Labour MP says rising butter prices show Tory economic plan is failingBBC News
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00:00 Well, we wanted a general election because we think after 14 years of failure, the country
00:04 wants change. I see that when I meet people across the country. I see it in their faces.
00:09 I feel it in their handshakes. But I also think it reveals an interesting lack of faith
00:14 in Rishi Sunak's own plan because he's been telling us the plan is working. He's been
00:20 telling us there's a good time to head. Let me finish. People are worse off. People are
00:27 paying more in the shops. Two years ago, if you go to Asda's, you'd have got 250 grams
00:32 of butter for £1.48. What's it now? About £2.40. A pint of milk, 45 pence, is now 90 pence. I'm
00:37 not going to go through my shopping list, but if you're going to tell the British public that
00:41 they're better off and they've never had it so good, I think you'll find that that attitude jars
00:45 with the real life experience. Let Andrew respond. And that wasn't what anybody said.
00:50 British people have made enormous sacrifices. Yes, they have. By paying more on their mortgage.
00:56 All of us have made those sacrifices. That's the sacrifice I have made.
00:59 All of us have made those sacrifices. And that's because of decisions by the Tory government.