DianeAbbott.org.uk Info. about representative of Heckney north ans stok newington
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Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
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Labour is working hard for local communities, delivering more jobs, safer streets and high quality public services available to all. Britain has the lowest mortgage rates for 40 years, the lowest inflation for 40 years and the lowest unemployment since the 1970s. The Tories would take Britain back to the failed Tory past of recession, sky high mortgage rates and cuts to public services. Under Michael Howard the Tories are committed to a £35 billion cut to public services. Cuts on that scale could only be found through cuts to frontline services - cuts to schools, hospitals and the police.
In 1948 it was Labour that created the National Health Service and it is Labour in government today that is investing in and reforming the NHS to create a health service fit for the needs of 21st century Britain. Our starting point for all that we want to achieve is our belief in a publicly funded NHS, free at the point of need and accessible to all, irrespective of their ability to pay.
Labour is committed to boosting the numbers of nurses and doctors working in the NHS to deliver a faster, more convenient service for patients. In England alone, between 1997 and March 2004 there are 78,700 more nurses and over 27,400 more doctors working in the NHS.
