THIS Labour government states that the National Health Service has improved since they took over.

So why has the Bolton Evening News had a front page headline highlighting the poor state of the Royal Bolton Hospital and a mother having to clean her son's ward?

This Labour government pledged that their main aim in government would be education, education, education. So why are more children leaving primary schools with poor reading and writing standards and most of our local schools still at the bottom of the national league tables?

This Labour government said they would deal with crime and the causes of crime.

So why is the Bolton Evening News front page constantly reporting about elderly people being beaten up and robbed, the use of knives, guns and drugs almost out of control?

I now hear of another pledge card being distributed by the Labour Government for the next General Election. The last card had a message on it that said "Keep this card and see that we keep our promises"?

What a joke, that pledge card was by a government who listens to no one.

Christine Adams

Brook Street

Farnworth