The futures of the NHS and our schools are at stake in this election
The futures of the NHS and our schools are at stake in this election
New research published by Labour today highlights the threat to our schools and hospitals posed by five more years of the Conservatives. This new analysis of the Tory threat has shown that, if the current rate of deterioration under the Tories continues, by 2022 our health and education services could be facing huge problems. It could mean: In a Tory NHS and social care system: · 5.5 million people on waiting lists in England, 1.8 million more than at present · Almost 1.5 million older and vulnerable people with unmet social care needs In a Tory education system: · 650,000 pupils crammed into primary classes of over 30 · Families left almost £450 worse off per child as a result of the Tories’ plan to scrap free school meals for 1.7 million children The choice at the election is stark. The Tories have no plan to properly fund our public services, pushing them further into crisis. Labour will take a different approach, we will rebuild our public services for the many by modest tax rises for companies and the richest 5 per cent. Labour will build an NHS and social care system for the many: · Labour will invest £37 billion in our NHS and take one million people off the waiting list by the end of the next Parliament · Labour will invest £8 billion in social care over the course of the next Parliament and lay the foundations of a National Care Service to integrate health and social care Labour will build an education system for the many: · Labour will cap class sizes at 30 for 5-, 6- and 7-year-olds · Labour will provide free school meals to all primary school children by introducing VAT on private school fees
Scott said: "Our NHS is important to us all and everyone should access healthcare without fear of not being able to pay the bills."
"We all pay in, Labour created the NHS free at the point of use and only Labour will protect it".
"Our schools are important for the development of our children and future development of our country. Schools cannot continue to sustain these levels of CUTS."
