For a Fair Deal
For a Fair Deal is a political manifesto published by the Liberal Democrats under the leadership of Ed Davey, ahead of the 2024 general election. The 116-page document was launched at campaign event in London to the tune of "Take a Chance on Me" by ABBA.
Policies
BBC News identified 11 key policies in the manifesto:- Providing free personal care in England modelled on the system in Scotland.
- Recruiting 8,000 more GPs and creating a target for most cancer patients to begin treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral.
- Increasing public spending by £27bn per year by 2029
- Scrapping the Rwanda asylum plan
- Reaching net zero by 2045
- Scrapping the two-child limit on certain benefits and reforming Carer's Allowance
- Increasing the early years pupil premium by triple to £1,000
- Speeding up the courts process
- Recognising non-binary identities and banning conversion therapy
- Granting 16-year-olds the vote and introducing proportional representation
- Rejoining the European single market