Lib Dem Lynne Featherstone has launched the party’s campaign in the Hornsey and Wood constituency, with the unveiling of a billboard poster highlighting the party’s policies for the health service.

Ms Featherstone says the party is standing on a positive agenda for the local area and the country as a whole, with more fairness as a central theme:

“Lib Dems will put patients first in the NHS, scrapping unnecessary targets to free up resources for cleaning up our hospitals and putting an end to hidden waiting lists.

“Lib Dems will bring down the huge levels of student debt, and reduce class sizes, giving kids a better start.

“Instead of expensive, compulsory Identity Cards, Lib Dems will put 10,000 more police on the streets – we will give the police the time they need to tackle crime, spending less time filling in forms.

“We would treat elderly citizens with dignity, introducing free personal care for the elderly. We also want to end means testing and the discrimination against women in the pensions system. Pensions will be raised by over £100 a month for all pensioners over 75.

“We will scrap the totally unfair Council Tax and replace it with a local income tax, which hits pensioners so hard.

“We also have by far the greenest policies of the major parties. We take climate change and the environment seriously. A green thread runs through our whole programme.”