APPENDIX 1
DID YOU KNOW... WHY ENGLAND NEEDS A BETTER
DEAL
English pensioners needing long term
nursing home care invariably have to sell their homes to pay for
itin Scotland such care is free.
The better public services enjoyed
by the people of Scotland and Wales are paid for by a big subsidy
from England's taxpayers.
English NHS patients have paid increased
prescription charges since 1 April 2007whilst in Wales
such charges were abolished.
English university students have
to pay top-up fees of £3,000 pa. Scottish students do not
pay such fees even if they go to an English university.
English pensioners only get "free"
local off-peak bus travelScottish and Welsh pensioners
get "free" national bus travel any time of the day.
An ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph
in November 2006 found that support for an English Parliament
was 68%.
The United Kingdom Government spends
£1,503 more on every man, woman and child in Scotland than
it does on the people of England. It spends £904 more on
everyone in Wales and £2,322 more on everyone in Northern
Ireland. No wonder they get better public services than the people
of England.
In March 2007 even Tony Blair pointed
out that Scotland was getting an annual subsidy of: £11,000,000,000+.
That is more than Labour have spent on new hospitals in 10 years.
England needs its own parliament
to fight to ensure its people are treated fairly and equitably.
It is the only way to redress the current imbalance within the
United Kingdom.
English schools are required to teach
"Britishness"those in Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland are free to teach about their own national identity.
English NHS patients do not get equal
treatment with the rest of the UK patients in Scotland and Wales
have access to better and more expensive drugs paid for by the
taxpayers.
The ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph
found that 60% of those polled in England said the higher public
spending per head in Scotland was "unjustified".
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