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Chesterfield PPC Julia Cambridge speaks up for Women and the future of the NHS at the East Midlands Regional Conference

As I drove into Ashfield this morning I was reminded what a fantastic town this is.

Julia Cambridge speaking at East Midlands Spring Conference 2015

In Chesterfield we have an interesting character as MP. We don't see that much of him as he is a Labour election supremo. Which is a bit strange as his biggest selling point is that he "doesn't offend anyone" well I think Chesterfield deserves more. I want to be in Westminster speaking up for the things that matter to local people, the issues I'm passionate about and Liberal Democrats are helping:

Like the NHS and the 2 billion we want to invest, like education and the boost for the new 'early year' pupil premium to £1000 per child, per year.

If you're a parent and want a job part time or otherwise - and we have extended the right to flexible working hours - then 15 hours of free childcare saving the average family £2,670 per year is a huge advantage. 40% of two years olds get this help now and Liberal Democrats want to extend it to every two year old in the UK.

I am glad that we are doing so much to help women and we need to tell them what we're doing, like cracking down on domestic abuse to help the 1.2 million victims in the last year, and that figure includes men as well, cracking down on businesses who pay less to women for similar work done by men and by helping 1 million more women into work by 2020. I want Liberal Democrats in government to carry on helping women.

Up to 97 years ago women didn't have the vote. We have it now and it's important that we use it.

I strongly believe what women wanted then is the same as what they want now:

A job, food on the table, education for their family and help if life got hard.

We don't need pink buses we have policies for women.

The Tories want massive cuts to welfare of 12 billion and with Michael Mullaney in Bosworth we will see one less Tory voice in Westminster after May 7^th. Meaning one less voice will be looking to protect the top 1% of the population while stinging the rest.

They wanted to block the mansion tax and give a £270,000 inheritance tax cut.

We know where their interest lies and they don't even bother to cover it up.

So let's not let them win.

A Labour or Conservative majority government would drag Britain away from the centre ground, bring in cuts that will directly harm the poor and vulnerable and in Labours' case turn the economic upturn into a fast decline, where any manifesto promise of NHS funding will not be met because there won't be any money to spend, let alone invest.

It makes me so angry to hear Labour banging on about the NHS.

They brought in a level of privatisation that they now slam others for, failed to recruit and retain front line workers, tackle obesity and alcohol abuse, gave massive pay rises to GP's whilst allowing the scrapping of afterhours care.

They are not the voice of the NHS.

They let that precious national institution down the last time the British people put faith in them to run the country. And they will do it again.

It could of course be worse; they could be UKIP, who promise in their fantasy manifesto to spend billions on the NHS from all the savings they make from not being in Europe or having any foreign aid budget.

Can we just remind any UKIP voters we meet on the doorstep that their idea of efficiency savings would be to withhold treatment to people with AIDS, as suggested by their Coventry candidate? Not a 'fly by night' but their version of a respected candidate worthy of hauling a sitting candidate out to make room for.

Contrast all of this with what Liberal Democrats have done:

1,747 days ago Liberal Democrats helped form a government to stabilise the country.

Now with:

30.9 million people in work, 2 million apprenticeships, Inflation at 0.3% the lowest since records began, along with Lib Dem led successes: a £700 tax cut to 24 million people, a yearly increase in pensions of £800 and free school meals saving families £473 a year, we have shown why we are the right choice for ordinary people who want a decent standard of living, opportunities to get on and care and compassion when things aren't so good.

I am proud to represent the Liberal Democrats in Chesterfield. I want to build a stronger economy and a fairer society.

We have 75 days left.

Let's make every hour, of every day count and go out to win.

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