Jon Trickett

Jon Trickett

Labour — Normanton and Hemsworth

Speaking in the House of Commons on 29 July 2024

Debate

Public Spending: Inheritance

Contribution

I welcome the Chancellor’s statement about public sector pay, but is it not clear that, after savaging public services, holding down public sector pay and driving 3 million people into food banks, this crazy ideological austerity programme of the Tories has failed massively while at the same time, the richest 250 people in the country gained wealth of £500 billion? Can I tempt the Chancellor to say that, while we accept that there are hard decisions to make, we reject the ideological commitment to this form of Tory austerity?

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