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NATIONAL debt has gone up by £123.5 billion since last year, Labour said yesterday citing government data.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell tore into his Conservative counterparts, who broke their promises that they would clear the deficit two years ago. T
he massive increase since last March recorded in new Office of National Statistics public-sector figures shows that the government has presided over “seven wasted years” of imposed austerity, he said.
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
The electorate see no evidence of the government’s promises of change, and the good jobs and decent pay that people are crying out for. Bold action is needed right now, warns SHARON GRAHAM
Under current policy, welfare cuts are just a small downpayment on future austerity, argues MICHAEL BURKE