Let Labour fix Tories’ sorry mess

MIRROR readers don’t need me or any other politician to tell them how tough things are at the moment.

We are still in the midst of a cost of living crisis. Taxes are at a 70-year high, household monthly mortgage payments are on the up and prices are still rising in the shops.

Our economy is broken – and working people are paying the price.

Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister on the promise he would turn this around after the chaos of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

He made growing the economy a central pledge of his leadership.

That promise, like his promise to stop the boats and to cut NHS waiting lists, is now in tatters following the news Britain fell into recession last year. In fact, the economy is now smaller than when Rishi Sunak entered 10 Downing Street.

CHANGE

Never again can he claim to have a plan when his plan is not working.

Never again can he claim to have turned a corner when our economy is shrinking.

And never again can he claim we are not going back to square one as he takes the country backwards.

He is a failed Prime Minister leading a failed Conservative government after 14 years in power.

It’s time for change. Keir Starmer and I have changed the Labour Party so we can change our economy for the better.

I want to grow the economy because I want more money in people’s pockets. I want to see our high streets thriving again. And I want to see British businesses creating good, well paid jobs.

That’s the change the Labour Party is offering and the change we so desperately need.

And the sooner Mirror readers have the chance to vote for that change the better.