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Labour Manifesto 2019

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Amber, Nov 21, 2019.

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  1. Amber

    Amber Future Prospect

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    Health
    • Labour’s big policy is a promise to increase spending on the NHS by an average 4.3% a year.
    • The party’s base will be hugely cheered by a pledge to end and reverse privatisation in the NHS in the next parliament and reinstate the responsibilities of the health secretary to provide a comprehensive and universal healthcare system.
    • A milkshake tax would come into force on top of the existing levy on sugary drinks, as well as a ban on fast-food restaurants near schools and stricter rules around the advertising of junk food and the levels of salt in food.
    • Free annual NHS dental checkups would be available to all.
    • A new National Care Service to tackle the social care crisis, with a lifetime cap of £100,000 on the costs of personal care.

    Brexit
    • Labour would rip up Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, negotiate a new one with the EU within three months, and then put the deal to a referendum within six months of coming to power.

    Immigration
    • Labour has come up with a compromise on immigration. It would continue with free movement of people with the EU if the UK votes to remain in a second referendum. If it chooses to leave, immigration rights would be negotiable under a deal, but the party recognises the benefits that free movement has brought.
    • It pledges to end indefinite detention and close two detention centres – Yarl’s Wood and Brook House – which falls short of the party’s conference motion in favour of shutting all detention centres.
    • There would be an improvement in the rights of people to bring family members to the UK, an end to minimum income requirements, and changes to the work visa system to make sure shortages in certain sectors are filled.

    Education and early years
    • Labour is sticking with its pledge to scrap tuition fees, the flagship policy from its 2017 manifesto.
    • Free schools and academies will be brought back under the control of local authorities and communities.
    • Up to six years of adult learning and training will be free.
    • The party is promising to close the tax loopholes enjoyed by private schools and will ask the Social Justice Commission to advise on integrating private schools into the state system. This stops short of the motion passed by conference which called for the assets of private schools to be seized.
    • All two, three, and four-years-olds would get 30 hours of free nursery care a week and paid maternity leave would be extended to 12 months.

    Economy
    • A new £400bn “national transformation fund” funded by borrowing will invest in infrastructure and low-carbon technology. There would be a mandate to lend in line with climate goals and productivity.
    • Companies that fail to deal with their carbon emissions could be delisted from the London Stock Exchange.
    • Public ownership of the railways, broadband infrastructure, postal services, energy utilities and water, paid for by issuing government bonds.
    • Free full-fibre broadband for all by 2030.
    Tax and pay
    • A windfall tax on oil and gas companies raising £11bn, based on their contribution to climate change since 1996.
    • An increase in income tax for those earning more than £80,000.
    • Reversing corporation tax cuts made since 2010.
    • A guarantee that VAT will not be increased.
    • A 5% increase in pay for public sector workers.
    • A living wage of £10 an hour for all workers over the age of 15.
    Environment
    • Labour is launching a “new green deal” under which it would aim to achieve the “substantial majority” of the UK’s emissions reductions by 2030. This is a watering down of the party’s conference motion that targeted net-zero emissions by 2030.
    • A new clean air act to improve pollution levels including a vehicle scrapping scheme.
    • The party would give an extra £5.6bn for flood defences.
    • Producers will have to pay for the waste they create and new bottle return schemes will be introduced.
    Social policy
    • Labour will introduce A Right to Food to end “food bank Britain”. It would aim to halve food bank usage within a year and remove the need for them altogether in three years.
    • The party would scrap universal credit – the controversial welfare system brought in by the Tories that has caused benefit delays and hardship.
    • Benefit cap and the two-child limit scrapped.
    • An end to “dehumanising” work capability and personal independence payment assessments for those with a disability.
    • An end to raising the retirement age beyond 66, and maintaining the triple lock on pensions.

    Crime and justice
    • Labour would recruit 2,000 more police officers than the Conservatives and restore prison officer numbers, reversing cuts since 2010.
    • The party will work to eliminate institutional biases against black and minority ethnic communities, making sure stop-and-search is proportionate.
    • A Royal Commission will be set up to develop a public health approach to drugs, focusing on harm reduction rather than criminalisation.
    • A review of the controversial Prevent programme, which aims to reduce radicalisation.
    • Prisons built under private-finance initiatives will be brought in house and no more private prisons built.
     
    #1 Amber, Nov 21, 2019
  2. NorthernMonkey

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    Why doesn't Corbyn just admit that he's doing everything in his power to remain part of the EU?

    That basically says, if Labour get into power they'll offer us a referendum on a deal that by all but name keeps us in the EU and if we reject it we'll just stay in the EU anyway.
     
    #2 NorthernMonkey, Nov 21, 2019
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  4. Sergio Pinto III

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    Because the Tories will take us out. Lib Dems will keep us in. Labour are trying to appease both sides by holding another referendum - but like you say, we know LABOUR don't want to leave so it is a terrible waste of time. It is clearly a political strategy and nothing else.

    Corbyn was asked 9 times what side he would campaign for in the TV debates and he didn't answer it correctly once.

    If you want my honest answer - Corbyn wants us out of the EU but he is in the pockets of the EU now and toeing the party line....he is too afraid to admit it.
     
    #4 Sergio Pinto III, Nov 21, 2019
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  5. NorthernMonkey

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    Yep, it was a rhetorical question really.

    I also remember in the debate that they both believed telling the truth on the big issues was important to restore trust in the electorate.

    Does that start before or after they get elected?
     
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  6. Tony Wilkinson

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    2nd ref would be loaded against leave and they offer this to us with a straight face, 2 journalists at manifesto launch today asked Corbyn the question again and twice he avoided the answer..
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    #6 Tony Wilkinson, Nov 21, 2019
  7. Clity

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    But he isnt...

    He knows that the people he cares about...the poor... will be poorer if we leave yet still persists with even trying to get a deal. He offers a referendum because he knows he wont win if remainers have no reason to vote labour. Thats the only reason why, he is a massive brexiteer.

    If as people claim he is a communist then the only way to chieve that is to leave the EU. The single market is the opposite of communism its a free market based heavilly in the neo-liberal economic model. Communism cant exist in the EU. So whats it going to be either hes a communist or hes pro-eu?
     
    #7 Clity, Nov 21, 2019
  8. Bronco

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    Any mention of the pensioners getting a bob or two more :
    Spain

    Their pensions are earnings related with a maximum state pension of £26,630, an average salary of £23,491, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    Germany

    Their pensions are earnings related with a maximum state pension of £26,366, an average salary of £29,366, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    Sweden

    Their pensions are earnings related with a maximum state pension of £25,155, an average salary of £37,014, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    France

    Their pensions are earnings related with a maximum state pension of £15,811, an average salary of £29,817, with state pension age for both men and women at 60.

    Denmark

    Their pensions are not earnings related with a maximum state pension of £11,381, an average salary of £45,661, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    Netherlands

    Their pensions are not earnings related with a maximum state pension of £10,981, an average salary of £35,627, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    Ireland

    Their pensions are not earnings related with a maximum state pension of £10,415, an average salary of £41,803, with state pension age for both men and women at 65.

    United Kingdom

    Their pensions are not earnings related with a maximum state pension of £7,488, an average salary of £31,413, with state pension age for men is 65 and women at 62.
     
    #8 Bronco, Nov 21, 2019
  9. Brackenrigg

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    What exactly does this piece of fiction have to do with Bradford City football club?
    Moderators please take action.
     
    #9 Brackenrigg, Nov 21, 2019
  10. Bronco

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    It doesn't that's why it's in general chat ;)
     
    #10 Bronco, Nov 21, 2019
  11. NorthernMonkey

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    How does he know the people he represents will be poorer if we leave? Does he have a magic crystal ball?
     
    #11 NorthernMonkey, Nov 21, 2019
  12. Bronco

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    He's been anti EEC when we first joined and been anti EU up until recently then he tries to convince voters he's very much a remainer.
    This is Corbyn's view on the EU and nothing has changed with regards his EU bureaucracy and being totally uncountable to anybody, powers have gone from national parliaments, not gone to the European Parliament they've gone to the commission and to some extent to the council of ministers.
     
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  13. Clity

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    Lets just assume he doesnt fall for project fear
     
    #13 Clity, Nov 21, 2019
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    The intervention of the state into business "control" is scary and can only end one way. They don't understand "aspiration" some don't want to be an employee/worker forever, they seek a way out/forward, they take risks, personal risks, along with no holiday or sick pay. Under Labour they'd make sure they paid less tax, not more, play the Labour game and they might as well get a job, £10 min ph, paid sick/holidays, far lower working hour week, what's not to like? It's mind numbing.
     
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  15. Amber

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    This is nonsense. Leaving aside the fact that people are motivated by plenty of things in the workplace outside of pure wealth accumulation, a very slight tax increase isn't gonna disincentive people who are solely motivated by money from working hard, they will still be able to take home more as their salary increases. The logical conclusion of your argument is that income tax should be abolished altogether, and what kind of society would we be living in if that were the case.
     
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  16. Rogered Tart

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    Feel free to pay this 'very slight increase' but you can leave me out of any tax rises. Until any government can show me with confidence that they are trusted spending tax payers money then i'll gladly pay as little as i'm allowed to.
     
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  17. Amber

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    Not sure how much you earn but the increase would only apply to earners over 80k, so 95% of the population would be unaffected.
     
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  18. Rogered Tart

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    People earning over 80k already pay their fair share of tax, why should they pay more? Like i've already said, until we can trust a government to allocate the monies properly then any tax raises are just a waste of time. I see the wastage every day, money that could go to areas where it is needed. Until attempts are made to truly rectify this i am happy to pay as little as possible, even less if possible.
     
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    Out of interest, where do you think it's being wasted and how could it be better allocated? I've seen you post about benefit fraud a lot but less than a quarter of tax revenue goes towards welfare, and approx 1% of welfare payments are fraudulent, so the amount wasted there is negligible (less than 0.25p for every £1 raised by taxes). Guessing there's something else you're referring to?
     
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    Your mistaking fraud for poor distribution of benefits and thats same with a lot of the public sector, the money is there, it doesn't get used properly. I've worked in schools and social housing a fair bit as a contractor, the distribution of monies to these two sectors alone is scandalous. I have close friends and relatives in the NHS, the stories i get told from them would make you rage knowing how and where money is spent, Its what always makes me laugh with the naive who 'would gladly pay more income tax' to fund things like the NHS. Well meaning but totally oblivious to what happens in the real world. Your extra tax would never get to you want it to go, by the time its been milked through the system the pittance left would make no difference.
     
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