Five pledges for 2015

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   Decent wages

    

    

   raise the minimum wage, promote the living wage and tackle the gender pay gap

    

    

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   Secure jobs now and in the future

    

    

   raise the quality of apprenticeships, end zero-hours contracts, and the stop the exploitation of agency workers

    

    

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   Rights at work

    

    

   build partnerships between workers and employers and reform the employment tribunal system

    

    

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   Saving our NHS

    

    

   repeal the Health and Social Care Act and recruit 20,000 more nurses and 8,000 more GPs paid for by a tax on properties worth £2m and a tax on tobacco companies

    

    

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   Helping with the bills

    

    

   freeze energy bills, scrap the bedroom tax, introduce a cap on annual rail fare increases and provide 25 hours of free childcare for working parents with 3 and 4-year-olds, paid for with an increase in the bank levy