Labour will fight the next election on the economy, the shadow chancellor has said as she dismissed suggestions the UK was heading for a hung parliament.In a speech in the City of London, Rachel Reeves said her party would use every day to “expose what the Conservatives have done to our country” and accused the Government of “gaslighting” the public by claiming Britain had “turned a corner”.She said: “Instead of believing the Prime Minister’s claims that we’ve turned a corner, the questions people will ask ahead of the next election are simple."Frankly, does anything in our country work better than it did when the Conservatives came into office 14 years ago?”
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00:00During the local elections I travelled right across the country.
00:04I spoke to hundreds of people.
00:07I listened to their concerns.
00:10When they hear government ministers telling them that they have never had it so good,
00:16that they should look out for the feel-good factor,
00:19all they hear is a government that is deluded
00:23and totally out of touch with the realities on the ground.
00:28The Conservatives are gaslighting the British public.
00:33They say we've turned a corner.
00:36But try telling that to the 6.4 million households across England and Wales last year
00:42who saw their rent increase or who had to remortgage.
00:46Or the 950,000 families whose mortgage deal is due to expire between now and January next year.