The latest figures from the ONS reveal real wages across the UK have fallen by 3.1% in the year running up to December – the biggest drop for 14 years. For those living in Crawley, this means that the average local wage has dropped by £963.73 in the last twelve months.
Wages are tumbling, prices are rising, and families in Crawley need real support to help them get through the worst cost of living crisis in decades. They need a government that is on their side, but instead all we get is chaos, incompetence and the highest tax burden in 70 years while public services collapse all around us.
If Labour was in power today we would bring in a proper windfall tax on the outrageous profits of the energy giants to fund real help for families struggling with the cost of living crisis. That means preventing the energy price cap from rising again in April, help with insulation to bring down bills, and an end to the prepayment meter scandal.
Labour has a plan to get our economy moving again – and with families in Crawley struggling to make ends meet after 13 years of Conservative failure, change can’t come a minute too soon.
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