GOVT OUT OF TOUCH ON LIVING STANDARDS

IN an important debate on Britain’s cost of living crisis this week, Labour MPs attacked the Tories and Liberal Democrats for being out of touch, and failing to turn things around for Britain’s hard working families.

Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Clegg say the economy is fixed but for ordinary people things are getting harder, not easier, with prices rising faster than wages.  Wages are down an average of £1,500 a year since David Cameron became Prime Minister.  That is equivalent to a reduction of 6.5 per cent across the East Midlands.

Meanwhile, prices have risen faster in the UK than any other major economy and under the Tories we have had the slowest recovery for 100 years, with almost one million young people now out of work.

Messrs Cameron, Osborne and Clegg along with the rest of the Tory and Lib Dem parties are utterly out of touch with the difficulties faced by ordinary families who can see they  only stands up for the wealthiest.  By making ordinary people pay more than their share to bring down the deficit, while cutting taxes for an elite few at the top, these Tories and Lib Dems are showing whose side they’re really on.

Most people are crying out for real change.  Of course I welcome the recent upturn in growth, as any growth, after three years of stagnation, is good news.   

But Britain needs a strong recovery and a plan for a more balanced economy which boosts the living standards of everyone not just the few at the top.