Mel Stride: “Labour's tax rises and business bashing have driven the cost of living higher and higher, yet Andy Burnham refuses to…”

I fear that he is somewhat captive to a prime minister who seems to want to go back to the 1970s and huge spending and state intervention.

Labour need to realise that it’s their poor decisions which have stifled growth and made the cost of living worse.

That is a worrying sign, we need to have a government which is on top of the public finances, not one that is making lots of spending commitments without explaining where the money is going to come from.

Putting Benefits Street first leaves the economy weaker.