Re: Chilcot Report
Tony Blair will forever be judged for the Iraq war but he did some good things too now forgotten in the national sport of Tony Blair baiting:-
Introduction of the National Minimum Wage
Increase in police numbers of over 14,000 in England and Wales and overall crime fell by 32 per cent.
Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools.
Funding for every pupil in England doubled over Blair’s tenure.
Employment increased to record levels by the time Blair left power
Up to 100 per cent of debt owed by poorest countries was written off.
The NHS employed 85,000 more nurses and 32,000 more doctors.
Power was devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Paternity leave was introduced for the first time.
Restored city-wide government to London.
Record number of students in higher education.
Created the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Pensioner poverty was dramatically reduced with initiatives such as the winter fuel allowance and free public transport.
Over 36,000 more teachers in England and 274,000 more support staff and teaching assistants were employed.
All full time workers were given the right to 24 days paid holiday.
600,000 children were lifted out of relative poverty.
Child tax credits introduced giving more money to parents.
Section 28 was scrapped and Civil Partnerships introduced.
Fox hunting banned.
Fur farming and the testing of cosmetics on animals as banned.
Cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since before the industrial revolution.
Free breast cancer screening for all women aged between 50-70.
Overseas aid budget more than doubled in real terms.
Long-term youth unemployment fell by 75 per cent.
Free nursery places for every three and four-year-olds was introduced.
Had he not gone into Irag he would have been feted by history for these achievements