But do the Lib Dems have policies on anything else?
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Yes, but do the Lib Dems have policies on anything else?
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๐ฉโ๐ ยฃ50bn Remain Bonus for public services
๐ Policy for Climate Emergency
โ Policy for tackling inequality
๐ฐ 10bn per year for schools, to pay for:
๐ฉโ๐ซ 20,000 more teachers.
๐ถ 35hrs of free childcare from 9 months
๐ ยฃ10,000 for every adult to spend on education or training
๐ง Mental health treated the same as physical health
๐ก Build 300,000 homes a year
๐ฉโโ๏ธ 1p on income tax for NHS
๐จ Restore Youth Services
๐ Ban all non-essential non-recyclable single-use plastics
๐ซ 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030
๐งฃ Insulate all low-income homes by 2025
0๏ธโฃ Net zero carbon emissions by 2045 (reasonable & radical)
โ Cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030
๐ Restore Department for Climate Change
๐ณ New Green Investment Bank
๐ฃ Citizens' Climate Assembly
๐คฒ Just Transition Commission to make economic changes fair
๐ซ Ban fracking
๐ Invest in Carbon Capture Technology
๐ก Subsidise solar power
๐ฌ End ban on onshore wind turbines
0๏ธโฃ Zero-carbon Homes Standard
๐ฅ Reduce fuel poverty
โฝ Ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2030
๐ Reduce VAT on electric cars
๐ Convert rail network to ultra-low emission by 2035
๐ค Expand rail capacity
๐ฌ No net-increase in airport runways
๐ซ Cancel Heathrow 3rd runway
๐จโ๐พ Support farmers to cut greenhouse gasses
๐ฑ Plant 60m trees per year
๐ฆ Policy to improve biodiversity and restore nature
๐ฉโ๐พ Reward farmers for contributing to nature
๐ซ Pass Clean Air Act
๐ More electric car charging points
๐ Scrappage Scheme for diesel cars
๐ Innovative National Bus Strategy
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Support HS2 and HS3 to grow regional economies
โ Increase accountability and transparency of HS2 and HS3
๐ Force retailers to reduce plastic
๐งด Deposit return scheme for food and drink containers
โป End plastic waste exports by 2030
โป Invest in UK recycling
๐ธ Extra funding for pupils with extra needs
๐ฑโโ๏ธ Extend pupil premium to 16-19yrs
โ Reduce teacher stress and workload
๐ End 'teaching to the test'
โ Scrap SATs and league tables
๐ Replace Ofsted with schools watchdog
๐ซ Emergency 2.5bn cash injection for schools
๐ฐ Bring per-pupil funding back to pre-cuts levels
๐ท Increase starting salary for teachers to ยฃ30k by 2022
๐งฐ Invest in and repair school buildings
๐ Extra funding for SEND children
๐ Abolish 'learning tax' by allowing colleges VAT-refund that schools get
๐ Professional Development Plan for teachers offering 50-hours per year by 2050
๐ซ Oppose expansion of Grammar Schools
๐ Mental health and other 'curriculum for life' education in schools
๐ผ Establish a curriculum body independent of government
๐ฅฆ Free school meals for all Primary children
๐ฝ Free school meals for Secondary children in Universal Credit families
๐ฅ Promote School Breakfast Clubs
๐ LGBTQ-inclusive education
โ
Support schools in dealing with mental health
โน Tackle bullying in schools
๐ Including bullying on the basis of gender, sexuality, gender identity or gender expression
๐ Enable gender-neutral uniform options
๐ Invest in more Youth Workers
๐ฅ Reverse cuts to public health spending
๐ฉบ Commission on long-term NHS funding
๐ Roll out PrEP (HIV prevention drugs) across the NHS
๐ฒ Dedicated Health & Social Care Tax
๐ท Investment in hospitals from ยฃ100bn capital fund
๐ง 100% of young people with mental health conditions treated target
๐ Free prescriptions for chronic mental health conditions
โณ More mental health waiting time targets
๐งญ No unreasonable travel for mental health treatment
๐งธ Prioritise getting young people out of care
๐ง Mental health provisions at College and University
๐ Implement Wessely review (requires a google)
๐ Ensure emergency mental health bed is always available
๐คง Expand access to Local GPs
๐ฒ Guarantee same-day phone of video appointment with GP
๐ท Mental health nurse bursaries
๐ฉน Drugs as a health issue not crime
๐จโโ๏ธ End Government ยฃ30k earnings threshold for overseas NHS workers
๐ฉโโ๏ธ More flexible working for Junior Doctors
โ Mental health support for NHS workers
๐ฅ Make healthy eating choices easier
๐ก Introduce 'Wellbeing Hour'
๐คฐEvery family single maternity health professional by 2025
๐คฑ Partners paid leave to attend prenatal appointments
๐งฑ Investment in People, Innovation & Infrastructure with responsible ยฃ100bn package
๐ฆ ยฃ5bn into new British Housing & Infrastructure Development Bank
๐งช Protect research funding
๐ Decentralise and devolve procurement
๐ Invest in digital and physical infrastructure
๐ Achieve dynamic local economies with good transport
๐ฆ Expand British Business Bank
๐บ Re-balance UK economy geographically
๐ Make Youth Services statutory
๐ช Policy to tackle knife crime
๐ฉโ๐ป Fund retraining and re-skilling for adults
๐ฉโ๐ผ 'Start-up allowance' of ยฃ100/wk for new entrepreneurs
๐จ ยฃ1bn community policing investment
๐ฎ 2 new police officers per ward
๐ฎโโ๏ธ Police officers visible and known to local community
โ Tackle cycle of violence epidemic
๐ฆ ยฃ500m investment in Youth Services
๐ก Transform prisons to focus on rehabilitation and recovery
๐ End prison sentences for personal drug use
๐ End short prison sentences
๐ Increase tough community sentences
๐ Protect Europol
โ Scrap Hostile Environment
๐ Create private information firewall between home office and public services
๐ฉโ๐ซ 'Training up Britain' programme for migrants
๐ Stop the profiting from child citizen registration
โ Abolish arbitrary minimum income for partner visas
๐ Move visa powers from Home Office to Deps for Education and Business and Development
๐งณ Create flexible merit-based visa system
๐ 2-year visa for students after graduation
๐ฉโ๐ง Allow asylum seekers to work providing dignity and paying taxes
โ Close seven of nine detention centres
๐ Resettle 10,000 refugees per year in the UK
๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ Expand family reunion rights
๐ก Offer asylum to LGBT+ globally
๐ฌ Free basic English lessons to refugees and asylum seekers
๐ช๐บ Protect free movement in Europe by staying in EU
๐ 100,000 social rent homes built each year
๐ All new houses built to zero carbon standards by 2021
๐พ Allow local authorities to purchase more land for housing
๐ญ Power to reject unsustainable housing builds
๐ผ Creation of new Garden Cities
๐ Acquire more land into public ownership
โฐ Close second-home tax loopholes
โ Increase second-home council tax by up to 500%
๐ Introduce revolutionary Rent to Own model
๐ 'Help to Rent' deposit loans for first time renters
๐ Longer rental tenancies 3yr+
๐ Limit rent hikes to inflation
๐ Mandatory landlord licensing
๐ Unfreeze housing benefits
๐ Reform section 21 removing 'no fault evictions'
๐ Adequate funding for age-appropriate emergency housing for homeless
๐ Provide house to long term homeless through Housing First model
๐
First benefit payment after 5-days not 5-weeks
๐ Scrap 2-child benefit limit
โ Abolish scandalous rape clause for benefits
โณ Remove benefit cap, which hurts the most vulnerable
โ
Make work pay: increase work benefit allowances
๐ Provide security for zero-hour contracts
๐ฉ Compensation for WASPI women
๐ Better pensions for gig economy workers
๐ Retain Triple Lock on basic state pension
โณ Better Universal Credit for self employed
๐จโ๐ญ Better back-to-work support for unemployed
๐ต Ensure pensions don't penalise part time workers towards end of career
๐ Promote liberal values, human rights and democracy globally
๐ค Lead globally with EU, UN, Nato and Commonwealth
โ Spend 0.7% of gross national income on foreign aid
๐ Promote UN Sustainable Development Goals
๐ Curtail arms exports to those that violate human rights
๐ Suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia immediately
๐ณ Tackle democratic interference with European Magnitsky Act
โข Maintain minimal nuclear deterrent
โ Spend 2% of GDP on self defence as per NATO recommendations
๐ฉน Support for Armed Forces and veterans' mental health
๐ Improve housing for MoD employees
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ธ Condemn violence an all sides of Israeli-Palestine conflict
๐ต๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฑ Remain committed to negotiated peace settlement in Israeli-Palestine conflict
โ Tackle gender inequality
โ End Female Genital Mutilation
โ End sexual violence in conflict zones
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Protect LGBT+ that are persecuted globally
๐ Defend Human Rights Act
๐น Halt facial recognition surveillance
๐ฅ End 'Snoopers' Charter' and bulk collection of internet data
๐ฝ Make all hate crimes "aggravated offences"
๐ Condemn inflammatory rhetoric by those with public platforms
๐ Combat violence against women and domestic violence
โ Legislate for statutory definition of domestic abuse
๐ Expand refugee and rape crisis centres
๐ Give LA's duty and funding to accommodate survivors of abuse
๐ Establish National Rape Crisis Helpline
๐ข Require orgs with 250+ employees publish equality data
๐ Increase paternity leave to six weeks
๐ท Legislate to scrap gender price gap on all products
๐ฉโโ๏ธ Set ambitious diverse public appointment targets
๐ End disproportionate use of Stop and Search
๐ฉธ End period poverty with free sanitary products for girls
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Fight for Trans rights
๐ง Complete reform of the Gender Recognition Act
โ Introduce 'X' gender option on passports
๐ Extend equality law to cover gender identity and expression
๐ณ Introduce fair votes via Proportional Representation
๐ A written constitution to make democracy stronger
๐ณ Give people the power to elect the House of Lords
๐ข Votes from age 16
๐ฌ๐ง Votes to British citizens abroad
๐ช๐บ Votes for long-term EU citizens
๐ Devolve power to local authorities
๐ Devolve revenue raising from Westminster
๐ฐ Flexible local tax systems
๐ญ Champion Northern Powerhouse and Midlands Engine
๐งGive customers the ability to hold utilities to account
๐ Support for local energy cooperatives and community banks
๐ Cap donations to political parties at ยฃ10k
๐ท Give trade-union members right to specify Party that receives their levy