The Conservatives Would Cut Investment And Scrap Guarantees

• Under David Cameron families would have no guarantees on health, education and tackling crime - instead they would face a market-driven gamble.

• The Conservative approach to public services is:
  
  
  • To cut investment by ?£ 5 billion this year, and 10 per cent in future;
  • To walk on by - abandoning Labour's commitment to stand by people through the downturn.

• For families worried about their jobs and homes in the downturn:
  
  
  • They would scrap the guarantee of a job or training place for every young person out of work for more than a year;
  • They would scrap the guarantee of a breathing space for homeowners at risk of losing their home.

• In health:
  
  
  • They would scrap your right to see a specialist within two weeks if your GP suspects you may have cancer;
  • They would scrap your guarantee to wait no longer than 18 weeks for hospital treatment - before 1997, the Tories could give no guarantee of NHS treatment within 18 months;
  • They would make it harder to get access to your GP at weekends or in the evenings.

• In education:
  
  
  • They refuse to match our 'September Guarantee' of a paid for place in education or training for every 16 and 17 year old who wants one;
  • And they would scrap the right of every young person to stay on in education or training to 18.

• On law and order:
  
  
  • They would cut back the CCTV cameras that help make people feel safer;
  • They would weaken the police's ability to use DNA evidence to investigate and track down criminals.
  
  
  Return to Top of page