Seven years of Tory failure has left people struggling to afford basic necessities - Dowd

Peter Dowd MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, commenting on TUC research which has revealed one in eight workers skip meals to make ends meet, said: “This is yet further devastating evidence of the consequences of seven years of the Conservatives’ mismanagement of our economy which has left many people struggling to afford basic necessities.

“While the Conservatives are running an economy rigged for an elite few and failing to tackle tax avoidance, Labour will stand up for the many and put more money in people’s pockets by introducing a £10 an hour Real Living Wage, scrapping the public sector pay cap and reducing household bills by bringing key public services and utilities back into public hands.“

The thing is this sort of post would usually be an eye opener but in this case, most of the country knows its true.

We've been facing cuts after cuts after cuts for years, underfunding, and all of it blamed on anyone but the people responsible. And the thing is, it's visible. Sure, there are places almost completely untouched by it, but the moment you turn down a different street a few miles out, the moment you go into A&E, visit a school, you see it.