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Tory class policies delivered millions into poverty and destitution
PADDY LILLIS makes the case for voting Labour at the next general election
Keir Starmer with Paddy Lillis at Usdaw HQ

CITY bonuses are at an all-time high, banks and energy giants are registering record profits while working people are suffering the worst pay crisis for two centuries.

The number of people experiencing destitution in the UK has more than doubled in the last five years. Foodbanks have become an established fixture of British society, there are now 4.2 million children living in poverty — 600,000 more than when Labour were last in power, and the NHS is on its knees.

We know that women, disabled, black and minority ethnic (BME) and LGBT+ people have borne the brunt of many of the Conservatives’ failings since 2010.

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