Hastings and Rye

The number of workers on low pay in the UK has fallen by more than 300,000 following the Conservatives’ introduction of the national living wage, a think tank says.

THE GENERAL ELECTION
“A little over forty years ago in a small village in Oxfordshire, I signed up to be a member of the Conservative Party.
 

“In 2010, our economy faced a crisis. 
 
We were borrowing more than at any time in our peace time history.
Unemployment had risen by nearly 850,000 in the previous two years, we had just under 4 million workless households.