Northumberland Labour says 13 years of Tory rule have resulted in people being worse off than ever.

Leader Scott Dickinson said: “It’s a crying shame that this government’s policies have shortened life expectancy, meant that some people will never get on the housing ladder or find a decent, affordable place to live and working people have to resort to food banks to feed their families.

“Something has gone badly wrong under this government. And to add insult to injury we now have a cost of living crisis caused by poor policies which have harmed the very people the government is supposed to be serving.”

Labour will help people to get through the cost of living crisis by:

• freezing council tax for this year, funded by a proper windfall tax on oil and gas giants keeping energy bills low for good by insulating 19 million homes

• stopping the Tory decision to hand the richest 1% of pension savers £1 billion in the midst of a cost of living crisis, and instead introduce specific measures to keep doctors in work

closing the non-dom tax loophole, so people who live and work here pay their tax here, and use that money to fund the biggest expansion of the NHS workforce in history and Breakfast Clubs at every