LABOUR’S election manifesto contains several announcements of particular significance to Warrington South, according to constituency candidate Faisal Rashid.
They have pledged to review all tolled crossings, paving the way for a potential scrapping or cost reduction of the controversial Mersey Gateway tolls – an issue Mr Rashid has long campaigned for.
They have also committed to work with 1950’s-born women to design a system of recompense for the losses and insecurity they have suffered as a result of changes to the state pension age.
This announcement will have a massive impact on the 6,000 1950’s-born women in Warrington South, whose campaign for justice Mr Rashid has made central to his work as an MP, he says.
Labour have also pledged to protect free TV licenses for over-75s which he claims affects 5,740 households in Warrington.
On housing, Labour have formally committed to prioritising brownfield sites for development to protect the green belt and will also a new social housebuilding programme of more than a million homes over a decade, with council housing at its heart.
Mr Rashid said: “I’m thrilled with this manifesto – it is full of policies that will transform Warrington and allow our town to unlock its full potential.
“Almost a decade of Tory austerity has decimated our communities. In Warrington, we have had years of under-investment and outright dishonesty from this Government. Parts of our hospital are over 100 years old. Our local foodbank is doubling its size. Local transport links are costly and unfit for purpose. The Tories have presided over a declining and divided country. It’s time for the real change this manifesto will deliver.
“Today, we’ve unveiled the largest-scale investment programme in modern times to fund the jobs and industries of the future, so that no one is held back and no community left behind. This is a fully costed programme to upgrade our economy and transform our country.
“I’m particularly pleased that a number of the policies I’ve been lobbying for have been included in this manifesto.”
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I’m a bit confused. Only a few weeks ago a Labour spokesperson said that they had no plans to a abolish the tolls and I didn’t hear of any money being allocated in the ‘grey book’ and as it would cost tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds to compensate the overseas investors who bankrolled the project it should be there unless of course they were to have appropriation without compensation.
FAISAL RASHID DOES NOT NEED LABOUR MANIFESTO..LABOUR NEEDS FAISAL RASHID..WARRINGTON SOUTH NEEDS FAISALRASHID AS MP TO REPRESENT NEEDS OF WARRINGTON..
has this faisal rashid ever visited south warrington
Since he lives here, then yes.