Alison McGovern responds to Mel Stride's speech

Alison McGovern MP, Labour's Acting Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, responding to the speech delivered this morning by the Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride, said:

"After laying bare the Tories damning failure on work, skills and training, Mel Stride is going to be furious when he finds out who has been in power for the last 14 years.

"Talking shops and billboards do not even scratch the surface of what is needed to get Britain working. The Tories should be prioritising proper plans to tackle worker shortages and adopting Labour's plan to connect the immigration system to skills.

"The Tories cannot be the change from their own failings. It is Labour who have the plan to get Britain working by cutting NHS waiting lists, reforming job centres, making work pay and supporting people into good jobs across every part of the country."