Further Education should be about the ability to learn, not the ability to pay – everyone who is able should have the opportunity, regardless of their family background. I dont want to see students struggling with huge debts or frightened off even going to university in the first place. – Charles Kennedy
I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else. – Charles Kennedy
I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education. – Charles Kennedy
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britains success. – Charles Kennedy