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Liberal Democrats manifesto: 12 key policies explained The Liberal Democrats have launched their 2019 election manifesto, with the slogan Stop Brexit Build A Brighter Future. It sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it win the election. The full document runs to 96 pages and contains pledges on a variety of subjects, with Brexit and the NHS to the fore. But what are the promises that will grab the public's attention, and, potentially win over voters on polling day, 12 December? 1. Stop Brexit Article 50 would be revoked and Brexit cancelled. There is no mistaking the Liberal Democrats' central appeal to voters. The words "STOP BREXIT" appear in large capital letters on the front of the manifesto. Uniquely among UK-wide parties, the Liberal Democrats are promising to revoke Article 50 immediately - and stop Britain leaving the EU without another referendum. The pledge stands out from Labour, who would offer another vote, and the Cons...

As usual, Labour do the fantasy stuff without any thought. I managed to get on LBC again today to ask Labour MP Lucy Powell about Labour';s 4 day working week and as you can imagine I got no meaningful answers. Firstly I put shift workers to her. For a number of years I was a senior Engineer working shifts at a Nuclear Power Station. Obviously, like all power stations they are 24/7/365 operations. It was run on a 5 shift basis with a working week of 37 hours with 2 days dedicated to maintaining training every 5 weeks which represented 8% of our total working time. One of the biggest time costs was handing over shift, which took around 20 mins per shift most of the time and then about 30 minutes doing a start of shift meeting and about 25 minutes doing a start of shift log and about 30 mins logging up time. None of that could be done 20% quicker. There were around an average of 2 hours per shift minimum of routine safety checks and another hour on average of routine te...

Liberal Democrat chief Jo Swinson spoke on the Confederation of British Trade’s annual convention to an viewers of excessive profile enterprise individuals. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour Social gathering chief Jeremy Corbyn additionally made speeches pledging to help British companies in an effort to achieve help within the upcoming normal election. Ms Swinson made the case for the Lib Dems because the “pure celebration of enterprise”, however continued to reaffirm their anti-Brexit stance. The celebration has been clear that if elected to energy, they’d search to right away revoke Article 50, and not using a second referendum. Nonetheless, the Lib Dem chief discovered herself within the sizzling seat on the convention as viewers members demanded to know why she was turning her again on those that voted for Brexit within the 2016 referendum. Through the Q&A piece, one individual requested: “Jo, I perceive what you are making an attempt to say however are you abl...

Why the working class is deserting Labour, sneering Leftists see working people as fit only for Soviet-style re-education - but Boris Johnson lets them be patriotic and feel good about life British politics is turning on its head, and nowhere more clearly than in the way working-class voters see the Conservatives.  Growing numbers are coming to prefer a party that in the past they viewed as the voice of wealth and privilege to a Labour Party that has become the mouthpiece of a fashionably Leftish section of the middle classes. These voters are repelled by the party Labour has become – a ragbag of sectarian ideologues fighting among themselves, with no concern for the values that move the masses Labour once led. The impact was shown in last week's YouGov poll on voting and class. Forty-seven per cent of working-class voters are considering voting Conservative, a figure up more than 12 per cent on that of a month ago.  At the same time, only 27 per cent say they are...

Everyone will be entitled to a "free teeth MOT" in England under a Labour government, the party says. Labour is proposing to scrap band one dentistry charges, which cover a check up, a scale and polish, and any X-rays that may be needed. It believes patients are put off going because of the fee - a check up costs £22.70 - with many ending up in A&E. Dental leaders welcomed the move, but said there was a shortage of dentists that needed addressing too. Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth said charges were a real barrier to access services for some. "With 135,000 patients presenting at A&E with dental problems every year, it's time we put prevention at the heart of our approach to health." Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn added: "This is the first step towards making all dentistry services free of charge." Labour said the policy would cost £450m a year. Health is devolved so the policy only covers England. Wales and Northern Irelan...

Today, Labour will hold its clause V meeting to finalise the contents of its election manifesto. Here are five key areas of debate: Climate  change A motion passed at conference suggested Labour would target net zero emissions in 2030 – though the wrangling over the wording was so intense it took two separate compositing meetings to reach agreement. Labour manifesto to promise dramatic shift in workers' rights   Read more Unions, and in particular the GMB, are concerned this is an unachievable target, and would result in mass job losses. They reckon they have won this one: when Rebecca Long-Bailey announced Labour’s policy in October, it included a target of reaching net zero by “the 2030s”. Migration Len McCluskey’s high-profile intervention this week – warning against any significant increase in migration without tougher labour market laws – was a window into the struggle between two aspects of Corbynism. Across the new left, including th...

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election. The party would nationalise part of BT to deliver the policy and introduce a tax on tech giants to help pay for it. Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC the "visionary" £20bn plan would "ensure that broadband reaches the whole of the country". The Tories said it was a "fantasy plan" that would cost taxpayers billions. And the Lib Dems called it "another unaffordable item on the wish list". BT chief executive Philip Jansen told BBC News he was happy to work with whoever wins the election to help build a digital Britain, but said the process for implementing Labour's plan would not be "straightforward". He added that the impact of any changes on BT pensioners, employees, shareholders - and the millions of investors via pension schemes - needed to be carefully thought through. However, T...