FAMILY MATTERS Why Labour is the party of the family Edited by MP CONTENTS

The importance of family 3 Liz Kendall MP

We’ve been radicals on childcare 5 before – and we’ll need to be again Alison McGovern MP & MP

Our teenagers need a government to 7 offer them hope MP

Cameron and Clegg don’t understand 9 how vital the NHS is to most people – but we do Nancy Platts

Making it easier to combine work and 11 family John Hannett

When we talk about work and family – 13 we must not forget older women MP

Too many carers miss out on the 15 support they need MP

Labour is the real party of the family 16 Liz Kendall MP

2 The importance of family

Who we are and what we become and later on into their lives. starts in our family home. Each chap- Labour has always succeeded ter of our life story is co-authored when we match an understanding with our parents, grandparents, of how the world is changing with a brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, long-term vision to improve people’s partners and children. Labour has lives. In the run-up to the general always been the party of the family, election, we have a huge opportunity Liz Kendall MP not because we want to hark back to to show families that Labour is on some judgemental or nostalgic view their side, supporting them through of family life, but because we know the difficult times now and backing families help to define who we are them to meet the challenges of the as individuals and as a society. They future. are crucial to creating opportunities, That’s why ’m delighted to have improving life chances and providing been given the opportunity to edit wider emotional, social and financial this collection of articles on this support. hugely important topic. The articles Unlike the Tories, Labour under- you’ll read will address the changes stands that the role of government and challenges of modern family life. is not to tell families what form they They set out Labour’s positive vi- should take or how they should live sion for the future: how we will help their lives, but to support them by families cope with, and harness, the backing their aspirations and helping changes that are happening backed them to get on in life. up by practical, credible policies that We know that families are facing will make a real difference to their huge pressure under this Govern- lives. ment. Many are struggling to make Shadow children and families ends meet because of low pay, rising minister Alison McGovern MP and prices and cuts to vital local services. shadow minister for civil society Lisa Longer term changes in society Nandy MP explain how Labour’s are also affecting family life. Fathers plans to improve childcare will help are increasingly taking on childcare both mothers and fathers balance responsibilities alongside mothers. their work and family responsibili- Our ageing population means that ties. Steve Reed MP argues that we more families are caring for elder- need to find new ways to involve and ly and disabled relatives: three in engage with teenagers about the ser- five of us will do this at some point vices they use and the decisions that in our lives. Working patterns are affect their lives. also changing with higher levels of Nancy Platts, our PPC for Bright- self-employment, an increase in inse- on Kemptown explains how local cure contracts and a rise in the num- public services like GP surgeries and ber of people working more hours, Sure Start Children’s Centres are vital 3 to the health and wellbeing of families, at the same time. And Barbara Keeley but are under increasing threat from MP calls for more to be done to sup- this Government. John Hannett, Gen- port families who care for elderly and eral Secretary of USDAW, draws our disabled relatives – a huge issue as our attention to the difficulties faced by population ages. many shop workers and how Labour I’d like to thank all of the authors for can better support working families. contributing their powerful pieces. But I’m equally excited about “It’s activists like you that are what you’ve got to say and I look forward to hearing the strength of our movement. your comments. After all, You’ll be taking our it’s activists like you that are the strength of our message out to the country: movement. You’ll be tak- that Labour is the only party ing our message out to the country: that Labour is the

that will deliver on the only party that will deliver aspirations of families “ on the aspirations of families. I hope that you enjoy Fiona Mactaggart MP draws on the the articles and that you will be inspired work of Labour’s Commission on Older to tell your own family about Labour’s Women to highlight how many old- offer to them. er women feel “sandwiched” between Liz Kendall is Shadow Minister caring for elderly relatives and help- for Care and Older People ing to look after their grandchildren, whilst often trying to hold down a job

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4 We’ve been radicals on childcare before – and we’ll need to be again

Britain’s economy isn’t working for having to find on average £31 more the people it should be working for per week if they want to pay for 25 and the human cost is all too evident. hours of childcare. A huge ask when Wages are stuck, costs are rising and for the past six years, many people’s many people who want full-time wages have barely risen. Let’s put this work can’t get it. Families caught in in the starkest possible terms: if two

Alison Mcgovern MP this living cost trap are increasingly parents are working part-time in jobs fed up, wondering when things are paying around the average wage, it going to get just a little bit better. For will be Thursday of each week before many parents, and also for those who their pay has covered their childcare might like to be parents one day, it’s costs and they can move on to paying a gloomier picture still. The last few for the other household bills. years have seen the costs of childcare Parents – both mothers and fa- sky-rocket, even as incomes have thers – who find themselves in these stood still and behind these figures situations are going to find it hard Lisa Nandy MP are families who have to work several to justify returning to work finan- jobs to make ends meet, costing them precious time with their “ children at the most important Our failure to take time in their live. childcare costs The figures are alarming: -ac

cording to the Office of National seriously leaves us all Statistics, the cost of placing a the poorer “ two to four year old in nursery has risen by 31% since 2010. For under-twos, costs are up by 27%. And cially, or if they do, will find little left in the areas that have seen the least in their pay packets. That cuts their benefit from this anaemic, lop-sided incomes, it increases the risk of child recovery, the costs have risen most. poverty, it can exacerbate the gender Families across the north west are pay gap and on a national level it rais- paying 46% more, and their coun- es welfare bills and cuts tax incomes. terparts in the north east have seen It deprives people of the chance to childcare costs rise by 47%. These spend time with their children and aren’t just percentages – it’s real, hard to take part in their communities. At cash. Our constituents in the Wirral a time when we face huge challenges and with 2-4 year olds are – loneliness and isolation, an ageing

5 population and growing unemploy- dren benefiting every year, receiving ment, we desperately need to draw on childcare worth around £1,500. And the talents and energy of everyone in we will pay for this by expanding the Britain. Our failure to take childcare levy on the banks, who have got away costs seriously leaves us all the poorer. with paying so little under this gov- And on this government’s watch, the ernment, despite the continuing litany problem has grown. of scandals, failures and fines from the Labour in government has a re- sector. cord to be proud of on childcare. We Moving to twenty-five hours free introduced an entitlement to 12.5 childcare could be transformatory for hours of free childcare for all 3-4 so many families. The debate must not year olds, launched SureStart, funded be reduced to simply whether fathers after-school clubs as part of a major and mothers should be ‘stay-at-home’ expansion of wrap-around care. In parents or return to work – that is for 1997 childcare was seen as a women’s every individual parent to choose. But issue. We put it at the centre of the what is clear at the moment is that political agenda where it belongs. We too few families have any choice at all. were radicals then – and it is clear We can ensure that every parent has we need to be radical again. Sticking the freedom to make that judgement plaster solutions, such as this govern- based on their own family, in an econ- ment is peddling, simply aren’t going omy where choosing work isn’t finan- to address the scale of the problem. cially unworkable because of childcare So that’s why one of the top prior- costs. ities for Labour in government will Alison McGovern is the Labour be to introduce an entitlement to 25 MP for Wirral South and hours of free, high-quality childcare Shadow Minister for Children for every three or four year old in a and Families. Lisa Nandy is the household where both parents work, Labour MP for Wigan and or where the parent in a single parent Shadow Minister for household works. That’s 440,000 chil- Civil Society

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Being young in this country is wellbeing are made worse by pres- tough right now and this Govern- sure on youngsters to own the latest ment is making it harder. Parents consumer accessory and have the want a country that gives their chil- right body shape which has led to a dren the chance to make their way sharp increase in self-harm, bulimia in the world. But the odds are now and steroid abuse. We cannot allow an aggressive consumer culture to Steve Reed MP stacked against young people to get the things that give life value and the consume our children’s futures. Too chances to make more of themselves. many young people are becoming Removing EMA, undermining voca- more insular and sedentary, sitting tional education and trebling tuition alone in front of a TV, games con- fees have put barriers in their paths sole or computer screen where the and denied young people the access dangers of the unsupervised virtual to learning and skills that help shape world are far greater than they might happier and more rounded lives. face outside in the real world. Eco- It doesn’t end there: young people nomic impacts on family incomes can no longer claim housing benefit, can lead to parents spending less time youth unemployment remains unac- with children while fear of crime can ceptably high, home ownership – or lead to fear of children socialising even renting – has become so un- outside the home. affordable many young people can’t Young people tell us they want imagine ever living independently. more time with their family, more The chances to get on in life that were time with friends, more time out- afforded to my generation have been doors. They hope for a successful denied to the next. future with a good job and a family For our country to recover its of their own, but public policy is confidence our next generation must driving us in the opposite direction. have the means to play their part. The young face their future with fear Right now they risk being aban- rather than the hope that should be doned. The ONS reports that one in theirs. ten UK children has a clinically di- How can a Labour government agnosed mental health disorder and make a difference? the UK’s young people are ranked Relationships matter. We need to amongst the unhappiest in the world nurture them. The Tories have be- by the UN. come the party of family breakdown These devastating statistics on by pushing parents to breaking point

7 through working of £3m it is owned and longer hours for less run by the community pay. Labour must and gives young people a speak for the family. direct say over the kind A senior minister, ac- of services, activities and countable to teenagers support they want indi- through the Youth vidually tailored for their

Parliament, could © One Way Stock| www.flickr.com/people/paulbrigham/ neighbourhood. Cru- take responsibility for cially, half of its board is reviewing all policy right across gov- made up of young people themselves. ernment for its impact on children Instead of forcing young people to fit and family life. into politics on our terms, handing While we need to focus on work them more power means they can and the economy we cannot do so explore new ideas that have meaning at the expense of our children and for them. The internet is an impor- the family in all its modern forms. tant way for young people to network Parents need more rights to flexible with each other. We need to harness working so they can spend more time their interest to increase young peo- with their children, more affordable ple’s participation in decision-making childcare, and end to the Tory ze- on their own terms. ro-hours culture that means families The period of transition from no longer have the certainty of a childhood to adulthood, of moving secure income. towards the independence of adult- Young people themselves need hood, is an exhilarating time. But in better support for critical decisions policy terms, teenagers are the for- that will affect their future lives. For gotten generation. The people best that reason we need to reintroduce equipped to understand the pressures universally high quality careers guid- on teenagers are young people them- ance to help young people choose selves. Speak to them and they will subjects most likely to lead to a job tell you what support they need, but and a fulfilling life, and we need to they lack the power to make it hap- place greater value on vocational pen. Our task is to find new ways to courses that lead to high quality jobs involve teenagers in the decisions that alongside the more traditional aca- affect them, help them to enjoy the demic subjects. excitement and adventure of growing Education is immensely important up. We mustn’t forget our teenagers but teenagers spend 80% of their time need a government to offer them outside school and we need to help hope too. them make the most of that time too. Steve Reed is the Labour and While I was leading Lambeth Coun- Co-operative MP for Croydon cil we set up an innovative youth North and is Shadow Home services trust, the Young Lambeth Office Minister Cooperative. With an annual budget

8 Cameron and Clegg don’t understand how vital the NHS is to most people- but we do We didn’t believe David Cameron’s The NHS is important to families promise in 2010 not to cut funding and that starts with mum getting high to the NHS. And nearly five years quality antenatal care and developing on under the Coalition, the damage a birth plan with their midwife. But caused by incoherent changes and maternity services too are severely cuts to the NHS is abundantly clear. squeezed to offer the choice of type or place of birth that mum wants. It Nancy Platts There’s a crisis in A&E depart- ments all over the country, there are speaks volumes that the Royal Col- fewer frontline staff, it’s harder to get lege of Midwives went out on strike a GP appointment quickly and wait- for the first time in 2014. ing times are increasing. And none SureStart Children’s Centres were of this is the fault of the NHS staff an unquestionable success for the last who, despite punitive pay freezes, are Labour government and something working harder than ever before. I’m I campaigned for personally when I consistently impressed by the nurses, worked at Daycare Trust. They were midwives, doctors, support staff and highly effective at knitting togeth- others who make the NHS what it is. er health and childcare services for The NHS is so much more than families and brought together people the sum of its parts and that’s why from different backgrounds. Chil- reducing its importance to just num- dren’s Centres were a key part La- bers and spending is misguided. It’s bour’s strategy to tackle child poverty vital that we look at the experiences yet they have been subject to Cam- patients and their families receive eron’s budget scalpel. Once again, and the triumphs of the NHS in under this government it will be the the round. It’s not a conveyor belt poorest families that lose out. of care but something we’ll all rely Add the loss of SureStart centres on at some point, often at those key to the abolition of NHS Direct and life-changing moments we all re- the difficulty many people have get- member. ting a GP appointment quickly and It’s time we revived the ‘cradle to it’s easy to understand why so many grave’ ethos of the NHS founders and make A&E their first port of call reaffirm the promise that the NHS when they’re worried about a sick will always be there whenever we child. It’s the only place to turn. need it. This could soon be a reality here

9 in Brighton Kemptown, where I am cern is that those who are most vul- standing to be the Labour MP. We nerable or most in need might fall out are losing a GP surgery and cam- of the healthcare system altogether. paigning to have it replaced because That’s why the NHS desperately 5,500 patients are now scrambling needs a strategic and holistic ap- to find a new doctor, many of them proach that concentrates on the parents. Just down the road is the experiences of the people who use it. local hospital where staff at A&E are It’s vital for all, but particularly true over-stretched and severely under-re- for families, that they know where to sourced. And a worried parent could turn when they need the NHS. And I be forgiven for taking their sick child know that shares my to A&E rather than waiting days for view because his proposals to bring an appointment or trekking halfway mental health services under the full across town with them to another GP, purview of the NHS reflect exactly that’s if they have managed to get reg- what I mean. istered at all, Currently around 4,500 It’s right that the NHS is at the patients are still struggling to find a centre of our manifesto for 2015. I doctor that will take them on. don’t think it can take another 5 years The closure of one local GP sur- of being battered and salami-sliced by gery has exposed the failings of the the Tories who say they care but quite Conservative-led government’s health simply don’t share our passion and reforms. Between NHS England, understanding of its importance. the Clinical Commissioning Group It’s not going to be easy but we’ve and the Health and Wellbeing Board pledged extra money, will speak up there is confusion about who has for NHS staff, as well as patients what powers and who should take because we know the people who responsibility for a new GP service. depend on the NHS because we are It cannot be acceptable to have over those people. 5,000 people chasing around the City David Cameron and Nick Clegg of Brighton and Hove trying to reg- don’t understand how vital the NHS ister with a new GP before the end is to most people. We do. We built the of February next year. No thought NHS after 1945, we rebuilt it again seems to have been given to the fact between 1997 and 2010 and we’ll that each of the nearest GP practices do it again. Because the alternative, here will have to take on another 350 where profit comes before people, is patients which will increase waiting unthinkable. times for everyone. It highlights the Nancy Platts is the lack of a leadership role within the prospective parliamentary Conservative’s new NHS structures. candidate for Brighton The problem is that the Tories Kemptown and Peacehaven know the price of everything and the value of nothing. If you cut services somewhere, the demand doesn’t go away it just goes elsewhere. My con- 10 Making it easier to combine work and family

It has always been hard to juggle so retailers need to schedule the work with caring responsibilities, and working hours of their staff to cover the last Labour government did an the busy times at evenings and week- excellent job of promoting flexible ends, and to cut unnecessary shifts working. This was really helpful for during the day. parents and carers in full-time work On top of this, shopping patterns who needed to reduce or adjust their are affected by variations in weather, John Hannett set hours of work. The statutory right TV schedules, and local events, mak- to request flexible working, intro- ing it harder for managers to plan duced by Labour, helped thousands when they need more staff and when of working people towards a better they need less. Managers are expected balance of work and care. to keep staffing costs as low as possi- However, post-recession, the ble, and they therefore need as much problem for many Usdaw members – flexibility as possible from their staff. and millions of other workers in the These evolving business practices service sector – is not too little flex- have contributed to the increase in ibility, but too much. And the flex- part-time working, with staff often ibility is required on the part of the being asked to do additional shifts to employee, not the employer. cover busy times. Nationally, whilst With companies having to squeeze around 1.3 million part-time workers margins ever tighter in a highly want to work full-time, there are also competitive sector, retailers strive to a significant number of part-time match their staff hours as closely as workers wanting more hours, al- possible to ‘footfall’ in stores – when though not a full-time contract. they have customers. Usdaw recently surveyed over The problem is that customers 2,000 of our members regarding their are tricky people – most of us don’t hours of work and found that over shop at the same time each week, half regularly work additional hours and shopping habits are changing as above their contracted hours. This customers seek out the best value, flexibility is particularly hard to man- increasing the number of shopping age for staff who are parents or who trips, and visiting a higher number of have caring responsibilities. different stores. Often the extra shifts available are One pattern is that those of us those which are hard to fill – early who work ‘normal’ weekday hours mornings, evenings and weekends. want to be able to shop in the eve- In another recent Usdaw survey, 68% nings or at weekends. Shops are less of shopworkers said they were under busy during the daytime in the week, pressure from their employer to work

11 Usdaw uses the right to request flexible working to enable staff with caring responsi- bilities to turn down the shifts that they cannot do due to their care commitments, but this important legal support has been removed. We have been talking to Shadow Ministers about the problems, and are pleased that they are listening. The National Policy Forum agreed that Labour will sup- port flexible working for parents, and will consider how best to support grandparents © Michaeldb | Dreamstime.com - Work Life Or Balance Street Signs Photo who need to fit the on Sundays. Sunday working is even care of their grandchil- harder for many parents and people dren around their working hours. with caring responsibilities, yet 74% And as well as ensuring that of parents and carers were put under workers on zero hours contracts are pressure to work on Sundays – an offered contracts for their normal even higher proportion. working hours, the NPF agreed that There is no doubt that the increase Labour would review the impact of in part-time working has increased short hours contracts on insecurity of the costs of in-work support, in spite income, and take action if there is an of this Government’s huge cuts to tax increase their use. credits. However, the government Balancing work and care has got have not only failed to tackle even a lot harder in the last few years. At the worst practices of zero hours least parents and carers can see that a contracts, they have exacerbated the Labour government understands the problem by removing the statutory problems they face and will support element of the right to request flex- them. ible working for parents and carers, John Hannett is the General so they no longer have recourse if a Secretary of Usdaw request is refused.

12 When we talk about work and family- we must not forget older women

Stories of isolation of older people Most older women do not resent and a ‘couldn’t care’ attitude amongst these responsibilities. They want the young make the headlines. But in to be involved, but they also want my work with Labour’s Commission recognition for what they do, they on Older Women I have heard a dif- need good health and social services ferent story: of families relying more providing the core of care for elderly

Fiona Mactaggart MP than ever on each other, and older or disabled relatives, and support to women at the centre holding things allow them to fulfil their responsibili- together. ties without sacrificing their own lives Over the last two years, the Com- and prosperity. mission on Older Women has lis- The workplace is changing: wom- tened to the views and opinions of en whose mothers often left the many older women– we held events workforce after having children now in their workplaces, organised meet- want and need to stay at work, to ings and took evidence from individ- allow them to pay the bills today and uals, academics, charities and vol- save for their retirement – further off untary organisations. We heard that now due to the changes in the state families are under pressure because of retirement age. The Tories don’t tire the economic downturn – experienc- of reminding me that more women ing low pay, spiralling prices and cuts are in work than ever, but the fact to benefits and services. So families that more women over 50 are looking have pulled together to ‘square the for work means that these increases circle’ and make their lives work. in employment have not been mir- And if both parents are at work, rored by decreases in unemployment. government cuts to childcare have In fact the only cohort in the popula- left them struggling to cope. Older tion which, according to government women told us how, in many cases it figures, has experienced an increase is grandma who steps in to help, pick- in unemployment is women aged ing up at the school gate and looking 50+. after the grandchildren in the holi- And in work, these women get days. But these same older women paid less. The average full-time sal- are also stepping up to look after their ary for women over 50 is just over elderly parents as they age and need £15,000, four-fifths of the earnings of care, becoming a ‘sandwich gener- men of the same age. Most women ation’, caring for both younger and of this age work part time and take older generations at the same time. home less than £10,000 a year. Tax

13 threshold changes, trumpeted © Emmanuel Avetta | www.flickr.com/photos/felizberto/ by the coalition government as helping low paid workers, haven’t affected the incomes of these women, and zero hours contracts, termed ‘pre- carious work’ by the TUC, are prevalent in sectors domi- nated by older women. Balancing work and care is a problem and many older women find no easy solution, tions are not unique – good quality, some reduce their working hours fairly paid and secure work, an ad- others give up work altogether to equate pension on retirement, sup- manage. And when caring comes to port for them as they work and care an end or becomes more predictable, and an opportunity to contribute to they struggle to get back to work. public life without disappearing, as The Work Programme doesn’t help, we found so many do from our TV screens as they age. “Labour is committed to This can be delivered: older finding ways to allow women will drive the process.

Policy-makers need simply to people to work and care“ identify the relatively modest adjustments which make their lives possible, eliminating the impos- it has found sustained employment sible choices that too many face. for only just over 10 per cent of the Fiona Mactaggart is the Labour women aged over 50 referred to MP for it – lower than the level for men in the same age group and for all other groups. Labour is committed to finding ways to allow people to work and care. Carers need flexible work, ac- cess to caring leave and opportunities to take time out to adjust to changes in caring responsibilities and return to work when a sustainable way for- ward has been found. The Commission on Older Wom- en calls for a new politics which will enable older women to find balance in their lives. Their needs and aspira-

14 Too many carers miss out on the support they need

Surveys have shown that fewer than not on health bodies. Macmillan one in ten people can correctly state Cancer Care has reported that only the true scale of this unpaid family 1 in 20 carers of people with cancer care, meaning the extent of caring is whom they asked had had a carer’s often hidden. While most adults do assessment – and only 1 in 3 of the not believe they will become carers carers had even heard of a carer’s

Barbara Keeley MP in the future, Carers UK estimate assessment. Yet, 70% of those carers that 60% of the population will have came into contact with health profes- caring responsibilities at some point sionals. in their lives. Managing work alongside caring Unpaid family carers provide a responsibilities can also take its toll. vital part of the care needed by their One in three carers has had to reduce family members but too many carers their hours or give up work in order miss out on the support and advice to continue caring. As cuts to local that they need. Caring can often authority budgets have come into begin with a health crisis such as a effect, carers can find that the respite stroke or a diagnosis of cancer. Start- breaks they need to enable them to ing caring following such a crisis can continue caring are disappearing. mean the person does not realise they This Government has failed to have become a carer. address these issues for carers despite If carers are not identified by campaigns by me and other MPs, and health professionals, they can strug- by cancer charities like Macmillan. gle with their caring tasks. I have Labour has already said that we heard carers raise issues like having to will scrap the bedroom tax, which buy a hospital bed to use at home and penalises carers with a room which having no idea where to look. Others is not additional but may be essential have talked about the continual cost to their caring. In addition to this, we of parking charges at hospitals when will continue to push for action on they accompany family members to the other issues for carers. We must hospital appointments or are visiting ensure that those who are contrib- them in hospital. uting so much to their families and Caring can be tough. Many people communities are given the support who are looking after family mem- and advice that they deserve. bers put their own health second and Labour believes in looking after they are not getting the help they the people who care. need. The Care Act did give carers the Barbara Keeley is the Labour right to an assessment of their needs, MP for Worsley and Eccles but this duty is on local authorities, South 15 Labour is the real party of the family All of these pieces send a clear mes- Arthur is worried about the num- sage: Labour is the real party of the ber of young people he meets at the family. We understand that many centre who are really struggling. He families are struggling under this wants them to register to vote so that government. We know they want to they can elect a Labour government support and care for one another, and that will offer them hope for a better future. Liz Kendall MP to build a better life, but they need a government that will back their Arthur knows that politics matters efforts and not pull the rug out from and that we need to pass this message under their feet. on to another generation. Each of the authors has shown The result of the next election will how Labour will help families have a huge impact on young people’s through the difficult times now, and lives, yet the under 25s are the least back their hopes and aspirations for likely age group in Britain to vote. the future. We can all make a big difference The challenge for us now is to get by making sure our families and this message out, and Labour Party friends are on the electoral register. members are absolutely essential to I’m asking if you will join this making this happen. effort by getting just one person you I know from the conversations I know to register to vote – a daughter, have travelling around the country, son, niece, nephew or friend. and with my own family, that older This isn’t just about getting people people are as concerned about the to vote; it’s about building bridges impact of another Tory-led govern- between generations. It’s about having ment on the next generation as they real conversations about what matters are about the impact on their lives and what we all have in common. and those of their friends. Join me in telling our families and Arthur Manger is one of those friends why taking part in the next people. He is a former teacher and election is so important. And, togeth- lifelong Labour activist in Leicester er, explain how Labour will change West. He helped lead a successful Britain for the better. campaign to save a community cen- Liz Kendall is Shadow Minister tre, which is now run by local for Care and Older People residents.

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