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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; IX</title>
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Launched the Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s.
Banned fox hunting.
Led the campaign to win the 2012 Olympics for London.
Free admission to our national museums and galleries.
Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected Mayor and Assembly for London and directly-elected mayors for those cities that want them.

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		<title>Youth theatre for our times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this evening, I was at the Jacksons Lane Community Centre to see a wonderful Bilimankhwe Young Company production of a double bill of plays by David Farr (I should, of course, declare an interest as one of Bilimankhwe&#8217;s trustees).
The plays, &#8220;The Queen Must Die&#8221; and &#8220;Ruckus in the Garden&#8221;, were performed by young people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public engagement is vital to effective policing to combat terrorism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spoke at a RUSI Conference yesterday on &#8220;Delivering Counter-Terrorism&#8221;.  My theme was why good governance (and in particular lay oversight) is an essential and important part of ensuring that counter-terrorism is effective and what needs to be done to strengthen public trust in an area vital for our national security.
I started by saying:
&#8220;In this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; VIII</title>
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Through the introduction of civil partnerships, Labour has for the first time given legal recognition to same-sex partners. Gay couples now have the same inheritance, pension and next-of-kin rights as married couples.
More than doubled Britain&#8217;s overseas aid budget.  UK aid helps lift an estimated three million people out of poverty every year.
Cancelled up to 100% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: LibDem strategy on a hung Parliament left lying around in the House of Lords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just made a telephone call here in the House of Lords and lying next to the telephone was the confidential briefing that the LibDems have given to their spokespeople on what to say if they are asked about a hung Parliament.
It starts with a stern admonition:
&#8220;The only benefit of a debate about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; VII</title>
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Since 1997 overall crime is down 36%; domestic burglary is down 54%; vehicle related crime is down by 57%; and violent crime is down 41%
a new flexible points-based system to ensure only those economic migrants who have the skills our economy needs can come to work in the UK
Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; VI</title>
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The UK is now smoke-free, with no smoking in most enclosed public places
The UK&#8217;s greenhouse gas emissions are now 21% below 1990 levels, beating our Kyoto target
Over £20 billion invested in bringing social housing to decent standards
Rough sleeping has dropped by two-thirds and homelessness is at its lowest level since the early 1980s
Free off-peak travel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; V</title>
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more young people attending university than ever before
more than doubled the number of apprenticeships starts, with figures for 2008/9 showing 234,000 started an apprenticeship this year compared to 75,000 in 1997
in 1997 more than half of all schools saw less than 30% of thier pupils fail to get 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; IV</title>
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nearly 3,000  Sure start Children&#8217;s Centres opened, reaching 2 million children and their families
over 42,400 more teachers and 123,000 more teaching assistants than in 1997
there have been approximately 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens
a free nursery place for every three and four year old
doubled the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five of the top fifty Labour achievements since 1997 &#8211; III</title>
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900,000 pensioners lifted out of poverty
500,000 children lifted out of relative poverty and measures already in train will lift a further 500,000 children out of poverty
free TV licences for over-75s
the New Deal has helped over 2 million people into work
over 3 million Child Trust Funds have been started

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