Paddy Lillis – Usdaw General Secretary says: “The economic chaos that has been inflicted on our country is something that everyone will pay the price for. Changing chancellors, today’s embarrassing U-turns and trashing their own abysmal record will not cut it. We need a general election and a Labour Government that will deliver a new deal for workers.
 
“In the last few weeks the Tories have shrunk the economy, caused interest rates to rocket and risked pensions funds, all because they tried and failed to cut taxes for the wealthiest. It says everything about who they are.
 
“Workers need a government that will make a positive difference to their lives, as they desperately struggle to make ends meet in the midst of a cost of living crisis. They need a new deal, which could help give workers the protections they deserve and promote the productivity gains that are a crucial ingredient of growth.
 
“Keir Starmer rightly recognises that people are working harder, but standing still; simply surviving, when they should be thriving. Labour will deliver for workers with a commitment to grow the economy and raise living standards for everyone, not just a privileged few. Aiming to defeat the cost of living crisis in the first term of a Labour government and delivering a new deal for working people within the first 100 days.
 
“A new deal that will end low-paid insecure employment, giving workers the dignity of a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work and security of employment. Keir Starmer offers the hope and change our members need. The time is up for the Tories, we need a general election and a Labour Government to put Britain back on track.”
 
Notes for editors:
 
Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) is the UK's fifth biggest trade union with around 360,000 members. Most Usdaw members work in the retail sector, but the union also has many members in transport, distribution, food manufacturing, chemical industry and other trades.
 
Labour’s New Deal for Workers: www.usdaw.org.uk/LaboursNDW
 
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