I have yet to see Labour's dossier, but apparently 'expanding free childcare, cutting rail ticket prices, introducing free prescriptions and free school meals would save around £5,500 in total' per family per year.
On Labour's own existing figures, this is utterly insane.
On Labour's own existing figures, this is utterly insane.
According to 'Funding Real Change', they have budgeted:
£5.6 billion for childcare/early years
£600m for free prescriptions
£1 billion for free school meals
Rail ticket prices aren't in the manifesto but apparently that would be £1.4 billion from the roads fund
£5.6 billion for childcare/early years
£600m for free prescriptions
£1 billion for free school meals
Rail ticket prices aren't in the manifesto but apparently that would be £1.4 billion from the roads fund
That is £8.6 billion per year. There are 19.1 million families in Britain. Dividing Figure A by Figure B gives us £450 per family per year.
Either this has been briefed out very badly indeed. Or their numbers are out by a factor of 10.
Either this has been briefed out very badly indeed. Or their numbers are out by a factor of 10.
Doing this on back of an envelope so all corrections/challenges welcome. But here is Labour's funding doc (labour.org.uk/wp-content/upl…) and here is @PolhomeEditor report (politicshome.com/news/uk/politi…). The two simply don't match.
