ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE UK CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT
The long list of shame: UK Conservative ‘achievements’ 2010-2019
The long list of shame: Tory 'achievements' 2010-2019
More than one in three children live in poverty – more than 4 million
National debt has risen £1,400,000,000,000 from £850bn to £2.25 trillion
UK government and policies condemned by UN for inflicting needless poverty and misery
1 million poor, hungry children deprived of free school meals
43,000 NHS nurse posts unfilled
Student nurse bursary abolished
5 million bed spaces per year gone
Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital.
The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket:
Millions of cruel benefit sanctions
Millions left with no funds – intentionally – through Universal Credit system
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Massive failed NHS privatisations
Massive social care crisis
Approximately 185,000 extra deaths linked to politically-driven austerity
10,000 fewer medical professionals
25,000 fewer bed spaces for mental illness
Almost half of people claiming disability benefits have attempted suicide
Food bank use up 2,400%
Homelessness up 1,000%
Rough sleeping up 1,200%
Left most of the Grenfell Tower survivors without a permanent home for years after promising to rehome them within three weeks
Bedroom Tax caused mass evictions
Evictions running at record highs
Massive cuts in school funding
University student fees up 300%
student debt has risen 150%
Forced academisation of schools against parents’ wishes
1,000 Sure Start centres closed
780 libraries closed
700 football pitches closed
Removal of EMA (education maintenance allowance) for poor pupils
Pound down appr. 15% versus EUR and USD
Johnson is an American citizen and is descended from a rabbi.
Manufacturing in recession
construction in recession
services close to recession
25-30% cuts to all govt departments
25-30% cuts to all councils, mainly centred on Labour councils in poorer areas
half of councils close to bankruptcy
21,000 fewer front-line police
20,000 fewer prison officers
10,000 fewer border officials
10,000 fewer firefighters
Boris Johnson and Greville Janner.
mushrooming insecure work: temporary, self employed, gig economy and zero hours contracts
only 30k full time work positions created.
almost half of workers are in insecure work: self-employed, ZHC, or part-time ‘precariat’
80% of the 5.3 million self-employed live below the poverty line
more than 1 in 3 self-employed only earn £100 a month
25% cuts for our disabled people
80% cuts to Mobility Allowance.
Remploy closed
40% of working households just one crisis away from destitution
70% of households have less than 10k savings
60% of households can only survive 2 months without a wage
household debt reaches new peak, despite emergency base rates
50% increase in hate crimes
150% increase in knife crime to 22,000 per year
teenage suicide up by 70%
suicides up 12% just in 2018
self-harm among young women up 70%
life-expectancy down – for first time in decades – by 3 years
lowest ever NHS satisfaction level
council-home building down 90%
200k social homes lost
ZERO starter homes built, despite Tory flagship programme
council home-building down 90%
one million families on council home waiting list
36,000 teachers have left the profession
multiple collapsed private rail franchises
collapsed building and maintenance giants leaving schools and hospitals in the lurch – that the government knew were coming and ignored
This is only a partial list. More will no doubt be added.
Labels: achievements, Conservatives, crime, education, Johnson, NHS, poverty
posted by Anon @ 09:23
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