OPINION: Real wages across Crewe and Nantwich fall 3.5% since Tory leadership
By Ryan Parker
12th Jan 2023 | Local News
Wages across Crewe and Nantwich are 3.5% lower than when Conservatives came to power - according to a new Labour study.
Analysis from Crewe and Nantwich Labour has revealed real wages are lower now than when the Tories came to power in 2010.
According to Labour, wages in the Crewe and Nantwich constituency have fallen by an average of £1,089 - resulting in a 3.5% cut.
Across the country as a whole, Labour say real wages are down by an average of 5% - leaving people £1,600 a year worse off than they were in 2010.
Cheshire East Labour Councillor for Crewe West, Cllr Connor Naismith, gave his opinion to Nub News on Thursday (January 12).
He told Nub News: "Working people in Crewe and Nantwich have been utterly failed by the Conservatives.
"The cost of living crisis is set to get even worse in the weeks and months ahead.
"These figures prove thirteen years of Conservative economic failure have left us in a terrible position to weather the storm.
"The Tories' total failure to build an economy that actually works in the interests of working people has left local people worse off than they were more than a decade ago."
Crewe and Nantwich Labour says a crucial component of getting wages up and improving living standards is growing the economy.
The political party believes this has stalled under the Conservatives.
"This government is out of touch and out of ideas.
"All they are offering families in Crewe and Nantwich is more of the same failed approach - low growth, low wages, high tax and failing public services.
"But, Labour has a plan - Labour will stabilise our economy, and we will get it growing with our Green Prosperity Plan and an active partnership with British businesses.
"That means new jobs and fresh opportunities for places like Crewe and Nantwich."
Crewe Nub News has contacted Conservative MP, Dr Kieran Mullan for comment.
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