What have the liberal Democrats achieved in government?

FAIRER TAXES FAIRER TAXES OI INCOME TAX CUTS 02 RICHEST PAY A FAIRER SHARE 2,700,000 TAX BILL We're CUTTING TAX BREAKS LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WHAT HAVE THE of the lowest FOR THE RICHEST earners are being Someone EARNING TOTAL LIFTED OUT OF EIM A YEAR IS £0 PAYING INCOME TAX. PAYING £381,000 MORE on their LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ACHIEVED IN GOVERNMENT? £381K income during the 5 years of this Parliament £700 TAX 24,500,000 will be receiving a than under the last 5 £700 TAX CUT. years under Labour. For the average family, By cracking down on tax avoidance we are cutting their income tax bill by a third. and evasion, an EXTRA E9 BILLION WILL BE RAISED EACH YEAR BY 2015. ENVIRONMENT JOBS & YOUNG PEOPLE CHILDREN O3 GREEN INVESTMENT BANK EXTRA HELP FOR THE CHILDREN 04 RECORD APPRENTICESHIPS O5 WHO NEED IT MOST We are creating the WORLD'S FIRST More than 520,600 THE PUPIL PREMIUM NATIONAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT BANK. NEW APPRENTICESHIPS with £3bn committed to get it started. started in 2011/12, which is is giving schools EXTRA MONEY TO HELP THE MOST DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. more than Britain has ever had before. In 2013 it will give an extra £900 for every one of those children, rising further each year in this Parliament. 2009/2010 279,700 GREEN CCCCCCCCO 86% INCREASE 2011/2012 Its work will trigger an extra £15BN OF INVESTMENT in green infrastructure by 2014-15. 520,600 SCHOOL PENSIONS BANKS Oa RESTORING THE LINK BETWEEN PENSIONS & EARNINGS 05 O2 REFORMING THE BANKS CIVIL LIBERTIES & JUSTICE The recommendations of the Independent The state pension is now once again Commission on Banking to SEPARATE HIGH STREET AND CASINO BANKING 08 RESTORING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES LINKED WITH EARNINGS and thanks to are being implemented in full and without any delay to their plans. the Liberal Democrat triple lock, there will always be a decent rise each year. We have put an end to years of attack by Labour The latest was the most on our rights, and instead been improving them: generous in a generation and pensioners will receive, on AXING PLANS to monitor everyone's internet and social media use PENSION average, £15,000 MORE over SCRAPPED LABOUR'S expensive & intrusive mandatory Identity Cards scheme the course of their retirement. STOPPED the government permanently storing DNA of innocent people OUR COMMUNITIES HOUSING JO BUILDING MORE HOMES 190,000 EXTENDING the use of juries PROTECTING POST OFFICES in complex cases LABOUR CLOSED 7,000+ POST OFFICES STOPPED the routine detention of children in immigration cases WE'RE MODERNISING POST OFFICES NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES We're introducing new services are being built over the next four years, CUTTING the maximum period of detention without trial to 14 days such as free cash machines. the first net increase in social housing The new plans introduce supply for over 30 years. REFORMING LIBEL LAW to EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP protect people who criticise firms and academics who publish research GR for the Royal Mail and MUTUALISATION for Post Offices. PARENTING EQUAL MARRIAGE 12 2 HELP TO BRING UP KIDS EQUAL OPTIONS FOR ALL We're legislating to We're introducing LET SAME-SEX COUPLES MARRY, SHARED PARENTAL LEAVE 15h and giving those religions who have and a guaranteed 15 hours of www.MarkPack.org.uk asked for it, the freedom FREE CHILDCARE FOR ALL to carry out such ceremonies. This is not an official party publication Responsibility for the the O selection of topics and the wording of them rests with Mark Pack. 3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS. Particular thanks however to the Liberal Democrat Policy Unit Licensed under Creative Commons Altribution, Noncommercial, Share Alke. You are welcome to reuse this graphic under these tems as long as you credit it to waw.markpackarguk/edem-nfographie and include a scurce hetink. June 2013 for providing a significant part of the information used in researching this infographic DESIGN BY: www.makemark.Co.uk £3BN