Labour’s election pledges will “make a real difference to people’s lives”, according to the party’s National Campaign Coordinator Pat McFadden MP.
He told GB News: “They’ll make a real difference to people’s lives. If you’re someone who’s got a mortgage or maybe hopes to have one in the future, then knowing that a Labour Government will have economic stability as its first priority and economic growth is really important to you.
“And it shows that we don’t want to have a repeat of the disastrous mini budget that happened a couple of years ago.
“If you’re someone waiting for NHS treatment, we’re seeing waiting lists nudging 8 million, knowing that you’ll get 40,000 extra appointments every week to eat into those waiting times and waiting lists, that will make a real difference to you, too.”
In a discussion with Ellie Costello and Stephen Dixon, he added: “If you are concerned about your energy bill, knowing that we’re going to set up a publicly-owned energy company, GB Energy, to drive the change that we need, get bills down in the longer term and improve our energy security, that will make a difference to you too.
“So taken together, these six first steps that we’re launching today, they really are change worth having. They will make a real difference to people’s lives.
“They are just a down payment on change, they are not everything that we do but we’re publishing them today to give the public a sense of the priorities of Labour, were we to win the General Election.”
He added: “What we’re saying to those people today is this is a changed Labour Party with a good set of first steps here that will show you, the voters, the priorities.
“If you vote Labour at the next election, there won’t be the only things that will do, but there’ll be a good foundation. And if we do them, we could push on and make more progress for the country.”
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