Sun readers should ignore the graphs and check their bank balances
LAST year I met a young mum and dad in Worthing.
Together they were holding down five jobs and juggling childcare.
They work hard, but were struggling to make ends meet.
One thing about that chat will always stay with me.
“You just wonder if you’re doing something wrong,” the woman told me.
I think of them today as inflation falls because while the line on the graph might be coming down the prices in the shops are still SKY HIGH.
I can understand why a Conservative prime minister who is richer than the king might want to run to the television studios to tell Brits that they’ve never had it so good.
But, Sun readers just need to look at their bank balances and the price of the weekly shop to know they are worse off.
On the Conservatives’ watch the price of a typical supermarket shop has gone up by nearly £1,000 a year.
Wages growth has been sluggish, taxes are at a seventy year high and mortgage bills rocketed after the disastrous mini-budget.
That’s not a record to celebrate – it’s a record you can’t defend.
I am so much more ambitious for Britain than this.
I worked at the Bank of England before becoming a politician.
I know what it takes to run a successful economy.
It’s not just about hitting targets. It’s about the state of our high streets. It’s about people who can work being at work and being paid a decent wage. It’s about firing up the private sector and putting more money in people’s pockets.
That’s what my plan for the economy is all about and the first step Keir Starmer launched last week.
By delivering economic stability we can grow our economy and keep taxes, inflation and mortgages as low as possible.
Because at this election stability is change.
And for Sun readers that change will make you better off.