Benjamin Feist

Statement to voters

My name is Ben, I live here in Leicester West and I work as an NHS Nurse in the Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Every day, I see patients attending A&E because they can't get a GP or dental appointment, or their health deteriorates while waiting over two years for care. The Conservatives have crashed our economy and run our NHS into the ground. We want to revive our NHS. We will recruit 8,000 GPs to ensure people can get an appointment within a week or 24 hours if urgent, and cut waiting lists to alleviate pain and enable people to return to work. We also plan to transform social care with free personal care for disabled and elderly adults. 40% of children in Leicester live in poverty. That's almost 1 in 2 Leicester children and this happens under a Labour Council and three Labour MPs. The Liberal Democrats will extend free school meals to all primary school children, remove the two-child benefit cap, double parental leave pay to £350 per week and end the cost-of-living crisis. The Conservatives' cost-of-living crisis has hit everyone hard, forcing impossible choices between rent, bills and food. We will cut energy bills by implementing a proper windfall tax on oil and gas companies' profits, insulate homes to reduce energy consumption and, by 2030, ensure 90% of electricity comes from renewables to cut bills, clean up air pollution and meet net-zero by 2045. I am immensely proud to stand on our fully-costed manifesto to bring about positive change, transform ordinary peoples' lives, end homelessness, and make taxes fairer. For a fair deal, vote Liberal Democrat! https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-liberal-democrats-pick-challenger-9132035

Election history

Westminster general elections