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ref date:15 May 1997 (WBA)
Some of Balirs promises to Scotland
Some of Balirs promises to Scotland
Blair promises many things including:
A bill to transform the education
system and raise falling standards in state schools and cut class sizes.
An attack on youth crime in separate Scottish and English bills. His crusade to be "tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime" will mean fast-tracking young criminals into court.
New powers to deal with noisy neighbours, a crackdown on drink-related crime, curfews for teeny terrors and compulsory drug tests and treatment for addicts.
Devolution for Scotland and Wales will also begin with short bills for each country being rushed through Parliament before the autumn referendums are put to the people.
There will be bills to introduce a legal minimum wage and reforms to the NHS.
Labour will also take great delight in releasing the long-awaited investigation into the cash-for-questions scandal. Major's first, and some say biggest, mistake was to try and cover up the report by ending Parliament and firing the election gun.
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