Ed Miliband targets lower childcare costs in New Year's message
Ed Miliband is hinting that Labour will go into the next election with a specific pledge to reduce the cost of childcare should his party win the next election.
In his New Year’s message, the Labour leader will say today that he intends to spend 2014 “relentlessly focused” on what he describes as Britain’s cost-of-living crisis. And he says as well as dealing with issues such as high energy bills, Labour’s manifesto will contain “very specific promises” on bringing down the cost of childcare.
“People do not want the earth,” he says in the message. “They would much prefer some very specific promises, specific things about what a government will do – whether it’s freezing energy bills, taking action on payday lenders, or tackling issues around childcare.”
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