0:00:11 > 0:00:13A lot of things have changed in Birmingham
0:00:13 > 0:00:14since I was growing up here.
0:00:15 > 0:00:20But the lessons I learned back then still hold true today,
0:00:20 > 0:00:24like the importance of standing up for what you believe in.
0:00:24 > 0:00:30Now, whether we like it or not, government, locally and nationally,
0:00:30 > 0:00:33has a dramatic influence on the quality of our lives.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36In the painful two years of this government
0:00:36 > 0:00:39it has become even more difficult to bring up a family.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Prices are rising higher than wages,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43a million young people are out of work
0:00:43 > 0:00:47and the banks still pay out big bonuses while families struggle.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Unbelievably, the Conservatives recently introduced a tax break for millionaires
0:00:52 > 0:00:57whilst at the same time making millions of poorer families pay more.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Labour, on the other hand,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01would have put 100,000 young people back to work
0:01:01 > 0:01:03by taxing those bankers' bonuses.
0:01:05 > 0:01:10You know, the Conservatives seem hell-bent on destroying our National Health Service.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13They've already laid off over 4,000 nurses.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It's going to cost an estimated £3 billion
0:01:16 > 0:01:18to implement a reorganisation
0:01:18 > 0:01:22that only David Cameron and a couple of his mates actually want.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27If Labour were in power, they would protect,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30not destroy, the National Health Service.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35They'd absolutely stop nurses being laid off
0:01:35 > 0:01:39and go back to cutting waiting times and improving the quality of care.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44You know, it's not just when you're young, growing up or ill
0:01:44 > 0:01:46that you need a government that supports you.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48How you doing? All right?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55It seems this Conservative government wants to punish our senior citizens.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The "Granny Tax", introduced by George Osborne in the recent Budget,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01seems like a deliberate attack.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Labour wouldn't have targeted millions of people
0:02:04 > 0:02:08living off their pensions who find it hard enough living as it is.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11They would've helped four million elderly households
0:02:11 > 0:02:14by taking on the energy companies who make the essentials
0:02:14 > 0:02:16like heating and light so ridiculously expensive.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24I'm leading a changed Labour Party in these Local Elections.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Showing how we can tackle rip-off prices like gas
0:02:27 > 0:02:29and electricity bills.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Showing how we can create real jobs for our young people.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35And showing how we can change our economy
0:02:35 > 0:02:39so it works for all working people, not just a few millionaires.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44If you want to vote for a party which believes in you,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48that's with you, then vote Labour.