Can Labour fix it? Yes

Child poverty need not be etched into the landscape of our country.

- Jonathan Ashworth

Labour means action on the economy and NHS. For years, as a Labour MP, I saw decay and discontent spread through the streets that Tory ministers never walked along, in the communities they never visited.

On Wednesday, the Labour government has to offer hope.

In her spending review, Chancellor Rachel Reeves must set out a plan to rebuild our economy and put us on a path to a better future.

That starts with taking no risks with our hard-won economic stability. Keir Starmer's team must remain vigilant to the problems in the global economy.

This newspaper's readers know what happens when discipline is abandoned.

Liz Truss and the Tories sent mortgages rocketing, with working families paying the price.