Labour leader tells working people rot left by Conservatives is so much worse than imagined and improvement won’t happen overnight
British people will have to endure even worse economic and social pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions” to rebuild the country from “rubble and ruin” left by the Tories,
Starmer will deliver the tough messages in a speech before the return of MPs to Westminster on 2 September, setting the stage for a serious of difficult decisions on tax and spending this autumn. A string of motions has been tabled to the TUC conference early next month calling for emergency wealth taxes to fund a massive boost to public investment, theBefore her first budget as chancellor on 30 October, Reeves is facing calls to perform a U-turn, and the threat of rebellion, over her recent announcement to limit the winter fuel payment to only the
The Labour MP for York Central, Rachael Maskell, said that changes to the policy were needed if Labour were to show that it really cared about the poorest and most vulnerable. “While longer-term reforms are needed, and work on reducing energy bills has started through Ed Miliband’s energy sprint to renewables and retrofit programmes, the challenge facing older people right now are the winter months ahead.”
“This shouldn’t be a country where people have to fear walking down the street, or watch cars and buildings being set on fire. This shouldn’t be a country where the prime minister can’t guarantee prison spaces. But it also shouldn’t be a country where people are paying thousands more on their mortgage or waiting months for hospital appointments they desperately need.
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