Over time, the problem has only worsened, and there is no way this government will fix it
- Rebecca Long-Bailey is the Labour MP for Salford and Eccles
Labour has always come to power with a bold vision and a set of “big ideas” that, once enacted in government, have stood the test of time. As we stand on the threshold of a chance to win the next general election, ending the modern-day scourge of in-work poverty must be Labour’s next big mission in office.
In postwar Britain, with Clement Attlee’s Labour government, that mission was the delivery of free universal healthcare, with the introduction of the NHS by that great socialist Aneurin Bevan.
Rebecca Long-Bailey is the Labour MP for Salford and Eccles, and was shadow secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy from 2017 to 2020
