ONS statistics show many will struggle this Christmas – Debbie Abrahams

Debbie
Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on the
ONS Labour Market Statistics today, said:

“Today’s
figures are further evidence of Tory economic failure, only a day after
inflation rose to its highest level in over five-and-half years.

“Both
employment and real wages are falling while the price of household essentials
balloons, leaving millions of people worse off than they were in 2010.

“Eight
million people in working households live in poverty, and many will struggle
this Christmas as a direct result of this government’s austerity policies.

“Labour
will protect living standards by introducing a £10 an hour real Living Wage,
scrapping the public sector pay cap and reforming the government’s failing
Universal Credit programme.”

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