The Tories’ promises to deal with energy bills should be taken with a huge pinch of salt

The Tories’ promises to deal with energy bills should be taken with a huge pinch of salt Andrew Gwynne MP, Labour’s Campaigns and Elections Chair, in response to the Sunday Times splash, said: “The Tories don’t stand for working people, their record is one of failure and broken promises, letting ordinary people down at every turn. "Under the Tories working people have picked up the bill while those at the top have has tax breaks. Wages have stagnated while in work support has been slashed. And public services have suffered huge cuts, leaving our NHS in crisis with longer waiting times, overcrowded ‎A&E departments and staffing shortages.

"The Tories’ promises to deal with energy bills should be taken with a huge pinch of salt. Time and again they’ve promised action but when it comes to it they broke those promises. Under them energy bills have soared. At the last election when Labour promised action the Tories opposed it, putting themselves on the side of protecting the big energy companies’ profits rather the interest of working people. "Only Labour can be trusted to deliver a country for the many rather than just the few. All the Tories offer is broken promises and a record which has seen working people worse off.” 

Scott said: "working families in Northumberland are on the breadline, worse off under this government. It cannot be right that so many people are accessing food banks. There's a misconception that it's only people out of work accessing them but it's untrue, it's hard working families that need support to feed their families."