So what has Labour ever done for the British people?
Well since they were elected in 1997 quite a lot.
Lets look at some facts.
Shall we start with the minimum wage ? The minimum wage which the Tories opposed.
The same minimum wage which ensures that the lowest-paid are no longer abused and have protection under the law.
What about health ?
The NHS has changed substantially for the better since 1997. Waiting lists are down by 600,000 with the normal wait for treatment just four weeks.
99% of suspected cancer patients are seen by a specialist within two weeks of being referred.
A&E waits are now four hours at the most.
There are over 40,000 more doctors and an extra 83,000 nurses since Labour came to power. There now are 100 new hospitals, 90 new NHS walk-in centres and over 650 one-stop primary care centres.
Look at education, there have been substantial improvements in primary and secondary school standards. More teachers. And billions spent on school buildings.
Now up to 89% of pupils achieve five GCSEs at grades A-C.
In some areas there are schools which are still not up to standard. But secondary education across the UK has improved because of policies like the National Challenge Initiative, which means that every school must have at least 30% of pupils achieving five C grades at GCSE by 2011.
Recently, Schools Secretary Ed Balls announced that the number of schools below that minimum standard has dropped by nearly 40%.
Labours new deal with doctors means that over three quarters of GP practices are open at least one evening a week or for weekend surgery.
Cancer mortality rates in under-75s have decreased by 18.2 per cent since 1996 and all prescriptions for people being treated for cancer are free.
Although you wont read about these achievements in most of our press and media who for the most part are mere propagandists for the Tories.
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- 01/10/2009 @ 19:46:32
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reiverman
- 02/10/2009 @ 06:35:50
Now that a tawdry little rag like the sun has said it will support the Tories, I feel even less like voting for them.
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- 08/10/2009 @ 11:54:13
it's quite sad that people just see the headlines and not how our country has progressed in comparrison to what the Torries acutally did to Gt.Britain.
I can't actually think of a beneficial thing the torries (modern torries not victorian torries) have done for this country in comparrison to that of Labour. -
Yes. A lot has been achieved. Especially in the area of Care in the Community. Funding from Social Services, Direct Payments and the Independent Living Fund together make it possible for vunerable and disabled people to live in their own homes. This I know from experience is a positive good. When cut backs are talked about it is usually the poorest and least well organised who suffer.
There are economists who think that the National Debt is not the part of the economy which should be tackled first. Lest cutting back i.e. more unemployment causes a recession to become a depression.
A decision to build more affordable and homes for rent would stimulate the building industry and industries supplying goods for the home.
The government needs to look at the people who voted for it and not be so mesmerised by the b------.-
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hobbyhorse
- 08/10/2009 @ 19:36:29
I agree about the achievements. Although I hated Tony Blair's messianic approach and think Gordn Brown lacks all apparent leadership skills.
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Totally in agreement with you about Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has lost the plot. Don't see any potential leaders.
feck all!