TUC: Reform is the party of austerity and slash and burn economics

Commenting on Nigel Farage’s speech today (Monday), TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said:  

“The cat is well and truly out of the bag - Reform is the party of austerity. 

“Nigel Farage wants to finish what the Tories started.  

“After 14 years of cuts that gutted our schools, hospitals and councils, he’d slash even deeper – starving our public services of vital funds. 

“His ideological attack on net zero will place tens of thousands of jobs at risk in key sectors like EV vehicles and green steel. 

“And while he’s at it, he’d drag Britain into a race to the bottom on workers’ rights, consumer and environmental standards - unleashing further chaos that would be paid for by working people.”  

On Farage’s ‘slash and burn’ economic approach, Paul added: 

“Make no mistake, Farage’s slash and burn economics would destroy jobs by further wrecking our EU trading relationship and mark a return to deregulated financial markets which led directly to the financial crash.  

“It’s all straight out of the Trump playbook. Loud promises upfront to disguise pay-offs for his rich backers.  

“This incoherent saloon bar budget revealed Reform and Farage’s true colours.  

“Farage doesn’t care about working people. He’s fighting for hedge funds and speculators who profit from insecurity and decline.” 

ENDS