TSSA Comment on Keir Starmer’s pre-Budget speech

Commenting on Keir Starmer’s pre-Budget speech, today, TSSA General Secretary Maryam Eslamdoust said, “Working people suffered for fourteen years under the Tories’ vicious austerity regime. Whilst the super-rich got richer, workers worked harder for less. Labour’s first budget in power is a golden opportunity to put things right.

“Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are right to identify the need to stabilize the economy and to rebuild the country with investment and we look forward to hearing their plans for investing in the railways on Wednesday.

“However, it is a mistake to raise the bus fare cap from £2 to £3. Working people, especially those in rural areas, rely on the buses to get to work. This decision will hit hardest on those struggling the most, the very opposite of what Labour stands for.

 “I’m urging the Government to change that decision before it’s too late and keep the £2 bus fare cap.”

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