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  1. MR STARMERS LABOUR PARTY HAS BEEN BUSY REPAIRING THE TORIES BROKEN BRITAIN  & PROTECTECTING GB FROM REFORM LIES: The headlines are: • Record funding for the NHS! • Above inflation pay rises and improved rights for millions of workers. • Big reforms to improve the education, transport, energy, water quality and justice systems   Our Achievements  Health • We all know how important primary care is for our wellbeing as well as reducing the non-urgent use of A&E. We’re therefore giving an extra £889m for GPs on top of existing cash and tailoring incentives so you can see the same doctor! • An extra £25.7bn a year for the NHS- the biggest increase since 2010. The Tories would have continued their slow neglect of our NHS- so this is a huge turning point. • We are very lucky to have the wonderful Rotherham Hospice in our constituency, so I am delighted that we are investing £100 million into hospices across the UK to improve vital palliative care. • Work is well under way to introduce vital reforms in the NHS as well - it’s not just about throwing money at the problem. Housing • Voting for the Renters Right Bill – banning no fault evictions and making sure landlords are keeping homes safe and do not unfairly ban pets. This is huge in terms of enabling people to settle down and feel secure. • A new National Planning Policy Framework to make it easier to use low quality sites to build on so we can build the homes we desperately need. There are no easy answers to our housing crisis, but we know we need more affordable homes and infrastructure. Education • An extra £2.3bn for schools including an extra billion for SEND (special educational needs and disability) provision. Whilst I’m proud that through extensive campaigning the SEND is Rotherham has improved, access to SEND provision is one of the biggest issues in my inbox so this cash injection is very welcome. • Scrapped one word Ofsted reviews, rolling out breakfast clubs, expanding school-based nurseries, launching a curriculum review, bringing forward a Children’s bill.  Transport • The Rail Franchising Bill which will begin to bring our rail network back into public ownership.  • The Bus Service Bill which will enable local authorities to run their own buses. This will make it easier to get the routes we need. • I continue to push for more buses and more bus routes. This issue has a dramatic impact on peoples lives and the local economy and is not something I am backing away from. Living Standards • A huge 6.7% rise to the National Living Wage- a pay rise to 3.5 million of our lowest paid workers. That’s 3.5 million workers with extra cash to spend in their local economy. There’s also a record rise for under 21s as we move to end the age disparity as well as a rise for apprentices. This is a hugely significant move to reduce poverty. • Pay-rises of between 5% and 6% for our nurses, soldiers, teachers and public sector workers after years of below inflation rises leaving them significantly underpaid compared with 2010. • Established the Child Poverty Task Force which will tackle social injustice and is a huge step forward to ending child poverty for good. • The Employment Rights Bill which will bring the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights since the minimum wage was established in the late 90’s. This is a huge victory and thank you to our Trade Union colleagues for all their hard work. • And some very important news- latest data shows wages have risen by 5.2%, faster than the cost of living, meaning that after a decade of real wage stagnation, we may be finally starting to see real pay rises and people better off. • A personal favourite of mine: giving the surplus in the Mineworkers Pension Fund back to mineworkers. On average that’s £29 extra a week for a retiree and I’m hugely proud we have made it happen so quickly. Illegal Immigration • As we know, the huge rise in illegal immigration has fuelled distrust of our governments. Showing we can police our borders is vital so we have recruited a Border Security Commander responsible for smashing the gangs and bringing down the numbers of illegal migration.  • We have also deported over 2,590 people with no legal right to remain in the UK. This compares with just 2,170 enforced returns over the same period in 2023, a huge increase of 19% from under the last government. • We have upped the number of asylum cases being processed from just a few hundred under the Tories to thousands a month. That means those who have a right to be here can get their status confirmed and get on with their lives instead of being stuck in limbo. • Reversing MOD failures that saw brave Afghans who worked with our troops in Afghanistan unfairly denied asylum.  Justice • The Infected Blood Scandal is a horrible injustice and should never have happened. The previous government hadn’t set aside a penny in compensation, but we have committed to these families and allotted over £11bn. • Justice delayed is justice denied so I am glad we have opened up an extra 2000 Crown Court Sitting Days to hear cases and tackle the backlog. • Work is well under way on police funding so we can get those extra police officers recruited in South Yorkshire as soon as possible. Environment • Introduced Great British Energy Bill which will deliver more clean and secure energy and prevent our reliance on overseas sources.  • The legal preparation to permanently ban all types fracking is well under way. Whilst complex, I hope we will see legislation very soon. • Introduced the Water Measures Bill which penalises water bosses who pollute our water.  I could go on and detail the extra money for local authorities, the rise in legal aid, compensation for LGBT veterans unfairly dismissed, the establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and a new pilot scheme to give music lessons to disadvantaged children but perhaps that is another email! However, I think we can all agree that there is plenty there to be very proud of. Of course, the dire financial inheritance has meant we have had to make some tough decisions as well; decisions we would never have made had we entered government in economic circumstances like 1997. As you all know, we decided to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment, restricting it to those eligible for Pension Credit.
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  2. Richest country but the Tories were the most corrupt. Thank God Labour got into power....now we have a chance
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