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The Tories are all talk
The Tories are all talk and no action on family policy. They
opposed our increases in maternity and paternity pay and the
introduction of flexible working rights. Even the measures they
have proposed wouldn’t come in until 2009, by which time the
Tories are committed to making deep cuts in spending. The
choice is forward with new Labour to a universal, affordable,
good-quality childcare, a million more homeowners, more
choice for all parents and an end to child poverty. Or back to the
risky economic policies of a Tory government that would let
families sink or swim whatever the pressures they face.