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Wages in #NorthEast are 3% down & families £11,000 a year worse off after 13 years of Tory rule. The @IMFNews forecasts we will get poorer still.
I asked the Minister if he came into politics to make people poorer.
He said he was a #OneNation Tory & they were 'succeeding'! pic.twitter.com/WgpVHYVVav
— Chi Onwurah ???? (@ChiOnwurah) February 1, 2023
(Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab)
Wages in the north-east are 3% lower than when Labour left office, and households have lost £11,000 in wage growth under the Conservatives. Now, according to the IMF forecast, we will get poorer still, as prices rise and the economy contracts because the Conservatives have crashed it. Did the Minister come into politics to make people poorer? If not, is it not time for a Labour Government to deliver prosperity for the British people?
HANSARD