- Decent jobs, and a welfare state to be proud of
- Thriving local business
- A living wage
No alternative?
For a decade, the Tories devastated public services with their programme of savage austerity.
They’ve inflicted years of damaging cuts on the British people: cutting vital services, forcing up household costs and eroding workers’ rights.
The money was found to replace Trident but not to keep our libraries open. It was found to bail out the banks but not to protect public services like the NHS and schools. It was found for projects like HS2, but not for the rural buses that people who don't drive depend on.
“We’re putting forward a real alternative. The alternative to austerity. The alternative to zero hours contracts. The alternative to Trident. The alternative to a rail system that allows private shareholders to profit while passengers pay some of the highest fares in Europe”
There is another way.
In Parliament, I've been a longstanding opponent of austerity, and an advocate for a different kind of economy.
I believe everyone should have access to well-paid work as well as time off to do the things they love. I'm pushing for a transformation of the welfare state to ensure everyone is protected, and campaigning for a transition to a zero carbon economy with a Green New Deal so we really do build back better, and build back differently, from Covid.
