PROGRESSIVE LABOURNOT PART OFRIGHT OF CENTRENEOLIBERAL CONCENSUS

For the record, the following list are the policies Labour have announced for 2015 so far. Under absolutely no definition could this list be thought of as right wing. None. Is it perfect? Of course not. Do I wish they would go further? Of course I do. Will they stick to every one if they win in 2015? None of us can possibly know. Sadly, you still can't get crystal balls on Amazon.

But the list represents the progressive Labour party we've had for decades. Doubt them, push them, hold them to account, but if you want the Tories out and you live in a marginal seat, voting for anyone but Labour will get you exactly what you most fear. 5 more years of Cameron.

-An £8 minimum wage

-Fight for a living wage 

-Repeal Health and Social Care act

-Repeal the Gagging law

-Repeal the bedroom tax.

-An end to inaccessible WCA centres

-200,000 new homes pa by 2020

-A mansion tax

-A freeze on energy bills 

-Guaranteed jobs or training for young people out of work for a year or longer

-A clampdown on exploitative landlords & more stable, secure rental contracts

-25 hours of free childcare for 3 & 4 year olds 

-A clampdown on exploitative zero-hours contracts.

-Integration of health and social care

-Maximum 48 hour wait to see a GP

-Mental health training for all NHS staff

-A reformed WCA overseen by sick and disabled people

-Penalties for every mistake Maximus make

-ESA claimants out of the work prog

-Reverse the 45p tax rate back to 50p

LIFTED WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS FROM SUE MARSH'S DIARY OF A BENEFIT SCROUNGER

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