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It doesn’t have to be like
this… Britain is a rich country
 New
Labour has plenty of money to spend on war and helping their rich
friends:
Since Tony Blair came to power
the wealth of the top 1% had doubled from £355 billion to £797
billion!
That is more than has been spent on
health, housing and education combined over the last five years.
Tesco now make £3.5 million a
day in profits, Shell make over £1 million an hour!
But they aren’t tax to the bone, on
the contrary Hans Rausing, the richest man in Britain, receives more
in government rebates and grants than he pays in taxes!
New Labour, like the Tories before,
has dramatically cut taxes for the fat cats. Meanwhile our council tax
is going through the roof and our services are being cut.
Your socialist
candidate is fighting for the millions not the millionaires!
Defend Public
Services
No cuts in public services. No
privatisation.
Save our National Health Service.
Rebuild the NHS – free at the point of use and under democratic
control.
No to the fat cats. Renationalise
the privatised utilities under democratic working-class control.
Decent public housing, with
affordable rents. End the housing crisis. A massive programme of
public house building to meet public need.
Free, good quality education for
all from nursery to university. For a living grant! Abolish fees
now.
An immediate 50% increase in the
pension as a step towards a living pension for all pensioners.
Annual increases to be linked to average earnings.
Major investment into a cheap,
accessible, integrated public transport system that meets the needs
of the people and the environment.
Work
For a minimum wage of £8 an hour.
No exemptions. For an annual increase in the minimum wage, linked to
average earnings.
Employment protection rights for
all from day one of employment.
Scrap the anti-union laws. Trade
unions to be democratically controlled by members. Full-time
officials should be regularly elected and receive the average wage
of a worker.
Council Tax
Scrap the council tax! Write off
council tax arrears for those who cannot pay; end the use of
bailiffs.
Massively increased funding from
central government for local councils. Return the billions stolen
from local government.
For a new local authority tax,
which takes ability to pay into account, with the first £10,000 a
year exempt from taxation.
Crime
The right to a high quality
training, job and/or college place for every school leaver.
Free, high-quality youth
facilities in every community.
Democratic community action to
tackle crime.
Community control of the police
to ensure they work with and implement the policing priorities
advocated by the communities.
Cut across drug-related crime and
the power base of organised crime by providing treatment,
maintenance and counselling facilities for all heroin addicts,
including support services for their families.
Change the system!
An end to discrimination on the
grounds of race, sex, sexuality, disability and all forms of
prejudice.
Stop the destruction of our
environment. For a socialist plan of energy production to meet the
needs of the people and to safeguard our environment.
No to the occupation of Iraq!
Bring the troops home now.
Take into public ownership the
top 150 companies, banks and building societies that dominate the
economy, under democratic working-class control and management.
Compensation to be paid on the basis of proven need.
Campaign to form a new mass party
of the working class.
An end to the rule of profit. For
a socialist plan of production. For a socialist society and economy
run to meet the needs of all whilst protecting our environment.
Fight for socialist change!
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