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Liberal Democrats Top Ten Priorities

April 11, 2005 7:35 PM

10 Good reasons to vote Liberal Democrat

1 WE OPPOSE: Putting targets first

WE PROPOSE: Putting patients first

Faster diagnosis so your NHS treatment can start more quickly

2 WE OPPOSE: Tuition fees & top up fees

WE PROPOSE: Scrapping student fees

Further education affordable to every student

3 WE OPPOSE: Compulsory I.D. Cards

WE PROPOSE: Spending the money on 10,000 more police

Funded by scrapping compulsory I.D. cards

4 WE OPPOSE: Selling your home to pay for care

WE PROPOSE: Free personal care for the elderly

No one forced to sell their home to pay for care

5 WE OPPOSE: Ignoring climate change

WE PROPOSE: Cleaner transport & cleaner energy

Cleaner transport, cleaner energy and a cleaner environment

6 WE OPPOSE: £1.5 billion on the child trust fund

WE PROPOSE: £1.5 billion towards reducing class sizes

Spend the £1.5 billion Child Trust Fund when it matters most

7 WE OPPOSE: Means-testing pensioners

WE PROPOSE: £100 extra per month starting with the over 75s

A million pensioners off means-testing

8 WE OPPOSE: Hidden tax increases

WE PROPOSE: Only one tax increase - on income above £100,000 per year

Only one tax increase on income over £100,000

9 WE OPPOSE: Unfair council tax

WE PROPOSE: Local income tax, saving typical households £450 per year

Local Income Tax is both fair and affordable

10 WE OPPOSE: Bush & Blair on Iraq

WE PROPOSE: Never again

It's time to restore trust in government

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