Under this government, the rich have got richer, the gap between the very rich and the rest of us has got wider.

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The most vulnerable in our society have felt the heaviest burden of so-called ‘austerity’ – people with disabilities, working families managing with the help of some benefits, those on zero-hours and part-time contracts, single-parent families.

I spent most of my working life with Portsmouth Water Ltd and now teach industrial relations. As Secretary of the local Labour Party, I am very active in campaigning for better working conditions, more jobs and more affordable housing for the people of Gosport.