The Conservatives have just announced that anyone needing long term home care will face the prospect of losing the right to pass on any assets over £100,000, including their home, to their family.
The Liberal Democrats have announced that they will invest nearly £7 billion in schools and colleges over the next parliament. The funding would reverse cuts to frontline school and college budgets, protect per pupil funding in real terms and ensure no school loses out from the National Funding Formula. It will be paid for by reversing the cuts to corporation tax.
The NHS and Social Care would receive an extra £6 billion a year from the Liberal Democrats to plug funding gaps in these services. It would be paid for by putting a penny on income tax.
This collective outpouring of grief has to be a watershed moment.
Our health and social care heroes have supported this country in a time of crisis. Now it’s our turn to support them, and tackle the growing mental health crisis in the health and care sector.
The Liberal Democrats have today published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system.
