Kevin McKeever, Labour’s candidate for Harborough has welcomed Labour’s manifesto for families which was launched today, Tuesday 27^th April, by Peter Mandelson, Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls.

The manifesto sets out Labour’s plans to build on our track record on helping families and to provide more support to hard working families in Harborough.

Kevin McKeever, Labour’s candidate for Harborough said:  “From talking to people here in Harborough over the past few months, I know that problems caused by the global recession have put extra pressures on local families.

“Hard working families deserve all the help and support that we can give them, that’s why I am opposed to Tory plans to cut children’s services, Child Trust Funds and Tax credits for middle class families – these are all things that families here in Harborough rely on for support.

“We know, however, that there is more to do and that’s why this manifesto sets out how we will continue to support families here in Harborough.  People here in Harborough have a real choice to make about the future of Britian – a choice between creating a future that is fair for all, or a change that makes life tougher for families. I’m fighting for a future fair for all in Harborough.”

In the “Your Family, Your Choice” manifesto that has been launched today, people will find Labour’s new commitments to families, including the following pledges:

• Better nursery education and childcare

• Support for grandparents

• A new Toddler Tax Credit

• Father’s Month

“5,000 families here in Harborough benefit from Tax Credits which would be put at risk by a dangerous coalition of cuts from the Tories and Liberal Democrats.

“Mums, Dads and children across Harborough have benefited from Labour’s 306 Sure Start Children’s Centres in the East Midlands – again, many of these centres are at risk from the Tory / Lib Dem coalition of cuts.

Over 240,000 children here in the East Midlands have benefited from Labour’s Child Trust Fund – which is under threat from both the Tories and the Lib Dems.

“People in Harborough will be taking a long, hard look at the Tories and Lib Dems and the dangers they pose for local families.

“The ‘Coalition of Cuts for Kids’ that the Tories and Lib Dems offer would be a disaster for families and communities across Harborough.

You can read the full manifesto for families by clicking on the image below:

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