UK MP Andy Burnham has highlighted the everyday struggles people face with rising costs and called for greater hope and support for ordinary families.
“I know people can’t wait forever for change; I heard on doorsteps in Makerfield how people need a bit extra now to help with rising costs,” Mr Burnham said.
“People need to be able to look forward to a night out or a holiday with the kids; people need hope.
“This brings me back to where I started, and the stories told in this building of how ordinary people … changed a British state not built with them in mind; our modern challenge is exactly the same.
“An economy which, from the mid-1980s onwards, has not been built with them in mind and instead has handed more to those who already have most and left people overpaying for the basics.”
