MP, Labour's Shadow
Chancellor, speaking at the Labour Party’s North
West Regional Conference in Southport on Saturday (8), will
say:
"Our country has had a Conservative Decade of Decline
inflicted on it.
"Nowhere has been hit harder by the Conservatives’ cuts,
neglect and lack of investment than the north.
"From what we have heard from and so far, we face the risk
of a Decade of Disappointment to follow.
"There has been a lot of talk from the Tories about the
supposed red wall.
"As someone born in the north and with much of my family
living in the north I caution Johnson and Cummings that they
should be more worried about the red mist that will engulf
people in the north when they see just how let down they are by
the Conservatives.
"Austerity was always a political choice not an economic
necessity.
"The Conservatives chose to cut rather than
invest.
"Cuts in our public services have caused immense harm and
suffering, hitting everybody with the most vulnerable hit the
hardest.
"Failure to invest in our infrastructure has held our
country back just at the time investment was needed to
modernise our economy and tackle climate change.
"Failure to invest fairly outside of London and the South
East has resulted in stark regional inequality.
"We need a budget that ends austerity and a long term
investment plan that invests in our infrastructure across the
whole country to provide the homes, railways and alternative
energy sources we need to tackle climate change."
Ends
Notes
at Labour's North West
Regional Conference:
When: Speech 11.15am, interviews 12pm, Saturday
8 February
Where: Southport Theatre and Convention Centre, The Promenade,
Southport PR9 0DZ
Format: Speech and interviews
