Labour leadership: Stuff you need to know about Liz Kendall

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She's the "other one" in the contest, the heir to Blair, the candidate who the Tories "fear the most" (she says) and the one who pulls quizzical faces.

But will the real Liz Kendall please stand up?

This page will tell you where the Labour leadership contender stands on some of the issues you actually care about*.

*We're not sure her facial expressions interest you that much.

Before the general election we polled 6,000 18 to 24-year-olds in the biggest survey of its kind, carried out by ComRes.

They had to choose three government priorities from a list of 12.

The big topics were the NHS, the cost of living and education.

So here's where Liz stands on these issues - or maybe bounces.

Image source, Christopher Furlong
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Just bouncing ideas around, Liz?

On health, Liz Kendall wants to "give people more control over the services they use" as well as creating new "rights" such as the right to see a GP within 48 hours. She's pledged to find £2.5bn a year to pay for more doctors and nurses. She is in favour of some private investment in the NHS.

Kendall says she would bring back working tax credits to help the lowest paid deal with the cost of living and she'd ditch the controversial Work Programme.

On housing the 44-year-old says if she got into power she would ban those fees letting agents charge you when you start renting a new flat.

On education Kendall wants to bring back grants for the poorest students and cap university tuition fees at £6,000 per year.

Random Liz fact: Kendall used to go out with stand-up comedian and Inbetweeners star Greg Davies. They broke up just before the general election in May.

Find out more about the other Labour leader candidates: Andy Burnham, Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper.

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