19May 2017 by Saddleworth Lib Dems
Tories lunch grab of children in Oldham

Tories lunch grab of children in Oldham

Parliamentary news
Conservative plans will take lunches away from 7,766 children in the Oldham borough 7,766 schoolchildren in the Oldham borough will lose out on free lunches, under plans announced in the Conservative manifesto. Free school lunches for pupils from reception to Year 2 were introduced by the Liberal Democrats in government, but Theresa May now plans to scrap them. The changes would cost families an average extra £480 a year for every child. The Liberal Democrats have called on Conservative candidates Kashif Ali and Christopher Glenny to make it clear whether or not they would vote for the plans. The Conservatives are also proposing to make older people pay for social care costs from the value of their own homes when they die. This means on average, families across Greater Manchester…
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09May 2017 by Saddleworth Lib Dems
Lib Dems penny for the NHS would raise £25m extra for the Oldham area

Lib Dems penny for the NHS would raise £25m extra for the Oldham area

Parliamentary news
The Liberal Democrats have announced they would plug funding gaps for the NHS and social care by putting a penny on income tax, in their first major manifesto commitment of the election campaign. The tax would raise an additional £25 Million for the Oldham area, with £18 m for the NHS and £7m for social care each year. The Liberal Democrats’ manifesto will also set out a ‘five-point recovery plan’ for NHS and social care services in their manifesto. At least 70% of Britons would happily pay an extra 1p in every pound if that money was guaranteed to go to the NHS, an ITV poll found last October. Jonathan Smith, Parliamentary candidate for Oldham East and Saddleworth said: “Only this weekend a lady in Saddleworth told me she had to go all the way to Bury by…
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