Labour North Delivering for the North

Delivering for the North

New Labour - Your North

Labour in government is delivering for the North East and Cumbria...

With a secure economy...

Claimant unemployment down 47% since 1997
Long term unemployment down by 21,000 since 1997
Around 223,000 families reciving Working Tax Credits or Child Tax Credits
Around 80,000 workers benefiting from an increased National Minimum Wage
Nearly 490,000 pensioners benefiting from the biggest rise in the basic state pension in a generation
Nearly 160,00 over 75s eligible for free TV licences
Nearly 520,000 pensioners benefit from winter fuel payments.

in the National Health Service...

4592 more nurses, 702 more consultants, 383 more GPs and 270 more dentists in the North East region since 1997.
In total, there are 18,138 more people working in the NHS in the North East.
Nobody is waiting over 13 weeks for their first out-patient appointment (as of Nov 2007)
There are now 6 people waiting over 6 months for inpatient compared to over 12,000 in 1997.
99.9% of suspected cancer patients seen by a specialist within 2 weeks of an urgent referral. (September 2007)
99% of people seen within 4 hours at A&E compared to 94.1% in June 2003
5 NHS Walk-In Centres across the region and 3 urgent care centres.
23 new/replacement CT Scanners, 16 new/replacement MRI scanners since 1997.
Funding up from £2.5bn in 2003/4 to £3.9bn in 2007/8
9 new hospitals open to patients funded either by public capital or PFI, 1 further building under construction and the £300m transformation of Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals due for completion in 2013.

in Education....

Funding per pupil up 46.2% (£1380 in real terms) between 97 and 2005-6.
In 2007-08, the North East will receive on average £3,799.74 per pupil under the Dedicated Schools Grant
500 more teachers, 4583 more teaching assistants and 4217 more support staff.
51830 more free nursery places taken up by 3 & 4 year olds
There are 148 Sure Start Children's Centres across the North East reaching over 95,000 children under 5 and their families. A further 33 Children's Centres are due to open by April 2008.
149 Specialist schools across the Region.
4 New Academy Schools have been built with a further 14 being built or planned.
The North East has received ober £1.5nm of capital funding for schools across the region.
Nine local councils are presently involved in the Building Schools for the Future programme to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in the country.

with Safer Towns and Villages....

Neighbourhood Policing rolled out to Northumbria and Durham Police Force areas with Cleveland following by by April 2008.
Police budgets have been increased since 1997; Cleveland up by 58.5%, Durham up by 52.8% and Northumbria up by 34.4%.
Over 304 more police personnel in the North East since 2001 supported by 563 PCSOs.
Burglary down 67% and vehicle crime down 35%