TV licenses for over 75s

* 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

* Everyone over 60 free access to local swimming pools

* Devolved power to Wales

* 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.

* 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%

* Free bus travel for disabled people.

* The minimum wage.
I have reduced the list. Taking out ones which are controversial, open to interpretation (i.e more police on streets) or ones that could be considered part of a international trend (i.e cancer survival rates).
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