Nick Clegg: Voters face biggest political decision of their lives

As the election campaign draws to a close, Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says that voters face “the biggest political decision" of their lives.

With most polls now neck-and-neck, the Lib Dems argue that voters face the prospect of any new government to the extreme left, the extreme right, or breaking up the country unless “they vote Liberal Democrat to anchor Britain to the centre ground”.

Mr Clegg insists that only his party will provide “stability, unity and decency”after Polling Day, highlighting six “red lines” that must be agreed on as part of any potential coalition alliance in the next government, covering education,the economy, tax, health, public sector pay and the environment:

  • Invest an extra £2.5bn in education – benefitting11.5 million pupils aged 2-19

  • Invest £8bn a year by2020 in the NHS –benefitting 53.9 million people in England

  • £2.7bn of pay rises for public sector workers –benefitting 5.4 million workers

  • Cut taxes by £400 for working people -benefitting 30 million individuals

  • Introduce a'stability budget' in the first 50 days – benefitting the entire UK population

  • Fight climate changeand protect nature -benefitting the entire UK population

In a press release, the Deputy Prime Minister said: