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Voters urged to use local elections to show the Conservatives that “enough is enough”.
Launching Labour’s campaign for the May polls, Jeremy Corbyn accused Conservatives of “reckless gambling with people’s lives”.
“Labour councils are clearing up the Tories’ mess time and time again, and acting as a human shield against damaging Conservative cuts,” he said.
At Labour’s local party campaign launch in Trafford, Corbyn told supporters: “This year more than ever it is vital people vote Labour for a Labour council to protect and support your community.”
“On May 3rd people have the chance to send an unmistakable message to this government that enough is enough.”
He claimed, “Austerity is a political choice. So when your children’s school is losing teachers and sending begging letters or their youth centre is closed – that’s because the Conservative priority is tax breaks for big business.”
Corbyn asked voters to “remember the reality her government is presiding over” and claimed that more children are growing up in poverty.
“More people forced to rely on food banks; and more than twice as many people sleeping rough on our streets,” he said.
He also claimed that: “homelessness has more than doubled and fewer people are able to afford to buy their own home,” under the Conservatives.
Corbyn said the NHS is in crisis, with the number of GPs and nurses falling, and that crime is up and there are “20,000 fewer police on our streets”.
“The message from Theresa May’s government could not be clearer,” he said. “Pay more to get less under the Conservatives.”
He added, “Labour will give dignity and support to those in need, rebuild our communities and transform our country for the many, not the few.”
Corbyn also honoured Westminster attack victims Aysha Frade, Kurt Cochran, Leslie Rhodes, Andreea Cristea and PC Keith Palmer and praised Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham for his leadership in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena attack.
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