Alison McGovern

Alison McGovern

Labour — Birkenhead

Speaking in the House of Commons on 16 December 2024

Debate

Budget 2024: Unemployment

Contribution

I have brought forward proposals to get Britain working, together with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Secretary of State for Education, and Secretaries of State right across Government. That is how we will plot a course towards our ambition of an 80% employment rate. I thank the shadow Secretary of State for being kind enough to refer to our “Get Britain Working” plans as “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic”. It was very brave of her to acknowledge that the last Government’s legacy for us was a sinking ship.

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