More than a hundred people turned out to quiz the politicians wanting to be South Ribble’s next MP at a packed hustings event in the constituency
. Four out of the five candidates vying for the seat at next week’s general election were put through their paces in a two-hour debate, which ran the gamut of issues that the public said mattered most to them.
“In 2010, only 60-odd percent of the schools in South Ribble were good or outstanding – today, it’s 92 percent. We’re investing in our children’s futures, we’re investing in our healthcare. “We were then hit with the pandemic – not the government’s fault, but the pandemic exposed the significant weaknesses of our NHS and our NHS couldn’t cope.
“And that’s not the real elephant in the room – the real elephant in the room is legal immigration. Net migration in 2023 of 685,000 people – that’s like Manchester. What was it David Cameron said, in 2010 – we’ll have it in the tens of thousands? That doesn’t add up. “In terms of the economy and financial support to the most vulnerable in society, Greens would introduce a wealth tax of one percent, annually, on people with assets over £10m and of two percent on those with assets over £1bn. We would align tax rates on investment income with employment income tax and remove the national insurance upper earnings limit so high earners pay more.
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