Nick Clegg announces Lib Dem plan for a "Green Road out of Recession"
A year ago today I was elected as leader of our great party. It has been a challenging and exciting year. I am very proud that in that time we have made all the running on so many of the important issues facing us.
Today I am announcing our "Green Road out of the Recession", which outlines how a Liberal Democrat government would inject a green stimulus into the economy, both to provide jobs and investment now and to ensure our economy is sustainable in the future.
Our proposals include:
• A five-year programme to insulate every school and hospital
• Funding insulation and energy efficiency for a million homes, with a £1,000 subsidy for a million more
• Building 40,000 extra zero-carbon social houses
• Buying 700 new train carriages
• Reopening old railway lines and stations, opening new ones, electrifying the Great Western and Midland mainlines and beginning the Liverpool light rail network
• Installing energy and money saving smart meters in every home within five years
You can read more about our plans and download the full document here: http://www.libdems.org.uk/assets/0001/0042/GreenRoadOutofRecession.pdf
Thank you for your continuing support. Together we can take the fight to the other parties and change Britain for good.
Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas,
Nick