Labours Record In Wolverhampton N.E

In Wolverhampton North East Labour's investment is delivering real changes and improvements in public services

More Teachers.
Since Labour came to office there are over 20,000 more teachers supported by over 80,000 more support staff in England's schools. During the 2001 election we pledged to increase the number of teachers by a further 10,000 over this parliament.

Wolverhampton North East is within the West Midlands region. In this region there are 1,920 more teachers than in 1997. The total now stands at 47,800.

The Tories' 20 per cent cuts would mean 9,560 fewer teachers in your region's schools.

More nurses

Since 1997 Labour has recruited almost 40,000 extra nurses into the NHS, meaning faster treatment for more patients. To expand the health service's ability to treat yet more patients Labour is committed to recruiting 35,000 more nurses between April last year and 2008.

Since 1997 there are 2,209 more nurses caring for patients in Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority. The total now stands at 17,685.

The Tory promise to cut spending by 20 per cent will mean 3,537 fewer nurses employed in the health service in your area.

More police

Thanks to our investment, police numbers are at record levels, with over 131,500 officers in England and Wales. We have pledged to increase the number of police to 132,500 by 2004.

Wolverhampton North East is within the West Midlands police force area. Since spring 2001 there are 432 more police officers fighting crime in this force. That means a total of 7,855 police officers tackling crime and anti-social behaviour locally.

The Tories' 20 per cent cuts would mean 1,571 fewer police officers working for this police force.

Record numbers of people in work

Figures for February 2003 show that there are record numbers of people in work: unemployment is at its lowest since 1975.

In Wolverhampton North East that has helped see 897 people come off benefit.

In 1997 we promised to get 250,000 young people into work through the New Deal for young people. Six years on, long-term youth unemployment is all but eradicated. In April 1997 there were 330 young people without a job for more than six months in Wolverhampton North East, at the start of 2003 there were just 121 thanks to programmes such as the New Deal for Young People.

Produced by the Labour Party Policy Unit from publicly available data sources, March 2003