Preventing folk from starving and freezing is the greatest immediate challenge we face from 13 years of Conservative failure. Having knocked on thousands of doors across Camborne, Redruth, Hayle, the issue of most concern to voters is how they are going to feed and heat themselves and their families. Over the last decade we have seen a steady erosion of household disposable income. The Conservative government had lost control of inflation, and too many working people are in insecure, low wage jobs. Our new Labour government will have to tackle this issue as a matter of priority, head on.
As the new MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, I managed to persuade a Conservative-led Council to declare a Food Poverty Emergency, including a number of key commitments that will ensure that no one in the area should go hungry. In opposition, rather than pointless petitions, practical action to deal with the worst excesses of Conservative failure is what is required in areas such as Close Hill, Treleigh, Pengegon and East Pool Park. In Government, as your Labour MP, I am fighting to ensure that the principle of ‘no one goes hungry’ is at its core.