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Those in attendance at Thursday evening’s gathering also got the chance to probe the would-be MPs directly when on-the-spot questions were invited from the floor.The candidates were asked – in a question submitted by a member of the public – specifically about whether any of their parties would seek pre-Brexit levels of access to the EU’s single market.
Labour candidate Paul Foster told the assembled audience that he wanted to be “absolutely categorically clear” that membership of the single market and EU customs union were “not up for renegotiation with the Labour Party”. He said it was now a matter of making the best of Brexit. “What we’ve chosen to do post-Brexit is we have made deals with the parts of the world that are growing like topsy.
Liberal Democrat candidate Ange Turner responded: “No, I don’t think it’s right. We have to look at the cause – and it’s probably the…underfunding of the NHS, because you can also have women and men in the corridor. “The doctors and nurses within our wonderful NHS are the best people to decide what’s best for the NHS and how to deal with the challenges that we have. They don’t want people to have to wait two years for a scan.
However, Ms. Fletcher – who also claimed credit for securing a replacement for the Royal Preston Hospital to be built somewhere in South Ribble – blasted striking junior doctors for “holding out for a 35 percent pay rise – and it is absolutely criminal”. She said it was “letting down their other colleagues within the NHS”, who had agreed to reforms of terms and conditions.
“You can buy a three bedroom terrace home within 15 minutes walk of Leyland train station, which is on the direct line to Manchester, for approximately £125,000 – and two people earning below the average wage could…with support from government, like abolishing stamp duty for first time buyers , find that accessible home, with some saving.
“The undersupply is chronic. We have almost 4,000…families awaiting…social housing in South Ribble. They’re living in temporary accommodation, some of them – others private rented, which is neither fit-for-purpose and is probably about twice the going rate,” said Mr. Foster, who is also the leader of South Ribble Borough Council.Reform UK representative Andy Hunter credited the district authority in South Ribble with doing “a pretty good job” of discharging its planning duties.
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