Whether it is the Conservatives’ ‘Clear Plan, Bold Action, Secure Future’, Labour’s commitment to ‘deliver change to Britain’, or the Liberal Democrats ‘Fair Deal’, can any of the parties claim they are providing inspiration to young people of a future that will be better than the generations that have come before them? Can any of the parties say that they really want to make this a country for young people again?
Across the three mainstream political parties in England, by my reckoning, the word ‘economy’ appears over 70 times within their manifestos.
Making the economy the key political battleground is understandable given the immense strain that so many families, people, services and industries have faced as a result of the rising inflation, prices and interest rates of the past few years and the inequalities these have highlighted.
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