Katy Clark speaks up in Parliament

In a parliamentary debate on 14th May, our hard-working MP, Katy Clark, said the Queens’ Speech was a missed opportunity to take action for jobs and growth. She pointed out that pay has only risen by 1.2% while prices have increased by 2.8%. The cost of food has gone up by 30% in the past five years and Government policies are having a massive effect, not only on the mounting numbers of unemployed but also on those who work.

Katy did not mince her words. ‘The Government says that they want to see people stand on their own two feet,’ she said, ‘but to do that people have to have jobs to go to, with pay that they can live on. If we pursue the policies outlined in the Queen’s Speech, this will not happen. Instead the rich will continue to get richer and the poor will get poorer.’