Reasons not to vote Conservative – Fact checked

Links to the facts:

1. Police number dropped by 14% – BBC Police officer numbers drop by nearly 20,000 since 2009
2. Violent crime on the increase – Violent crime on the rise in every corner of the country, figures suggest
3. National Debt Up –
4. NHS waiting times up – NHS chief abandons surgery waiting time targets for non-urgent operations
5. Food Bank usage at a record high – Trussell Trust
6. Conservatives refuse to disclose Social Care cap – Guardian
7. Over 900,000 workers forced to work in insecure zero-hour contract jobs – Number of workers dependent on zero-hour contracts jumps 13% to record 905,000
8. Teacher shortages at crises point – Teacher shortages at ‘crisis’ point as pupil numbers set to soar, MPs warn
9. Ditched plans for affordable, rented housing – Tories U-turn on plan to build more socially rented council housing