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After 12 years of Tory government, is anyone really surprised they’ve crashed the economy again?
We need a new deal for workers now, argues Usdaw general secretary PADDY LILLIS
Piggy bank

LOOKING at their record in government, the only real surprise is how the Conservatives can claim a reputation for economic competence. 

Here we are with yet another Tory government that has crashed the economy and yet again it is working people and the poorest in society paying for their economic incompetence. 

Boris Johnson tries to shift the blame by joining calls for wage restraint, yet real wages remain lower than in 2008 and it is absolutely clear that today’s cost-of-living crisis has not been caused by wage increases. 

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