Thu. Jul 31st, 2025
alert-–-families-are-1,700-worse-off-only-one-year-on-from-labour’s-loveless-landslide-–-as-critics-say-it-is-the-‘worst-start-to-a-government-in-living-memory’Alert – Families are £1,700 worse off only one year on from Labour’s loveless landslide – as critics say it is the ‘worst start to a government in living memory’

Families are up to £1,700 worse off after one year of a Labour Government, according to an analysis.

The Conservatives said Britons were suffering under the ‘worst start to a government in living memory’ – but warned there is more to come.

According to the Tories’ analysis, Labour has left families paying an extra £1,761 a year, adding that further tax rises are ‘inevitable’ – and could see the sum reach almost £3,000 by the end of the year.

The Tories calculated that energy bills have risen by £152 since the election, while council tax will rise by £109 on average this year.

Water bills are set to rise by an average of £123 a year, car tax and TV licences have been hiked by £5 and the average phone bill has gone up by £46.

Meanwhile groceries and takeaways are up by £210, nursery fees have jumped by £756 for a child under two in a part-time nursery, and broadband has risen by an average of £36.

The Tories also included an £11 ‘Chagos surrender tax’ and the employer national insurance ‘jobs tax’, which the party said would cost families £308.

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride said: ‘In just 12 months, Labour has taken a wrecking ball to the economy – and it’s working families who are left to pick up the bill.

‘This is the worst start to a government in living memory but the pain isn’t over. Autumn’s tax hikes are now all but inevitable. This is chaos created in Downing Street.’

It comes as new polling suggests Labour has seen a double-digit drop in support.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has averaged 24 per cent in polls in the last month, down ten points from 34 per cent in the weeks following the so-called loveless landslide election victory a year ago. 

While a slide in the polls after taking power is common, a drop of this size in unusual.

A Labour spokesman said: ‘Just as they didn’t in Liz Truss’s mini-Budget, the Tories’ sums still don’t add up.

‘Through Labour’s Plan for Change, wages are rising faster than prices, mortgage rates have come down, three million of the lowest earners have had a pay boost, and Britain has the highest economic growth in the G7. 

‘While there is more to do, Labour is putting money back in people’s pockets.’

error: Content is protected !!