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25 November 2019 – the day’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Tue 26th November 2019 - 7:28 am

Lib Dems: Tory childcare provision just £1 per child
Lib Dems: We can stop Johnson ramming through a Queen’s Speech and destructive Brexit
Lib Dems: Home office to profit £4 million from nurse tax
Lib Dems: Ivan Rogers exposes Johnson’s Brexit plan as a sham

Lib Dems: Tory childcare provision just £1 per child

The Conservative Party have set out in their manifesto that if elected, they would spend £250 million a year on expanding childcare provision for primary school children after school and in the school holidays.

However, the latest Government estimate is that there are 4,727,090 pupils in state-funded primary school meaning that …

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Catch-up: 24 November 2019 – the day’s press releases (part 2)

By Mark Valladares | Mon 25th November 2019 - 10:45 pm

Lib Dems: Dishonest to promise more nurses under Boris Johnson
Human Rights Act on the line in this election
Farage takes credit for the terrible Tory manifesto

Lib Dems: Dishonest to promise more nurses under Boris Johnson

Responding to the Conservative Party manifesto commitment to 50,000 more nurses, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Luciana Berger said:

It is dishonest to promise there will be more nurses under Boris Johnson’s Conservatives. Our NHS has been consistently hit by the Conservatives’ NHS and social care cuts, putting the lives of loved ones right across the country at risk.

It is insulting to the

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Catch-up: 24 November 2019 – the day’s press releases (part 1)

By Mark Valladares | Mon 25th November 2019 - 10:15 pm

Gotten myself into a bit of a backlog position, I’m afraid – the price you pay for going to St Albans, it seems…

Lib Dems to invest 7 billion to save our schools
Lib Dems: McDonnell refuses to come clean on Brexit
EU staff at Johnson’s local NHS trust feel “anxiety” over Brexit
Lib Dems: Tory manifesto is built on a lie

Lib Dems to invest 7 billion to save our schools

The Liberal Democrats have today announced an extra £7 billion over five years from the Party’s infrastructure budget for new school buildings and repairs to keep up with rising pupil numbers.

The funding will …