Alison McGovern comments following the Prime Minister's speech

Alison McGovern MP, Labour's Acting Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting after the Prime Minister's speech this morning, said:

"After 14 years of Tory misery, Rishi Sunak has set out his failed Government's appalling record for Britain: a record number of people locked out of work due to long-term sickness and an unsustainable spiralling benefits bill.

"Rather than a proper plan to get Britain working, all we heard today were sweeping questions and reheated proposals without any concrete answers.

"It's Labour who have the long-term plan to Britain working again. We will drive down NHS waiting lists, reform social security and make work pay."