Labour Party 24/04/2014

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0:00:12 > 0:00:15All across the country, millions of families are waking up

0:00:15 > 0:00:19to a Britain in which they find it harder to get on.

0:00:19 > 0:00:22Whilst the Government keeps telling people everything is fixed,

0:00:22 > 0:00:24many are finding that hard work

0:00:24 > 0:00:27no longer stops the pound in their pocket getting smaller

0:00:27 > 0:00:29or the bills getting harder to afford.

0:00:29 > 0:00:31Under David Cameron,

0:00:31 > 0:00:34gas and electricity bills have increased by more than ?300

0:00:34 > 0:00:36for an average family,

0:00:36 > 0:00:39whilst the energy companies are making huge profits.

0:00:39 > 0:00:41Meanwhile, childcare -

0:00:41 > 0:00:44not a luxury but an essential for millions of working families -

0:00:44 > 0:00:46gets harder to find and more expensive.

0:00:46 > 0:00:50Under David Cameron, the cost of a nursery place has risen 30%

0:00:50 > 0:00:53and there are 500 fewer Sure Start centres

0:00:53 > 0:00:56and 35,000 fewer childcare places.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00Whilst claiming to be cutting taxes,

0:01:00 > 0:01:04David Cameron has put up taxes 24 times on hard-working families.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08His increase in VAT alone has cost the average family ?450

0:01:08 > 0:01:11by putting up the price of dozens of everyday essentials -

0:01:11 > 0:01:14a cost of living crisis for many working people.

0:01:15 > 0:01:18However, there is one group that he does care about.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20David Cameron's priority has been the most privileged,

0:01:20 > 0:01:22who have been handed huge tax cuts

0:01:22 > 0:01:25worth many thousands of pounds every year,

0:01:25 > 0:01:28while personal debt for ordinary families is rising

0:01:28 > 0:01:30and their wages continue to be squeezed.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33And now the Tories are planning another tax giveaway

0:01:33 > 0:01:34for the top 1% of earners.

0:01:36 > 0:01:37Thanks to the Liberal Democrats,

0:01:37 > 0:01:40the average young person is now going to leave university

0:01:40 > 0:01:44weighed down with more than ?30,000 in student debts and loans.

0:01:44 > 0:01:47Some of them will take more than 20 years to pay it off.

0:01:47 > 0:01:51That's a lifetime of debt before they have even started work.

0:01:51 > 0:01:54And all because the Liberal Democrats wouldn't keep their promises

0:01:54 > 0:01:57and because every day Nick Clegg is propping up a Tory government.

0:01:57 > 0:02:00No wonder young people are finding it harder than ever

0:02:00 > 0:02:01to get on the housing ladder.

0:02:03 > 0:02:04Under David Cameron and Nick Clegg,

0:02:04 > 0:02:08the average working person is a shocking ?1,600 worse off a year.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Dealing with this Government's cost of living crisis

0:02:12 > 0:02:14has never been so important.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17Britain can do much better than this.

0:02:17 > 0:02:20Britain should work for hard-working people, not just a privileged few.

0:02:22 > 0:02:23Labour will...